CONTESTS:
The John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Essay Contest (contest deadline is January). http://www.jfklibrary.org/Education/Profile-in-Courage-Essay-Contest/Registration-and-Submission.aspx
VSA Playwright Discovery Award Program
http://www.kennedy-center.org/education/vsa/programs/playwright_discovery.cfm
The Columbia College Chicago Fiction Writing Department YOUNG AUTHORS Writing Competition http://www.colum.edu/Academics/Fiction_Writing/index.php
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History Civil War Essay Contest http://www.gilderlehrman.org/affiliate/civil_war.php
Illinois Arts Council’s Poetry Out Loud: National Recitation Contest
http://www.arts.illinois.gov/poetry-out-loud
Ayn Rand Education Essay Contest http://aynrandeducation.com/essay-contests.html
Sejong Writing Competition: Essay and Sijo (Korean Poetry)
http://sejongculturalsociety.org/index.php
Signet Classics Sixteenth Annual Student Scholarship Essay Contest http://us.penguingroup.com/static/pages/services-academic/essayhome.html
Civic Arts Foundation Art Competitions: Writing/Poetry http://www.civicandarts.org
The Bernice L. Fox Classics Writing Contest Http://Department.Monm.Edu/Classics/Department/Foxcontest/
Annual Elizabeth Bishop Prizes Http://Thebluepencil.Net/Annual-Elizabeth-Bishop-Prizes
Anti-Defamation League and Chicago Tribune Present Our First Amendment Freedoms
https://nie.chicagotribune.com/freedoms/index.htm
Princeton University’s Lonard Milberg ’53 High School Poetry Prize
http://www.princeton.edu/arts/lewis_center/high-school-contests/leonard-milberg-53/
America Library of Poetry Student Poetry Contest
http://www.libraryofpoetry.com/
Alfred University Summer Program in Creative Writing
http://www.alfred.edu/summer/camps/writing.cfm
VSA Playwright Discovery Award: Call for Scripts
http://www.kennedy-center.org/education/vsa/programs/playwright_discovery.cfm
Bennington College Young Writers Competition
http://www.bennington.edu/NewsEvents/YoungWritersCompetition.aspx
KSCPP Korean Spirit and Culture Promotion Project Essay Contest
http://kscpp.net/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=jpz5RxU7TUs%3d&tabid=73
Millikin University 10th Annual Literary Festival and High School Writing Contest
https://www.millikin.edu/literaryfestival/Pages/default.aspx
Chicago Gaelic Park Student Cultural Essay Contest http://www.chicagogaelicpark.org/2013StudentCulturalScholarships_EntryForm.pdf
Lights for Learning Wild About Poetry Contest
http://www.lights4learning.org/our-contests
Evanston Public Library- Jo-Anne Hirshfield Memorial Poetry Awards
http://www.epl.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=212&Itemid=322
Mental Health America of the North Shore (MHANS) High School Essay & Poster Contest
http://mhans.org/essay-contest.html
Catholic New World Essay Contest
http://catholicnewworld.com/cnwonline/essay_contest.aspx
SUMMER PROGRAMS FOR WRITING AND ARTS:
IOWA YOUNG WRITERS' STUDIO – Summer Sessions
http://www.uiowa.edu/~iyws/tableofcontents.htm
Between The Lines - University Of Iowa -The International Writing Program Http://Iwp.Uiowa.Edu/Programs/Between-The-Lines
Interlochen Center for the Arts – Summer Arts Camp http://www.interlochen.org/
Northwestern University Equinox program for High School Students
http://www.ctd.northwestern.edu/summer/programs/equinox/
The Juniper Institute for Young Writers http://www.umass.edu/juniperyoungwriters/
Sewanee Young Writers’ Conference http://www.sewanee.edu/ywc/
Western Illinois University: Adventures in Filmmaking Workshop
www.wiu.edu/noncredit
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Theatre Camp|
http://www.uww.edu/conteduc/camps/othercamps/theatre.php
Alfred University Summer Programs -Creative Writing Camp
http://www.alfred.edu/summer/camps/writing.cfm
Kenyon Review Young Writer’s Workshop (Summer)
http://www.kenyonreview.org/workshops/young-writers/
Brown University TheatreBridge & Playwrights Workshop
http://www.brown.edu/ce/pre-college/theatrebridge/