Competitions and publishing

OlympiadComputer Science and Data

(opens maa.org)

USACO

USA Computing Olympiad home page

OlympiadBiology and Life Sciences

(opens usaco.org)

USA Biolympiad (USABO)

USA Biology Olympiad page from CEE

OlympiadPhysics and Astronomy

(opens usabo-trc.org)

U.S. Physics Team (AAPT)

AAPT page for the U.S. Physics Team

(opens aapt.org)

U.S. National Chemistry Olympiad

ACS page for the chemistry olympiad

OlympiadChemistry

(opens acs.org)

MATHCOUNTS

Home page of the MATHCOUNTS Foundation

(opens mathcounts.org)

Purple Comet

Home page of the Purple Comet math contest

(opens purplecomet.org)

American Regions Mathematics League (ARML)

Official website of ARML

(opens arml3.com)

HMMT

Home page of HMMT

(opens hmmt.org)

Mu Alpha Theta

Home page of Mu Alpha Theta

(opens mualphatheta.org)

Regeneron Science Talent Search

Society for Science page for the Science Talent Search

(opens societyforscience.org)

Regeneron ISEF

Society for Science page for the science and engineering fair

(opens societyforscience.org)

Junior Science and Humanities Symposium (JSHS)

Student STEM competitions page

(opens jshs.org)

Science Olympiad

Home page of Science Olympiad

OlympiadMultiple STEM

(opens soinc.org)

FIRST

For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology

(opens firstinspires.org)

Congressional App Challenge

Home page of the Congressional App Challenge

(opens congressionalappchallenge.us)

CyberPatriot

The National Youth Cyber Education Program

Other competitionComputer Science and Data

(opens uscyberpatriot.org)

Technovation

Building innovators for life, per the page title

Other competition

(opens technovation.org)

Devpost hackathons

New and upcoming hackathons on Devpost

(opens devpost.com)

Major League Hacking

Hackathons and developer programs

Other competitionHumanities

(opens mlh.com)

National History Day

Home page of National History Day

(opens nhd.org)

Scholastic Art and Writing Awards

Home page of the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards

(opens artandwriting.org)

YoungArts

Competition and awards for artists ages 15 to 18

(opens youngarts.org)

Poetry Out Loud

Home page of Poetry Out Loud

(opens poetryoutloud.org)

National Speech and Debate Association

Connect, support, inspire, per the page title

Speech and businessHumanities

(opens speechanddebate.org)

DECA

Preparing emerging leaders and entrepreneurs

(opens deca.org)

FBLA

Future Business Leaders of America home page

Student journalMultiple STEM

(opens fbla.org)

Journal of Emerging Investigators

Home page of the Journal of Emerging Investigators

(opens emerginginvestigators.org)

Journal of High School Science

Home page of the Journal of High School Science

Student journalMultiple STEM

(opens jhss.scholasticahq.com)

The Concord Review

Home page of The Concord Review

(opens tcr.org)

Polyphony Lit

Literary magazine home page

(opens polyphonylit.org)

Teen Ink

By teens, for teens, per the page title

(opens teenink.com)

Conrad Challenge

Innovation competition; address from my first guess

Other competition

(opens conradchallenge.org)

Stone Soup

Young writers and artists magazine; address from my first guess

Student journal

Math contestMath and StatisticsFree

(opens stonesoup.com)

USA Mathematical Talent Search (USAMTS)

Free online proof-based math contest, per the page title

(opens usamts.org)

Math Prize for Girls

Advantage Testing Foundation and Jane Street math contest

(opens mathprize.atfoundation.org)

Princeton University Mathematics Competition (PUMaC)

Princeton student-run math tournament

(opens pumac.princeton.edu)

Stanford Math Tournament

Stanford student-run math tournament

(opens stanfordmathtournament.org)

Carnegie Mellon Informatics and Mathematics Competition (CMIMC)

CMU math and computer science contest

(opens cmimc.com)

Mathematics and Computing Contests (Waterloo CEMC)

University of Waterloo math and computing contests

(opens cemc.uwaterloo.ca)

UK Mathematics Trust (UKMT)

UK math challenges and olympiads

(opens ukmt.org.uk)

MathWorks Math Modeling Challenge (M3)

SIAM math modeling contest for high school teams

(opens m3challenge.siam.org)

High School Mathematical Contest in Modeling (HiMCM)

COMAP team math modeling contest

(opens comap.org)

American Computer Science League (ACSL)

Computer science contest

(opens acsl.org)

Codeforces

Online competitive programming contests

(opens codeforces.com)

picoCTF (CyLab Security Academy)

Carnegie Mellon cybersecurity capture-the-flag

(opens picoctf.org)

High School Hackathons (Hack Club)

Hack Club list of high school hackathons

(opens hackathons.hackclub.com)

Swift Student Challenge

Apple Developer app coding challenge for students

(opens developer.apple.com)

USA Astronomy and Astrophysics Organization (USAAAO)

Astronomy olympiad organization

OlympiadPhysics and Astronomy

OlympiadEconomics and Business

(opens usaaao.org)

International Economics Olympiad (IEO)

International economics olympiad official site

OlympiadPhysics and Astronomy

(opens ieo-official.org)

PhysicsBowl (AAPT)

AAPT physics contest

Other competitionMultiple STEM

(opens aapt.org)

National Science Bowl (DOE)

Department of Energy science and math quiz competition

Other competitionEnvironmental and Earth Sciences

(opens science.osti.gov)

National Ocean Sciences Bowl

Ocean science quiz competition

Other competitionEnvironmental and Earth Sciences

(opens nosb.org)

NCF-Envirothon

High school environmental education competition

(opens envirothon.org)

United States Academic Decathlon (USAD)

Team academic competition

Other competitionOther

(opens usad.org)

NAQT

Quiz bowl questions and tournaments

Other competitionOther

Other competitionHumanities

(opens naqt.com)

International Academic Competitions

History, geography and science quiz competitions; historybowl.com redirects here

(opens iacompetitions.com)

National Economics Challenge

Council for Economic Education contest for high schoolers

(opens councilforeconed.org)

Wharton Global High School Investment Competition

Wharton Global Youth investment competition

(opens globalyouth.wharton.upenn.edu)

Blue Ocean Student Entrepreneur Competition

Pitch competition for student entrepreneurs

(opens blueoceancompetition.org)

Breakthrough Junior Challenge

Science video competition

(opens breakthroughjuniorchallenge.org)

Genes in Space

DNA experiment design contest

Science fairBiology and Life Sciences

Science fairEnvironmental and Earth Sciences

(opens genesinspace.org)

Stockholm Junior Water Prize (US)

Water Environment Federation page on eligibility and entry

(opens wef.org)

eCYBERMISSION

Army-sponsored STEM competition

(opens ecybermission.com)

Davidson Fellows Scholarship

Davidson Institute scholarship for gifted students

Other competitionMultiple STEM

(opens davidsongifted.org)

Lemelson-MIT InvenTeams

Lemelson-MIT invention program for high school teams

(opens lemelson.mit.edu)

Future Engineers

Online engineering and design challenges

(opens futureengineers.org)

MATE ROV Competition

Underwater robotics competition

(opens materovcompetition.org)

VEX Robotics Competitions

VEX robotics programs and games

(opens vexrobotics.com)

RoboCupJunior

Robotics league for students

(opens junior.robocup.org)

American Rocketry Challenge

Student rocket competition

(opens rocketrychallenge.org)

NASA HUNCH

NASA program where students build hardware

(opens nasahunch.com)

Global Essay Prize (John Locke Institute)

John Locke Institute essay competition

(opens johnlockeinstitute.com)

Profile in Courage Essay Contest (JFK Library)

JFK Library essay contest

Art and writing contestSocial Sciences

(opens jfklibrary.org)

Essay Contests (Ayn Rand Institute)

Ayn Rand Institute student essay contests

(opens aynrand.org)

Youth Scholarships (VFW)

VFW youth scholarship contests

(opens vfw.org)

Bennington Young Writers Awards

Bennington College writing awards

(opens bennington.edu)

Bow Seat Creative Action for Conservation

Bow Seat creative contests for conservation

(opens bowseat.org)

Congressional Art Competition

House of Representatives art competition

Art and writing contestSocial Sciences

(opens house.gov)

StudentCam (C-SPAN)

Student documentary competition

(opens studentcam.org)

The Adroit Journal

Literary journal home page

(opens theadroitjournal.org)

National High School Journal of Science (NHSJS)

Science journal home page

Student journalMultiple STEM

(opens nhsjs.com)

Curieux Academic Journal

Academic journal home page

Student journal

(opens curieuxacademicjournal.com)

The Schola

Journal for high school scholarship in humanities and social sciences

(opens theschola.org)

Community picks

From Reddit and counselor or company sites. Many of these sites sell counseling, tutoring or test prep, so treat them as advice, not rules.

List of competitions and programs to pursue

r/ApplyingToCollege list of competitions and programs