SCOPE CONTESTS
May 2025
Deadline
June 16, 2025
Memoir contest
Write your own “Things I Learned” short memoir, using Soontornvat’s as a model. Your memoir can be about lessons learned at school, at summer camp, from soccer—anything!
Prize
Hope Wins, edited by Rose Brock
Wright Brothers contest
Write a scene in which Addie and Bea talk to Orville and Wilbur about what they have learned from the brothers. You can choose when and where the scene takes place.
Prize
The Wright Sister by Richard Maurer
Emergence contest
What is waiting inside you to take flight? Your response can be in the form of a poem or an artwork.
Prize
a Scope notebook
Root Power Contest
1. Write down the meaning of each word in orange. Use context clues or, if needed, a dictionary. 2. Find another word that contains the root bio. 3. Write a sentence using that word and draw a picture that shows the word’s meaning.
Prize
a Scope notebook
Scope is packed with contests to get your students excited about writing. And they can win awesome prizes! On this page find information about our current contests, including entry forms and deadlines.
Here you’ll find 7 tips for submitting a winning entry.
At this time we are only accepting entries by e-mail.
Entries must be written by a student in grades 4-12 and must be submitted by a teacher, parent, or legal guardian of the student. Entries submitted by someone under 18 will be deleted and disqualified.
Teachers/Parents/Legal Guardians:
Email entries to:
Please attach entries as Word documents or PDFs, put the contest name in the subject line, and include your email address. Please note: We cannot accept Google docs or SharePoint files.