Trinity College Cambridge Languages and Cultures Essay Prize
International essay competition open to students in their penultimate year of high school, asking entrants to respond critically to a prompt about language and culture.
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Vocabulary Bowl
Free, global vocabulary mastery competition on Vocabulary.com where individual students or entire schools compete to master the most words.
Penn State Language and Linguistics Day
Free annual on-campus event where nearly 100 high schoolers attend hands-on linguistics workshops and compete in a linguistics competition.
University of Michigan Linguistics Dual Enrollment
Motivated high schoolers who have exhausted their school's language offerings can dual-enroll in University of Michigan Linguistics courses for college credit.
American Philosophy Olympiad (APO)
Timed philosophical essay in French/Spanish; top 2 join the US team at IPO.
Arabic Speaking Competition (Qatar Foundation International)
Two-round international competition where secondary students studying Arabic submit a recorded oral presentation and, if selected, present live to judges.
Astronomical League National Young Astronomer Award (NYAA)
A national award from the Astronomical League that recognizes outstanding original astronomical research by US high-school-age students, judged by a panel of professional astronomers; the first-place winner receives a telescope and an expense-paid trip to the League's national convention, ALCon.