This document provides a list of various academic contests and competitions for gifted students. It includes links to opportunities in writing, drawing, animating, thinking games, math olympiads, quiz bowls, chess, poetry, multicultural arts, history, engineering, problem solving, robotics, entrepreneurship, invention, authorship, stock markets, video production, spelling bees, geography, novel writing, history day, and engineering design challenges. The list was compiled to give gifted students chances to challenge themselves through contests in different subject areas.

1. Crazy for Competitors
February 7, 2014
Susan Jackson
Little Rock School District GT Coordinator
susan.jackson@lrsd.org
(with TONS of help from Kay Adams!)
Gifted students need to have the opportunity to challenge themselves through contests
and competitions. We have complied a list of contests and competitions
http://www.amazing-kids.org/
Writing, drawing and animating
http://www.highergames.com/
Lots of thinking games and they offer contests off and on
http://www.moems.org/
Math Olympiad for Elementary and Middle Schools
http://www.arquizbowl.org/
AR Governor’s Quiz Bowl Association
https://arkansaspta.org/Reflections.html
PTA Reflection contest Believe, Dream, Inspire
http://tip.duke.edu/node/256
Writing contest for 4th-6th Grade Talent Search Participants
http://arkansaschess.net/Clubs.php
Chess competitions in Arkansas
http://www.libraryofpoetry.com/Educators.html
Poetry contest
http://www.rcdcworldfest.org/
World Fest – a multicultural contest
http://www.arkansaspreservation.org/preservation-services/youth-education/ historic_moment
Art and Essay contest
http://www.engineeringedu.com/competitions.php
Pre-engineering contests of all kinds
http://www.odysseyofthemind.com/
Problem solving competition
http://www.idodi.org/
Problem solving competition
http://education.lego.com/en-us/preschool-and-school/upper-primary/8plus-mindstormseducation/competitions
LEGO League and Robotic competitions
http://arcapital.com/aeaf/yes/#.UvMnrJGMVg1
Y.E.S. for Arkansas Entrepreneur contest
http://www.nmoe.org/students/siba.htm
Invention Competition for Kids Pre-K through College

2. http://www.scholastic.com/bookfairs/contest/kaa_about.asp
Kids Are Authors contest
http://www.economicsarkansas.org/for_teachers/stock_market_game.html
Stock Market Game
http://www.studenttelevision.com/contests.htm
Student Produced Video Programs contest
http://showtime.arkansasonline.com/spellingbee/
Arkansas Spelling Bee
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geobee/
National Geographic Bee
http://nanowrimo.org
Students write a novel in a month
http://www.nhd.org/Contest.htm
National History Day
http://pbskids.org/designsquad/team_challenges/
Build It Better Challenge
http://www.aetn.org/kids/writerscontest
Kids’ Writing Contest