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Loewe Foundation Craft Prize

Loewe Foundation

An international craft prize recognizing exceptional handmade work across disciplines like ceramics, textiles, and woodworking, with exhibition and a substantial cash prize.

📍 Global (online submission); exhibition varies by yearPaidHard

#competition#craft#art

Apply → craftprize.loewe.com

Kokuyo Design Award

An annual stationery, furniture, and everyday-tool design competition open globally, judged on originality and practical usability, with a substantial cash grand prize.

📍 Global (online submission)PaidMedium

#competition#design#product-design

Apply → kokuyo-award.org

ANU Science Case Study Competition

Australian National University

A case-study competition for undergraduate teams analyzing a real scientific or policy problem (such as critical minerals or mental health), judged on rigor and communication.

📍 Global (online submission)PaidMedium

#competition#case-study#science

Apply → anu.edu.au

Visa Everywhere Initiative

A global startup competition supporting founders building innovative payment and commerce technologies, with cash prizes and mentorship from Visa's innovation team.

📍 Global (regional heats)PaidMedium

#competition#fintech#startup

Apply → visaeverywhereinitiative.com

IFC Impact Investing Challenge

International Finance Corporation

A team-based challenge for graduate students to develop investment strategies addressing climate, gender equity, or financial inclusion, culminating in a pitch to IFC leadership.

📍 Global (online); finals presentationUnpaidHard

#competition#finance#impact-investing

Apply → ifc.org

Non-Violent Communication Video Contest

Center for Nonviolent Communication

A video contest inviting entrants to demonstrate nonviolent communication practices in everyday scenarios, with recognition and certificates for standout entries.

📍 Global (online submission)UnpaidEasy

#competition#video#communication

Apply → cnvc.org

Global Canvas Children's Art Competition

A children's art competition spanning painting, sculpture, textile, and collage on an annual theme, with cash or supply-voucher prizes for winners.

📍 Global (online submission)PaidEasy

#competition#art#children

Apply → globalcanvas.org

Toyota Logistic Design Competition

A design competition inviting student teams to propose 2D or 3D circular-economy object designs addressing transportation and material-use challenges.

📍 Global (online submission)PaidMedium

#competition#design#sustainability

Apply → toyota-mobility.com

HG Wells Short Story Competition

H.G. Wells Society / literary festival

An annual themed short-story competition for young writers under 21, with a notable cash grand prize and publication opportunity.

📍 Global (online submission)PaidMedium

#competition#writing#fiction

Apply → hgwellscompetition.com

Depict! Short Film Competition

Depict! (UK film festival)

A short film competition capping entries at 90 seconds across any genre, screened at UK festivals, with a modest cash prize pool.

📍 Global (online submission)PaidMedium

#competition#film#short-form

Apply → depictfilms.com

Yale Drama Series Playwriting Competition

Yale University Press

A playwriting competition for early-career writers judged by a working playwright, with the winning full-length play published by Yale University Press and given a professional staged reading.

📍 Global (online submission)PaidHard

#competition#playwriting#literature

Apply → yalebooks.yale.edu

American Meteorological Society Photo Contest

American Meteorological Society

A photography competition capturing weather, water, and climate phenomena, judged by atmospheric scientists, with modest cash prizes for winners.

📍 Global (online submission)PaidEasy

#competition#photography#weather

Apply → ametsoc.org

Standard Chartered Weather Photographer of the Year

Royal Meteorological Society

A weather and climate photography competition across multiple categories including a youth award, celebrating images of meteorological phenomena worldwide.

📍 Global (online submission)PaidEasy

#competition#photography#weather

Apply → rmets.org

500px Global Photography Awards

An annual photography competition across six genre categories, judged by industry photographers, with cash prizes for category winners.

📍 Global (online submission)PaidMedium

#competition#photography#global

Apply → 500px.com

Current World Archaeology (CWA) Photo Competition

Current World Archaeology magazine

A photography competition celebrating archaeological sites and heritage worldwide, with winners receiving conference passes and a magazine feature.

📍 Global (online submission)PaidEasy

#competition#photography#archaeology

Apply → the-past.com

Environmental Photographer of the Year

Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM)

A photography award recognizing images that capture the human relationship with the environment, spanning categories from climate change to conservation.

📍 Global (online submission)PaidMedium

#competition#photography#environment

Apply → eposeyeoftheday.com

Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest at Smithsonian Magazine

Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest

Smithsonian Magazine

An annual photography contest across categories like natural world, travel, and people, with a notable grand prize and category winners featured in the magazine.

📍 Global (online submission)PaidMedium

#competition#photography#global

Apply → smithsonianmag.com

Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition at Nikon

Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition

The world's leading photomicrography competition, recognizing the best images and videos captured through a light microscope, with a substantial grand prize.

📍 Global (online submission)PaidHard

#competition#photography#science

Apply → nikonsmallworld.com

World Trade Organization Essay Award for Young Economists

World Trade Organization

An essay award encouraging original economic research on international trade policy, open to PhD students and young researchers, with a cash prize and possible publication.

📍 Global (online submission)PaidHard

#competition#essay#economics

Apply → wto.org

Jane Austen Society of North America Essay Contest

Jane Austen Society of North America (JASNA)

A literary-analysis essay contest on Jane Austen's novels across three academic levels (high school, college, graduate), with cash prizes for each category.

📍 Global (online submission)PaidMedium

#competition#essay#literature

Apply → jasna.org

Cambridge Re:think Essay Competition

University of Cambridge (Hughes Hall)

An essay competition spanning moral, political, scientific, and philosophical prompts for secondary school students, with a substantial combined cash prize pool.

📍 Global (online submission)PaidMedium

#competition#essay#cambridge

Apply → rethinkessaycompetition.wordpress.com

St Hugh's College Sixth Form Essay Competitions

University of Oxford (St Hugh's College)

A set of multi-subject essay competitions for secondary school students on Oxford-style set questions, offering cash prizes and academic feedback.

📍 Global (online submission)PaidMedium

#competition#essay#oxford

Apply → st-hughs.ox.ac.uk

Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award

The Poetry Society (UK)

One of the world's largest poetry competitions for young writers, open on any theme, with roughly 100 winners receiving prizes, mentoring, and publication in an anthology.

📍 Global (online submission)UnpaidEasy

#competition#poetry#writing

Apply → foyleyoungpoets.org

Ayn Rand Institute Essay Contests (Anthem, Fountainhead, Atlas Shrugged)

Ayn Rand Institute

A set of annual essay contests open to students on Ayn Rand's novels Anthem, The Fountainhead, and Atlas Shrugged, each with a tiered cash prize pool and separate age brackets.

📍 Global (online submission)PaidMedium

#competition#essay#literature

Apply → aynrand.org

UNESCO Clubs Worldwide Multimedia Contest

A multimedia (video, essay, or art) competition inviting youth to propose ways their community can advance a specific UN Sustainable Development Goal, with a US-based youth camp invitation for top entries.

📍 Global (online submission)PaidEasy

#competition#sdgs#multimedia

Apply → unescocentre.org.uk

UNESCO-UNEVOC Skills in Action Photo Competition

A photography competition documenting technical and vocational skills development around the world, intended to highlight the human side of workforce training.

📍 Global (online submission)PaidEasy

#competition#photography#vocational-education

Apply → unevoc.unesco.org

The New York Times Learning Network Student Contests

The New York Times

An ongoing series of free writing, video, and multimedia contests for teenagers — including personal narrative, editorial, review, podcast, and STEM-explainer formats — with winning entries published by the Times.

📍 Global (online submission)UnpaidEasy

#competition#writing#journalism

Apply → nytimes.com

Microsoft Imagine Cup

A global student technology competition where teams build a working product using Microsoft's cloud and AI tools, with mentorship and a path to Microsoft's startup programs.

📍 Global (online, world finals in-person)PaidHard

#competition#technology#startup

Apply → imaginecup.microsoft.com

IBM Master the Mainframe Challenge at IBM

IBM Master the Mainframe Challenge

A three-level self-paced learning competition teaching mainframe computing fundamentals, with travel stipends and scholarships awarded to top performers.

📍 Global (online)PaidMedium

#competition#mainframe#coding

Apply → ibm.com

International Online Physics Competition (Physics Brawl) at Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, Czech Republic

International Online Physics Competition (Physics Brawl)

Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, Czech Republic

A team-based online physics problem-solving competition run over several hours, testing both depth of physics knowledge and teamwork under time pressure.

📍 Global (online)UnpaidHard

#competition#physics#team

Apply → online.physicsbrawl.org

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