ART SPECIFICATIONS:

Designs must be vertical and created on an official entry form. The form is can be found at the link below.

Xerox copies of the entry form are acceptable.
All mediums accepted including computer-generated art. Consider using bright colors!
Written messages are not required but if included they should be legible, relevant to the contest theme.

Updated January 1: The NPR Student Podcast Challenge has started and will end on March 24, 2020. We've updated our rules on music for this year's contest. You can find the updated rules here.

We're inviting students around the country to create a podcast, then — with the help of a teacher — compete for a chance to win our grand prize and have your work appear on NPR.

Be a part of the NPR Student Podcast Challenge.

Here's how it works: Put together a podcast with your class or extracurricular group. Then your teacher can submit it to us.

This contest is for teachers with students between 5th and 12th grade. Each podcast should be between three and 12 minutes long.

The winning podcast submissions will be featured in segments on Morning Edition or All Things Considered.

We don't expect you to be experts. In fact, we're guessing that most of you are putting a podcast together for the very first time. Don't panic!

Visit our submission guide to find suggested prompts, guidelines for submissions, and a list of questions you might have.

But before you do anything, it's important to read the official rules here.

Sure, this is a competition, but it's also about learning new skills in a fun way. We want to make that learning easier — so we've put together materials to help both teachers and students along the way.

The 14th Annual Short Story Challenge is a creative writing competition open to writers around the world. There are 4 rounds of competition this year.

First, download and read the Official Rules & Participation Agreement.

1. In the 1st Round (January 17-25, 2020), writers are placed randomly in heats and are assigned a genre, subject, and character assignment. Writers have 8 days to write an original story no longer than 2,500 words.
2. The judges choose a top 5 in each heat to advance to the 2nd Round (April 2-5, 2020) where writers receive new assignments, only this time they have 3 days to write a 2,000 word (maximum) short story.
3. The judges again choose a top 5 in each heat to advance to the 3rd Round (May 15-17, 2020) where writers receive new assignments and have 2 days to write a 1,500 word (maximum) short story.
4. Judges select finalists and the remaining writers are challenged to write a 1,250 word (maximum) story in just 24 hours (June 19-20, 2020) in the fourth and final round of the competition.

Feedback from the judges is provided for every submission and there are thousands in cash and prizes for the winners. Sound like fun? Join the competition below and get ready for January 17th!

REGISTER HERE: The entry fee is USD$48* by the early entry deadline of December 12, 2019 and USD$58* until the final entry deadline of January 16, 2020.

Perhaps the most democratic form of journalism, the op-ed is founded on the idea that every person has a voice worthy of a public platform. Tell us what change you would like to see in the world, in your country, or in your community. From the global plight of refugees to education policy in your country to activism in your neighborhood—we want to hear your opinion about something that matters to you. This month, Write the World and the Journalism Education Association are giving you the floor.

Drafts due for expert review: 3/9/2020

Final entries due: 3/17/20

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Some of these contests are open to parents. One is for active duty personnel.

Please read the rules to see what ages are eligible.

https://jerryjenkins.com/writing-contests/