Programs

Singapore's premier creative writing competition in English, Chinese, Malay and Tamil, established by the National Arts Council in 1993 to discover new writers. There is no age limit, so secondary and JC students can enter.

• Grades not published
• Cost not published

Türk Eğitim Vakfı's need-based monthly scholarship for academically promising students at state vocational and technical, fine arts, sports and health high schools.

• Grades 9–12
• No fee

The Adroit Journal's annual prizes for secondary and undergraduate writers in poetry and prose; winners receive $200 and are published in the journal.

• Grades 9–12
• Fee: $15 USD

Türk Eğitim Vakfı's monthly need-based scholarship for successful students placed through YKS at state universities, including new first-year students.

• Grades not published
• No fee

Scholarship for Chungbuk students with disabilities who have strong grades or provincial-level competition awards: 700,000 won for middle-school and 1 million won for high-school students.

• Grades 9–12
• Cost not published

A series of free-format online music sessions from Oriel College and the Oxford Music Faculty for Year 10-13 UK state school students, with an essay-and-tutorial component for Year 12 students. Sign-up for each session closes at 9am the day before.

• Year 10–13 / S3–S6
• Cost not published

An essay prize in law for sixth formers, judged in a separate United Kingdom Division. Essays are up to 2,000 words on a legal topic of importance to modern society; the 2027 details are due in February 2027.

• Year 12–13 / S5–S6
• No fee

A national award founded after the 1995 Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake that recognises outstanding disaster-prevention education and activities by school and community groups, with separate Junior High and High School divisions. The Grand Prix carries a 200,000-yen prize.

• Grades 9–12
• Cost not published

Labrador, Western and Central NL Virtual Science Fair is the regional science fair for Labrador, Western and Central Newfoundland, where students present original science, engineering and innovation projects to judges.

• Grades 9–12
• Cost not published

5 scholarships of $4,000 each for current 4-H members in their final year of high school or CEGEP who are heading to a diploma or degree in an agriculture program focused on field crop production or crop science.

• Grade 12
• Cost not published

A Ministry of Defence scholarship of Rs 2,500 (boys) or Rs 3,000 (girls) a month for children and widows of deceased or ex-service personnel of the Armed Forces who join technical or professional degree courses; 5,500 scholarships a year. The application window is announced on the Kendriya Sainik Board site.

• Grade 12
• No fee

A nationwide Japanese essay contest run since 1981 by the Ministry of Justice and the civil liberties commissioners, in which junior high students write about human rights based on their own experiences. Entries go through regional contests run by each Legal Affairs Bureau.

• Grade 9
• Cost not published