Programs

A long-running national comics contest for school students hosted by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Gyeonggi Province and Bucheon City and run by the Korea Manhwa Contents Agency; middle and high school students enter cartoons or webtoons on a free topic.

• Grades 9–12
• No fee

Anti-Corruption Film Festival (ACFFEST) competition by Indonesia's KPK for SMP and SMA students to make a 6-15 minute fiction or animated short film on anti-corruption values. The 2027 call is not yet announced.

• Grades 9–12
• No fee

An essay prize from Trinity College Cambridge for students in Year 12 or the Lower Sixth. Topics are released in February and essays are submitted in July. Trinity says information for 2027 will be posted on its essay prizes page in February 2027.

• Year 12 / S5
• No fee

A virtual team competition for 13-14 year olds across the UK to solve language-based challenges, run by GCHQ. No previous language skills are needed.

• Grades not published
• No fee

A Daryn and KazNU research-project competition for grade 11–12 regional science-fair winners, in mathematics, applied mathematics, mechanics and economic modelling.

• Grades 11–12
• Cost not published

A free online work experience programme from the Met Office, run with Springpod, open to UK-based students aged 13 to 18 with a guaranteed place for everyone who registers.

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

A free one-hour online session (4-5pm on 10 November 2026) from St Peter's College explaining how Oxford interviews work, with undergraduate interview stories and Q and A.

• Year 12–13 / S5–S6
• No fee

A free competitive-programming championship for schoolgirls across Kazakhstan; the top four form the national team for the European Girls' Olympiad in Informatics (EGOI).

• Grades not published
• No fee

Support the program coordinator with original marketing and website content, help manage Bridge Ink and join editorial meetings. Ten places are described. Participation may be virtual; worldwide eligibility is not stated.

• Grades not published
• Cost not published

Toyo University's annual tanka (31-syllable poem) contest, running since 1987, for poems expressing students' everyday outlook and feelings; 100 winning poems are announced each January. The 41st call has not been published yet.

• Grades 9–12
• Cost not published

An annual Royal Economic Society competition in which Year 10-13 students analyse a contemporary economic question in a blog of up to 1,000 words, a video, a podcast or slides, alone or in groups of up to five. The 2027 round had not been announced on the official site.

• Year 10–13 / S3–S6
• No fee

University of Waterloo’s online physics contest written at school under supervision during a two-hour window.

• Grades 9–12
• Fee: $4 CAD