High Schoolarships
Scholarships for aspiring Visual Arts Majors
2-D Young American Creative Patriotic Art Contest
Grades Eligible For Application: 9-12
Scholarship Application Type: Art 2-D Patriotic Piece
Scholarship Money Offered: Totaling $34,000 (1 First-Place State Winner Each State)
Scholarship Deadline: March 31 (Yearly)
Scholarship Description
Each year, more than 4,000 high school students from across the country participate in the VFW Auxiliary’s Young American Creative Patriotic Art Contest. The contest began in 1979 to recognize up-and-coming artists and encourage patriotism in youth.
3-D Young American Creative Patriotic Art Contest
Grades Eligible For Application: 9-12
Scholarship Application Type: Art 3-D Patriotic Piece
Scholarship Money Offered: Totaling $4,000 (1 First-Place State Winner Each State)
Scholarship Deadline: March 31 (Yearly)
Scholarship Description
Each year, more than 4,000 high school students from across the country participate in the VFW Auxiliary’s Young American Creative Patriotic Art Contest. The contest began in 1979 to recognize up-and-coming artists and encourage patriotism in youth.
Grades Eligible For Application: 9-12
Scholarship Application Type: Video
Scholarship Money Offered: Up to $2,000 (Several Winners)
Scholarship Deadline: June 25 (Yearly)
Scholarship Description
Whether you're in third grade or are a post-graduate, if you love filmmaking, we may have the perfect opportunity for you: the Young Filmmakers Contest! Each year, the contest awards between $100 and $1,000 to applicants who submit videos about environmentalism. While there are seven categories split by age group and video type, each applicant’s video must relate to conservation or environmentalism in some way. While those in grade 11 and under are restricted to more specific topics, those in grade 12 and above have more freedom. Submissions may also be submitted individually or in groups. The contest is offered by the One Earth Film Festival, the Midwest’s premier environmental film festival that “creates opportunities for understanding climate change, sustainability and the power of people.” If you want to express your love for the earth through film, we encourage you to apply to the Young Filmmakers Contest! This is a great opportunity not just to earn money for college, but also to gain more film experience and bring awareness to important issues.
ConnectHER Film Festival Scholarship
Grades Eligible For Application: 9-12
Scholarship Application Type: Film
Scholarship Money Offered: Up to $5,000 (Several Winners)
Scholarship Deadline: June 15 (Yearly)
Scholarship Description
The ConnectHER Film Festival is an international youth competition that welcomes short films about issues that impact women and girls.
Grades Eligible For Application: 9-12
Scholarship Application Type: Art Piece
Scholarship Money Offered: up to $1,500 (5 Winners)
Scholarship Deadline: June 13th (Yearly)
Scholarship Description
The 13th annual Ocean Awareness Contest is a platform for young people to learn about environmental issues through art-making and creative communication, explore their relationship to a changing world, and become advocates for positive change. Students ages 11-18 from around the world are invited to participate.
Grades Eligible For Application: 9-12
Scholarship Application Type: Google Doodle
Scholarship Money Offered: up to $30,000 (60 Winners)
Scholarship Deadline: March 14th (Yearly)
Scholarship Description
​Use your imagination to create a Google Doodle based on what you’re grateful for. Students can work with any materials they choose, but all Doodles must be entered using the entry form. Parents and teachers can mail the completed entry form or submit it online as a .png or .jpg. The National Winner's artwork will be displayed on Google.com for one day. The winner will also receive a $30,000 college scholarship; a $50,000 technology package for their school/non-profit organization; a trip to Google headquarters in California; Google hardware, and fun Google swag.
Grades Eligible For Application: 9-12
Scholarship Application Type: Video/Social Media Account/Graphic Design
Scholarship Money Offered: up to $10,000 (9 Winners)
Scholarship Deadline: April 27th (Yearly)
Scholarship Description
The Create Real Impact Contest calls on students, ages 14-22, to showcase their solutions and strategies to stop the #1 killer of young people–car crashes caused by reckless and distracted driving.
Create-A-Greeting-Card Scholarship Contest
Grades Eligible For Application: 9-12
Scholarship Application Type: Art Piece
Scholarship Money Offered: $10,000 (1 Winner)
Scholarship Deadline: March 1st (Yearly)
Scholarship Description
Are you over 14 years of age, enrolled in high school or college, and enjoy making original artwork? If so, the Create-A-Greeting-Card Scholarship Contest may be the perfect opportunity for you! Each year, the contest awards $10,000 to the applicant who submits the best holiday, greeting, or all-around holiday card. While the top ten finalists will be decided by a public vote, the final winner will be decided by a panel of judges.
Scholastic Art and Writing Awards
Grades Eligible For Application: 9-12
Scholarship Application Type: Visual Arts/Writing Piece
Scholarship Money Offered: up to $12,500 (Several Winners)
Scholarship Deadline: Varies by Region (Usually December-January) (Yearly)
Scholarship Description
The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards are presented by the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers. The Alliance is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose mission is to identify students with exceptional artistic and literary talent and present their remarkable work to the world through the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. The Awards give students opportunities for recognition, exhibition, publication, and scholarships. In 2022, students across the United States and Canada entered more than 260,000 original works in 28 different categories of art and writing.
Youth Free Expression Film Contest
Grades Eligible For Application: 9-12
Scholarship Application Type: Short Film
Scholarship Money Offered: up to $1,000 (3 Winners)
Scholarship Deadline: September 8th (Yearly)
Scholarship Description
This year, the topic for the Youth Free Expression Film Contest is SPEAKING WITH PEOPLE WHOSE IDEAS YOU HATE. Young people are confronted daily with views they disagree with, from censorship in schools to online hate speech – That’s why we’re asking young people to make a video exploring speaking with people whose ideas you hate.
Creative Outlook Cover Contest
Grades Eligible For Application: 9-12
Scholarship Application Type: Art Piece
Scholarship Money Offered: $250 (3 Winners)
Scholarship Deadline: September 1st (Yearly)
Scholarship Description
Enter the 2023 Creative Outlook Cover Contest for your chance to win an art scholarship and your artwork on the cover of the 2023 Creative Outlook Magazine.
Grades Eligible For Application: 9-12
Scholarship Application Type: Art Piece
Scholarship Money Offered: $2,000 (3 Winners)
Scholarship Deadline: October 13th (Yearly)
Scholarship Description
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CapCut Meme Master Scholarship
Grades Eligible For Application: 9-12
Scholarship Application Type: CapCut Post
Scholarship Money Offered: $500 (1 Winner)
Scholarship Deadline: September 30th, 2024 (Rolling at Monthly Deadlines)
Scholarship Description
This scholarship is designed to honor the brilliance of video creators who harness the power of Capcut, a renowned video editor and meme maker, to create memorable and laughter-inducing memes. Dive deep into your creative reservoir, channel your inner meme artist, and show us a meme that makes us laugh.
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James Alan Cox Foundation for Student Photojournalists
Grades Eligible For Application: 9-12
Scholarship Application Type: Photography Piece, Essay
Scholarship Money Offered: $2,500 (5 Winners)
Scholarship Deadline: November 15th (Yearly)
Scholarship Description
Founded in memory of James Alan Cox, a television photojournalist, The James Alan Cox Foundation for Student Photojournalists aims to provide financial support to student photographers of high school and college age. Through a variety of funding, including equipment purchases and scholarships for college and technical school classes, the foundation’s mission is to expand educational and developmental opportunities for student photographers demonstrating interest, talent and financial need.
Anthony Quinn Foundation Scholarships
Grades Eligible For Application: 9-12
Scholarship Application Type: Art Piece
Scholarship Money Offered: Up to $3,000 (Several Winners)
Scholarship Deadline: November 30th (Yearly)
Scholarship Description
​The Anthony Quinn Foundation Scholarship Program was established to commemorate Anthony Quinn’s contribution to the arts and support his vision for an art-conscious-society. The Scholarship Program provides financial assistance to high school students who wish to attend a recognized pre-college, or summer intensive arts education program.
Grades Eligible For Application: 9-12
Scholarship Application Type: Essay
Scholarship Money Offered: up to $5,000 (150 Winners)
Scholarship Deadline: January 19th (Yearly)
Scholarship Description
StudentCam is C-SPAN's annual national video documentary competition that encourages students to think critically about issues that affect our communities and our nation. This year we are celebrating our 20th anniversary of the competition and for 2024, we are asking students in grades 6-12 to create a short (5-6 minute) video documentary on a topic that relates to the competition theme, "Looking Forward while Considering the Past."
Grades Eligible For Application: 12 (18 years and older)
Scholarship Application Type: Photography
Scholarship Money Offered: Up to $2,500 (Several Winners)
Scholarship Deadline: November 30th (Yearly)
Scholarship Description
Smithsonian magazine 20th Annual Photo Contest begins September 7, 2023, and ends November 30, 2023, at 5:00 PM Eastern Standard Time. By submitting an entry, each contestant agrees to the rules of the contest and states that he or she is 18 years old or older.
Grades Eligible For Application: 9-12
Scholarship Application Type: Art Piece on Frogs
Scholarship Money Offered: $100 (1 Winner)
Scholarship Deadline: November 1st (Yearly)
Scholarship Description
Amphibian populations worldwide are in the midst of a mass extinction crisis, yet many people are completely unaware! We need your help in getting the word out: we encourage all nature lovers to seek out their inner frog artist and participate in the SAVE THE FROGS! Art Contest!
Celebrate the West Scholarship
Grades Eligible For Application: 9-12
Scholarship Application Type: Art Piece
Scholarship Money Offered: up to $1,500 (Several Winners)
Scholarship Deadline: April 1st (Yearly)
Scholarship Description
​Celebrate the West is a regional art competition hosted by the Western Governors' Association that challenges high school students to create works inspired by their state. See their artwork here.
Princeton's Ten-Minute Play Contest
Grades Eligible For Application: 11
Scholarship Application Type: Play Script
Scholarship Money Offered: up to $500 (3 Winners)
Scholarship Deadline: April 1st (Yearly)
Scholarship Description
Eligibility for this annual playwriting contest is limited to students in the eleventh grade in the U.S. (or international equivalent of the eleventh grade). Each year a guest playwright serves as contest judge. Acclaimed playwrights Jiehae Park, Anya Pearson, Dipika Guha, and others have judged the contest in recent years.
Grades Eligible For Application: 9-12
Scholarship Application Type: Essay/Art Piece/Poetry
Scholarship Money Offered: Varies (Several Winners)
Scholarship Deadline: January 31st (Yearly)
Scholarship Description
River of Words® (ROW) is a program of The Center for Environmental Literacy and a part of the Kalmanovitz School of Education. Acknowledged pioneers in the field of place-based education, River of Words has been inspiring educators and their students for over twenty-five years with an innovative blend of science and the arts.
Grades Eligible For Application: 9-12
Scholarship Application Type: Performing/Visual/Literary Arts
Scholarship Money Offered: Up to $2,000 (9 Winners)
Scholarship Deadline: March 1st (Yearly)
Scholarship Description
​The Make Noise Today scholarship contest is an artistic and cultural celebration for Asian American high school students. It offers an opportunity for students to connect with and express their Asian American heritage through visual arts, performing arts, and literary arts.
Science Without Borders Contest
Grades Eligible For Application: 9-12
Scholarship Application Type: Art Piece
Scholarship Money Offered: Up to $500 (3 Winners)
Scholarship Deadline: March 4th (Yearly)
Scholarship Description
The Science Without Borders® Challenge is an international contest that engages students and teachers in ocean conservation through art. This annual competition inspires students to be creative while promoting public awareness of the need to preserve, protect, and restore the world’s oceans and aquatic resources.
Grades Eligible For Application: 9-12
Scholarship Application Type: Essay/Art Piece
Scholarship Money Offered: Up to $2,000 (12 Winners)
Scholarship Deadline: March 31st (Yearly)
Scholarship Description
Expressions is a platform established by Walgreens to educate, empower and equip young people and their community with insights and resources on issues impacting teens.
Mira Kimmelman 'Learning from the Holocaust' Essay Contest
Grades Eligible For Application: 9-12
Scholarship Application Type: Essay/Visual Arts
Scholarship Money Offered: Up to $750 (3 Winners)
Scholarship Deadline: June 1st (Yearly)
Scholarship Description
Mira Kimmelman challenged students to reflect upon the history of the Holocaust and contemporary examples of injustice for over fifty years. The contest continues her work and legacy, asking students to create projects that reflect how the lessons of the Holocaust are relevant to current events and their own lives.