DIRECTIONS: To enter, interview someone who experienced a historic event in person. (Examples include wars, natural disasters, protests, major sporting events, space achievements, and epic firsts.) Prepare your interview in Q&A form. It can be a typed document (750 to 1,000 words) or an audio recording (6 to 8 minutes). Include an introduction (who you interviewed, what the event was) and a conclusion (what you learned). Then have your teacher, parent, or legal guardian send us your interview. Students cannot submit interviews themselves. 

Click here for the contest entry form, official rules, and interview tips.

Entries must be postmarked or emailed by December 23, 2026. 

The Q&A and entry form should be sent to:

JS Eyewitness to History contest
130 Mercer St., 7th Floor
New York, NY 10012

Or to: [email protected]

DIRECTIONS: On the entry form, write your answers to the five Map Skills questions on page 24 of our December 2026/January 2027 issue. Then create a hand-drawn map of the mystery location that is the correct answer to question 5. All five questions must be answered correctly for a map to be judged. Entries must be submitted by the teacher, parent, or legal guardian of the student. Students cannot submit entries themselves.

Click here for the contest entry form, official rules, and more.

Entries must be postmarked or emailed by February 9, 2027.

The student’s entry form and hand-drawn map of the mystery location should be sent to:

Junior Scholastic Mapman Contest
130 Mercer Street, 7th Floor 
New York, NY 10012

Or to: [email protected]

Junior Scholastic offers contests to get your students excited about writing and research. And they can win awesome prizes! On this page find information about our current contests, including entry forms and deadlines.

2025-26 Contest Winners