Competitions & Contests
COMPETITIONS & CONTESTS
Check Out these Competitions & Contests
for KIDS, TEENS, FAMILIES, AND SCHOOLS!
🎨 Doodle for Google 2025–26 OPENS Weds, October 15th
Dream big. Win big.
✨ $55,000 college scholarship
💻 $50,000 school tech package
🌎 Your artwork featured on Google.com
The contest opens October 15, 2025!
Each year, K–12 students across the U.S. share their creativity through Doodle for Google, reimagining the Google logo with their own artistic twist. You can draw, paint, sculpt, or design digitally, whatever inspires you most.
So… how do you doodle?
Learn more at doodles.google.com/d4g
Submissions OPEN: October 15
8th Annual Spooky Story Contest
The 8th Annual Spooky Story Contest submissions OPEN! Georgia students in grades 3rd through 8th in public school, private school, and homeschool can submit their scariest stories.
Check our website for the submission form and full list of rules!
See More Here
Submission Deadline: October 13
NASA Patch Design Contest for K–12 Students
“NASA and Space Center Houston are inviting students in grades K–12 to design a patch for the upcoming HERA Campaign 8 missions.
About HERA:
The Human Exploration Research Analog, or HERA, is a small habitat at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. It simulates what it might be like for astronauts to live and work in space, especially during long missions to the Moon or Mars. Each mission includes four crew members who live inside the habitat for 45 days while scientists study how isolation, teamwork, and limited communication affect their health and performance.
Who Can Enter:
Students in public or private U.S. schools who will be in grades K–12 during the 2025–2026 school year.
DEADLINE: October 15, 2025
Chess for Champs Tournament
Here’s the link to sign up 👉 ChessforChamps.com
Open to ages 5+
EVENT DATE: October 19, 2025 (11AM-3PM)
🎮 Game Night at Pao Pao Ramen Factory!
Powered by Game Fusion Events
Get ready for an exciting evening of gaming, great food, and fun vibes!
All ages welcome
📍 3290 Buford Dr NE A-2, Buford, GA 30519
📅 October 23, 2025
⏰ 7:00 PM – Close
Learn More Here
EVENT DATE: October 23, 2025
Chalk Walk Competition with the Library
“Celebrate Artober, the City of Suwanee’s new mural in the reading grotto by the library, and the connection between literature and the arts with a literary-themed chalk walk competition!
Come join us to celebrate the new City of Suwanee mural by the library and check out a book to take home and learn something new about art. Enter the Chalk Walk Competition to express your love for literacy. Click the register button to enter and for more information about the competition. Through our partnership with the Suwanee Arts Council, standard chalk will be provided, but feel free to bring your own tools. Only competitors need to register.”
** Registration IS OPEN **
EVENT DATE: October 25, 2025
Costume Contests (& Halloween Fun) at Plaza Las Americas in Lilburn
Costume Contest Categories for ALL AGES
Prizes for the most creative costumes
Trick-or-treat fun throughout Plaza Las AmericasWhen: October 31, 2025 (6-8pm)
Where: Plaza Las Americas, Lilburn
REGISTER HERE
EVENT: Halloween Night
High School Art Contest
Calling all budding artists! Show off your creativity for a chance to have your artwork featured on table-top displays at the Georgia State Capitol in 2026. Georgia high school students are invited to create a drawing or painting showcasing a landscape, historic site or natural feature that captures the beauty and value of Georgia’s State Parks and Historic Sites. The deadline for submissions is October 31, 2025.”
DEADLINE: October 31, 2025
2nd Annual Paws & Peppers Chili Cook-Off
It’s the 2nd Annual Paws & Peppers Chili Cook-Off during the Georgia vs Florida football game. It’s a fundraiser for Paw Project of GA, Inc.
Read more about the nonprofit below the event details.
What’s Happening:
– Do you make the best chili and want to join the competition? Prizes for winners up to $200.
– Do you like to taste good chili and cast your vote for the winners? Bring your friends, family, and furry friends to Slow Pour Brewing (It’s kid and pet friendly).
– Do you like to shop good deals? We will have over 40 raffle baskets of all types, concert tickets, dog/cat theme baskets, teen basket, house decor and so much more.
-Come see some adoptable pets.
– Do you want to promote your company or support personally? Check out the sponsorship opportunities.
Event Details -> https://pawprojectofgeorgia.org/chili-cook-off-details
Paw Project of Georgia is a nonprofit providing low-cost vet services, low-cost spay and neuter, affordable dental cleaning, and of course rescue and adopt.
Come out and support us during our fundraiser! Grab some chili and save a Paw!”
Volunteer link–https://pawprojectofgeorgia.
EVENT DATE: Saturday, November 1
5th NASA – National Aeronautics and Space Administration TechRise Student Challenge
Who: U.S. students in grades 6–12 (public, private, or charter schools; teams of at least 4 students with a teacher lead).
What: NASA TechRise Student Challenge – design and propose a science or technology experiment to fly on either a suborbital spaceship (3 minutes microgravity) or a high-altitude balloon (4–8 hours, 70,000–95,000 ft).
When: Entries due November 3, 2025, 11:59 PM PT. Winners announced January 20, 2026. Experiments launch Summer 2026.
Where: Experiments will fly on NASA-sponsored suborbital or high-altitude balloon flights. Challenge managed by NASA’s Flight Opportunities program.
Why: To give students hands-on experience in engineering, computing, and electronics while contributing to NASA’s mission. Winning teams (60 total) receive $1,500, a starter kit with a flight box, technical support, and a spot on a real NASA-sponsored flight.
REGISTRATION OPENS: September 2025
ENTRY DEADLINE: Monday, November 3, 2025
Hunger Games Bootcamp (Ages 15+)
“Enter the arena, tabletop style! Compete in a Hunger Games inspired night of card, board, and strategy games at the library. Form alliances, outsmart opponents, and represent your district in fast-paced challenges. Glory and epic bragging rights await, but remember: only fun, no actual fighting! This program is intended for ages 15 and older.”
Ages 15+
EVENT DATE: Monday, November 17, 2025 (5-6pm)
The Rube Goldberg Machine Contest: OPEN A BOX
–All machines must complete the task for 2026: OPEN A BOX
–EVERYONE is WELCOME to participate!! We are now open to Adults!!!
–Compete in a live or remote regional to qualify for the World Championship
–Machines are judged by a panel of Rube Goldberg experts and volunteers
REGISTER BY: January 1, 20256
The Rube Goldberg Cartoon Contest
–All ages are welcome – completely free to enter!
–Invention cartoons will be selected for the web gallery show
–Judged by the RGI team and members of the NCS
–Prizes include Visa gift cards, a Rube Goldberg print & more!
Kids 13+ – Ranger Rick Photo Contest
Kids 13 and under can enter any nature-themed photo they’ve taken on their own using a camera or phone camera app. Every month, winners will be selected by the judges and posted on the contest homepage in the Recent Contest Winners slideshow. Online winners will be in the running for Ranger Rick’s “Your Best Shots” Magazine Award. Magazine Award winners will be selected three times each year for publication in Ranger Rick magazine’s December–January, April, and August issues.
DEADLINE: ONGOING
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