An essay competition from Lincoln College, Oxford: answer a creative life sciences question in up to 1,500 words, judged on scientific thinking rather than knowledge.
SDU University's two-stage admissions olympiad for grade 11(12) and final-year college students, awarding 4-year internal grants and tuition discounts.
Grade 10–12 students work with mentors on educational events, marketing analysis, video and social content during five-week local cohorts. The program is explicitly free and includes required offline meetings.
BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts)
BAFTA's annual competition for 10-18 year-olds to design and make original video games, with separate Game Concept and Game Making awards. Entries for 2026 have closed and the 2027 round has not been announced.
A national haiku contest for high school students run by Kanagawa University, judged by leading haiku poets; each entry is a set of three original haiku.
A free-to-register webinar series from St John's College, Cambridge for high-achieving Year 11 and Year 12 students: an Introduction to Cambridge and Q&A on 9 November and Going to University and Subject Choices on 24 November 2026.
KADOKAWA's online fiction contest exclusively for high school students, held on the novel-posting site Kakuyomu with a long division (5,000-20,000 characters) and a short division (400-4,999 characters).
Toyota Vietnam's national round of the Toyota Dream Car Art Contest: draw the car or vehicle of your dreams; top national entries go on to the world contest in Japan.
Ministry of Education of Kazakhstan and Daryn Republican Scientific and Practical Center
A national olympiad in maths, physics, chemistry and biology for grade 11(12) students who have never competed at republican level; winners gain priority in the state university-grant competition.
Arts House Limited with Singapore Book Council (supported by the National Arts Council)
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.