Winning a Scholastic Art & Writing Award can also lead to scholarships that support your creative journey.
Here are the currently available scholarship opportunities.
American Voices & Visions Award
This $500 scholarship recognizes outstanding creative work from each region in any category of the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. The award honors originality, skill, and a strong personal voice.
The Flaunt It Award
This $2,000 scholarship celebrates teens who embrace what makes them unique and share their personal stories through art or writing. Sponsored by Don’t Hide It, Flaunt It (DHIFI, Inc.), RBC Foundation USA, Morgan Stanley, and HP, the award encourages self-expression and diversity. Winning educators also receive a $500 cash award.
The Herblock Award for Editorial Cartoon
This $2,000 scholarship, funded by The Herb Block Foundation, recognizes three students whose editorial cartoon art provides commentary on current events, social issues, or political topics.
New York Life Award
Funded by the New York Life Foundation, this scholarship provides $2,500 in scholarships or travel stipends to ten students whose work explores death, grief, and personal loss.
Portfolio Scholarships
The Portfolio Awards offer $12,500 scholarships to Gold Medal Portfolio winners and $2,000 scholarships to Silver Medal Portfolio winners. Graduating seniors can submit a collection of six works in the Art Portfolio or Writing Portfolio categories. Each submission must include:
Best-in-Grade Award
Sponsored by Bloomberg Philanthropies, the Best-in-Grade Award honors 24 students at the national level (two in art and two in writing per grade, grades 7–12) with $500 scholarships.
Summer Scholarships
The Scholastic Awards Summer (SAS) Scholarship Program provides full-tuition scholarships for recognized Scholastic Art & Writing Awards winners to attend summer art or writing programs. Instead of applying to a specific program, students apply for an SAS scholarship, and Scholastic works with partner programs to match recipients based on availability, location, and interests.