Preface
Introduction: Making Decisions About Competitive Programs for Gifted Students
Characteristics of Good Competitions
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
1. Selecting, Preparing for, and Participating in Competitions
Selected Characteristics and Needs of Gifted and Talented Students
How They Influence Contest Participation
Effects of Competition: Good News
Effects of Competition: Bad News
How to Anticipate and Avoid Problems in the Use of Competitions
How to Maximize Benefits From Competitions
2. Competition Descriptions
AAA High School Travel Challenge
AATSP Elementary/Middle School Poster Contest
Academic Games Leagues of America National Tournament
Achievement Awards in Writing
All-USA High School Academic Team Competition
Alliance for Young Artists and Writers Scholastic Art and Writing Awards
American Computer Science League
American Enterprise Speech Contest
American History Essay Contest
American Invitational Mathematics Exam
American Mathematics Competitions
American Mathematics Contest 8
American Regions Mathematics League
American Scholastics Mathematics Competition
American Society of Newspaper Editors, Quill and Scroll International Writing, Photo Contest
American Veterans (AMVETS) Americanism Program
Ann Arlys Bowler Poetry Contest
Arts Recognition and Talent Search
Association of Educational Publishers (AEP) Student Publishing Awards
Baker’s Plays High School Playwriting Contest
BEST Robotics Competition
Canadian Open Mathematics Challenge
Christopher Columbus Awards
Civic Education Project – Civic Week
Clarke-Bradbury Science Fiction Competition
Classical Association of New England
Concord Review Emerson Prize
Continental Mathematics League
Creative Writing Essay Contest
Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge
DuPont Challenge Science Essay Awards Program
Duracell/NSTA Scholarship Competition
Edventures Robotics Contest
EngineerGirl Essay Contest
(Toshiba NSTA)/ExploraVision Awards Program
Federal Reserve Bank FED CHALLENGE
Federal Reserve Bank Student Essay Contest
Fire Fighting Robot Contest
First Middle-Grade Novel Contest
FIRST Robotics Competition
First Step to Nobel Prize in Physics
Foundations for Life National Essay Program & Contest
Frazier Institute Student Essay Contest
Freedom Foundation National Awards Program
Future Problem Solving Program
George S. & Stella M. Knight Essay Contest
Harry Singer Foundation Essay Contests
Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament
High School Communications Competition
“Idea of America” Essay Contest
Intel International Science and Engineering Fair
Intel Science Talent Search
International Mathematics Olympiad
International Student Media Festival
Invitational Mathematics Examination
Jane Austen Society of North America’s Essay Contest
JFK Profiles in courage Essay Contest
Joseph S. Rumbaugh Historical Oration Contest
Junior Engineering Technical Society, Tests of Engineering Aptitude, Mathematics, and Science
Junior Science and Humanities Symposia
Knowledge Master Open (KMO)
Laws of Life Essay Contest
League of American Poets Free Poetry Contest
Letters about Literature Competition
Manningham Student Poetry Awards
Mathematical Olympiads for Elementary Schools
Merlyn's Pen Literary Magazine Contest and Critique
Modern Woodmen of America School Speech
NASA Space Settlement Contest
National Achievement® Scholarship Program
National African American History Academic Challenge Bowl
National American Indian Science and Engineering Fair
National Beta Club Convention
National Biblical Greek Exam
National Canon Envirothon
National Catholic Forensic League Grand National Speech and Debate Tournament
National Council on Economic Education and Goldman Sachs Foundation Economics Challenge
National Consumers League: LifeSmarts
National Engineering Design Challenge (JWOD/JETS)
National Federation of Press Women High School Communications Contest
National Forensic League, National Tournament
National French Contest, Le Grand Concours
National High School Oratorical Contest
National High School Student Solar Design Contest
National Peace Essay Contest
National Schools Project Poetry Contest
National Science Decathlon
National Science Olympiad
National Vocabulary Championship
National Women’s Hall of Fame Essay and New Media Contest
National Young Astronomer Award
Nob Yoshigahara Puzzle Design Competition
Ohio State University Press The Journal Award in Poetry
Olympiad of Spoken Russian
Panasonic Academic Challenge
President’s Environmental Youth Awards
Program to Recognize Excellence in Student Literary Magazines
Prudential Spirit of Community Awards
Quill and Scroll Society, International Writing, Photo Contest
Scholastic Art and Writing Awards
Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee
Sea World/Busch Gardens/Fujifilm Environmental Excellence Awards
Shanghai American School's NAQT Asian Championship
Siemens Foundation Competition in Math, Science, and Technology
Society of Professional Journalists High School Essay Contest
Student Science Fiction and Fantasy Contest
National Society of Black Engineers TRY-MATH-A-LON Competition
U.S. National Chemistry Olympiad
USA Biology Olympiad (USABO)
USA Mathematical Olympiad
USA Mathematical Talent Search
UNA-USA National High School Essay Contest
Vegetarian Resource Group Essay
Veteran’s of Foreign Wars of the United States’ Patriot’s Pen
Veterans of Foreign Wars, Voice of Democracy Program
VSA arts Playwright Discovery Program
Weekly Mathematics Contest
Weekly Reader’s “What’s Your Story” Student Publishing Awards
West Point Bridge Design Contest
Writer’s Digest Annual Writing Contest
Young Epidemiology Scholars (YES) Program
Young Playwrights Festival
Web Sites for Finding Other Competitions
Index of Competitions by Title
Index of Competitions by Subject Area and Level
