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Artists worldwide can now win up to €2,000 by turning climate solutions into powerful illustrations and animations. The 2026 Art on Climate competition invites creators from every country to showcase how visual storytelling can inspire environmental action.
A beloved British illustrator just opened the world's first major museum dedicated entirely to illustration, bringing 20 years of dreaming to life in a historic London waterworks.
Wendy's is celebrating World Redhead Day with a look-alike contest in New York City, where the winner takes home free burgers for a year. The contest honors the fast-food chain's iconic redheaded mascot, originally modeled after founder Dave Thomas's daughter.
A graphic novel about a banana named Hanna and a poem about wild weather just earned two elementary students top honors in Kentucky's 2026 Young Writer's Contest. Their creative work stood out among nearly 1,500 entries from students across the state.
The Nature Photography Contest has unveiled its breathtaking 2025 winners, featuring everything from playful wildlife moments to urgent environmental messages. Thomas Vijayan's powerful image of an orangutan pleading for its vanishing forest home took the top prize.
India's Sustera Foundation is offering cash prizes up to ₹15,000 for short videos about marine litter and coastal conservation. The Sea, Shores & Society contest invites everyone to share creative solutions before June 5.
HNL Lab Medicine is asking young students to imagine their greatest scientific discovery through art. The contest invites kids to fill test tube racks with colorful experiments that could cure the common cold or invent something entirely new.
Energy giant Enel just awarded prizes to architects and engineers who reimagined wind turbines as vertical sails, flower-shaped collectors, and mirror-clad towers. The global contest attracted over 500 proposals to make renewable energy both more efficient and beautiful.
NBA star Damian Lillard returned to competition for the first time since tearing his Achilles tendon last April, winning his third 3-Point Contest at All-Star Weekend. His improbable victory ties him with legends Larry Bird and Craig Hodges for most wins in the event's history.
Competitors from 16 countries gathered in a Belgian beach town to imitate seagull cries in an annual contest that celebrates community and misunderstood birds. The quirky competition turned people's "useless tricks" into moments of pure entertainment and connection.
Pop singer Dara brought home Bulgaria's first Eurovision trophy in the contest's history, ending an 18-year quest. Hundreds of fans waving flags flooded Sofia Airport to celebrate the win with the song "Bangaranga."
American Idol judge Carrie Underwood surprised contestant Hannah Harper with Tiffany jewelry and a handwritten note celebrating her journey to the top 11. The country superstar's personal gesture left the mom and aspiring singer more touched by the thoughtfulness than the gift itself.
At the Masters' annual Par 3 Contest, golfers from 91-year-old Gary Player to two-week-old Remy Scheffler proved golf brings families together like few other sports can. The heartwarming tradition showed why the tournament remains beloved across generations.
Six Accra high schools just brought Ghanaian poetry to life in a new competition honoring a legendary artist. The contest celebrates indigenous languages while giving students a platform to discover their creative voices.
Before the intense competition of the Masters began, golf's biggest stars handed their clubs to tiny caddies and turned Augusta National into a family playground. The beloved Par 3 Contest brought crawling toddlers, celebrating kids, and pure joy to one of golf's most prestigious grounds.
While the world's best golfers prepared for the Masters, a determined nine-year-old became the star of Augusta's annual Par 3 Contest. From holes-in-one to three generations of families on the course, the event showed how golf bridges generations like few other sports can.
More than 200 schools across 32 states and six countries entered Chapman University's 27th annual Holocaust Art & Writing Contest, where students turned survivor stories into powerful tributes to hope. Winners presented their creative works alongside Holocaust survivors in an emotional intergenerational gathering.
A New Jersey middle school teacher who turned childhood hurt into a career helping students has made the top 10 in Bill Nye's America's Favorite Teacher contest. Karen Carey-Lynch now needs community votes to advance and bring $25,000 in STEM resources to her school.
The 2026 Milky Way Photographer of the Year contest just announced its winners, showcasing breathtaking images of our home galaxy from places like New Zealand, Spain, and Yellowstone. These photographers spent weeks planning and capturing the perfect shots of meteor showers, glowing nebulas, and our galaxy rising over waterfalls and caves.
Fred Rogers' 2018 stamp swept a nationwide postal contest with over 500,000 votes, winning reissue by more than 40,000 votes. The beloved TV host who taught millions of children about kindness will grace envelopes again starting June 1.
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