Competitions

The statewide speech and debate championship of the Texas Forensic Association, for high-school competitors who earn qualifying points at TFA-sanctioned invitational tournaments during the season.

• Grades 9–12
• Fee charged, amount not published

The National Youth Brass Band of Wales, run by National Youth Arts Wales, auditions brass players aged 16 to 22 from Wales each autumn for a summer residency and tour.

• Year 12–13
• Fee: £30

Teams design an autonomous forklift-type mobile robot that maps a factory area and carries loads between points.

• Grades 9–12
• Cost not published

Annual audition-based entry to the National Youth Orchestra of Scotland and NYOS Development orchestras for orchestral instrumentalists aged 11 to 22 with a Scottish connection.

• Grades not published
• Fee: £1,400

CBSE's twice-a-year writing competition: students write an essay or poem in Hindi or English on a set theme, schools pick one entry per class category, and CBSE selects regional and national winners.

• Grades 9–12
• Cost not published

A national robotics innovation competition for SD, SMP and SMA students at PolmainFest, Banyuwangi, with the theme 'Robotics Evolution: Designing the Future of Human Life'. The 2027 edition is not announced yet.

• Grades 9–12
• Cost not published

The Korean national round of the World Robot Olympiad, where coached student teams compete in RoboMission, RoboSports, Future Innovators, Future Engineers and Future Scientists; top teams earn places at the WRO International Final.

• Grades 9–12
• Fee: ₩100,000

Teams develop innovative, feasible social-media technologies for NSosyal, Türkiye's domestic social platform, such as AI features, UX improvements and creator-economy tools.

• Grades 9–12
• Cost not published

North Carolina SkillsUSA's 2027 state leadership and skills conference and competition for high-school members.

• Grades 9–12
• Fee charged, amount not published

The national conference of HOSA-Future Health Professionals: members who qualify through their state or chartered association compete for national titles and attend leadership training.

• Grades 9–12
• Cost not published

Japan's oldest national science research contest for junior high and high school students (since 1957), run by the Yomiuri Shimbun, with prize money and an ISEF pathway.

• Grades 9–12
• Cost not published

Winnipeg Schools’ Science Fair is the regional science fair for Winnipeg School Division schools, Manitoba, where students present original science, engineering and innovation projects to judges.

• Grades 9–12
• Cost not published