Contest Rules & Entry Procedures

Contest Rules and Entry Procedures

This year's High School Competition is March 20, 2026. Registration deadline is March 6, 2026.

Click to download the Media Release Consent Form. Every student will need to complete a Media Release Consent Form so that we can announce contest winners. Please download Media Release, complete the form then scan to email to communications@columbiastate.edu.

(Click on the following links to view contest rules and entry procedures. Note: Some documents have multiple pages.)

• American History
• Archaeology
• Creative Writing (Impromptu Fiction & Poetry)
• Essay
• Extemporaneous Speech
• Mass Communications
• Mathematics
• Music
• Oral Interpretation
• Psychology
• Sociology
• U.S. Constitution
• Video
• Visual Art
• World Geography