The SATW Teen Travel Writing Scholarship is open to teenagers who have had an interesting travel experience with the family -- whether wonderful or terrible but funny. Each applicant is asked to write an essay, no more than 600 words, on your family vacation -- where you went and what it meant to you, what worked and what didn't, what you ...

The Annual Signet Classic Scholarship Essay Contest seeks to award five students with $1,000 scholarships. It is open to students, age 16 - 18, and asks students to write an essay on one of five posed topics on The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins. English teachers must submit four copies of the essay on the student's behalf. Students who are homeschooled can ...

The Fountainhead Essay Contest is open worldwide to 11th and 12th graders. You must write an essay of no fewer than 800 and no more than 1,600 words on a topic relating to Ayn Rand's novel, "The Fountainhead." Topics can be found on the sponsor's Web site. Essays are judged on both style and content. The winning essay must demonstrate an ...

Are you an athlete who has flexed your heart in your community? DoSomething.org and Foot Locker will be honoring 20 athletes who shine on the field and in their communities with $20,000 each through the Foot Locker Scholar Athletes program. [gate] Applicants must currently be involved in a high school sport, intramural sport or community based sport. They must also have ...

The National High School Oratorical Contest is open to junior high and high school students who are under the age of 20 and citizens or lawful permanent residents of the United States. [gate] You must prepare an oration on some aspect of the U.S. Constitution, with some emphasis on the duties and obligations of citizens to our government. A complete list ...

The College JumpStart Scholarship is available to high school sophomores, juniors, and seniors; and current college students. To be considered for this award, you must be committed to going to school and be able express your goals for getting a higher education. *Deadline:* 10/17/2011 *Website*: College JumpStart Scholarship website

The "Frame My Future" Scholarship Contest is open to full-time undergraduate and graduate students attending a U.S. college or university for the 2013 - 2014 academic year. [gate] To enter, you must submit an original creation with one image, in a digital JPEG image format, that expresses what you hope to achieve in your personal and professional life after college. Some ...

Tired of creating your friends website, T-shirt or new band logo? Put your design skills to good use and you could win yourself a scholarship. Do Something and Staples have teamed up to bring you the Back to School 2012 Design Contest. The team is looking for fun and creative artwork to be featured on some of next year’s school supplies. ...

The DuPont Challenge Science Essay Competition is open to students in grades seven through twelve who are attending a public, private, or home school in the U.S., Canada, Puerto Rico, or Guam. You must submit an essay between 700 and 1,000 words that discusses a scientific and / or technological development that has captured your interest and attention. The essay must ...

The "From Failure to Promise" Essay Contest is open to high school seniors, undergraduate, and graduate students. To be considered, you must submit a 1000 - word essay that addresses the following questions: "How has the book, From Failure to Promise: An Uncommon Path to Professoriate positively impacted your pursuit of success and promise? What is your commitment to improving the ...

Every year, the Nordstrom Scholarship Program seeks to award 40 students with scholarships worth $10,000. [gate] To qualify, students must be high school juniors with a cumulative GPA of at least 2.7 and demonstrate financial need. A regional committee of community leaders interviews each applicant and then helps to select the winners. Once the winners are selected, Nordstrom, along with the ...

Want to play sports in college – and get a break on tuition for it? It’s possible! According to the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) about $1 billion worth of scholarships are awarded to around 126,000 student-athletes every year. One of those students can be you! And, surprisingly it’s not just the big sports like football and baseball that can earn ...

The Dr Pepper Million Dollar Tuition Giveaway - Cotton Bowl Contest is open to students who are who are between the ages of 18 and 24. To enter, you must submit an original video explaining why you deserve to win. Deadline: 12/15/2011 Website: Dr Pepper Million Dollar Tuition Giveaway – Cotton Bowl Contest

The Young American Creative Patriotic Art Award is available to home school and high school students in grades 9, 10, 11, and 12. [gate] You must submit a work of patriotic art on paper or canvas. You must use water color, pencil, pastel, charcoal, tempera, crayon, acrylic, pen-and-ink, or oil. Digital art on paper will also be accepted. In order to ...

The Project Yellow Light Scholarship Competition is open to graduating high school seniors. To enter, you must create a 60 second video that encourages other teens to not text while driving. Deadline: 3/31/2012 Website: Project Yellow Light Scholarship Competition

CaptainU, the leading college sports recruiting platform, is awarding a $2,000 scholarship every quarter to a top student-athlete looking to play at the next level. Click the link below to apply and setup a free recruiting profile to be entered into the scholarship sweepstakes. In addition to a chance to win a scholarship, you can get noticed by over 16,000 college ...

The National High School Oratorical Contest is open to junior high and high school students who are under the age of 20 and citizens or lawful permanent residents of the United States. [gate] You must prepare an oration on some aspect of the U.S. Constitution, with some emphasis on the duties and obligations of citizens to our government. A complete list ...

The Art Directors Club National Saturday Career Workshop Scholarship is availablr to high school students who are interested in participating in the Parsons School of Design or the School of Visual Arts pre - college summer art program. The program provides students with the chance to explore the fundamentals of art and design on a college level while developing a portfolio ...

The Phyllis G. Meekins Scholarship is available to female high school seniors. You must be a legal US citizen of African American, Asian, Pacific Island, Native American, Native Alaskan, or Hispanic descent. You must have at least a 3.0 GPA and be accepted into a full - time course of study at an accredited post - secondary institution in the US. ...

The THINK Scholars Program is an educational outreach initiative that promotes science, technology, engineering, and mathematics by supporting and funding projects developed by high school students.[gate] The program is run by undergraduate students at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and sponsored by technology companies and educational organizations. THINK project proposals are science and engineering ideas that span many fields from green ...