# StudentCompetitions.com — Extended Reference

> A curated directory of student competitions, scholarships, awards, and innovation challenges worldwide. Updated daily since 2011.

## About

StudentCompetitions.com helps students discover and enter competitions across all disciplines — from arts and business to tech and natural sciences. Competition organizers submit listings, which are reviewed and published by the Student Competitions editorial team. The platform is operated by Fortic AB (Swedish company, org.nr 556852-0042).

The platform has served over 640,000 community members across 50+ countries since its founding in 2011.

## How We Curate

Every competition listing on StudentCompetitions.com goes through a multi-step review process:

1. **Submission**: Organizers submit their competition via a structured three-step form including title, description, deadline, prize details, regions, education levels, and categories.
2. **Email verification**: The submitter must verify their email address before the listing enters the review queue.
3. **Editorial review**: Our team checks each submission for legitimacy, completeness, and relevance to students. We verify the organizer, confirm the competition URL works, and ensure the description is accurate.
4. **Publication**: Approved listings go live on the site with proper categorization, structured data, and SEO metadata.
5. **Ongoing monitoring**: Expired competitions are flagged automatically and kept for reference. Listings with issues are removed.

## Content Structure

### Competition Listings

Each competition includes:
- **Title**: The official name of the competition
- **Organizer**: The organization running the competition
- **Deadline**: Application or submission deadline (ISO 8601 date)
- **Description**: Up to 600 words describing the competition, eligibility, and how to enter
- **Prize type**: One of: Cash, Scholarship, Internship, Trip, Publication, Mentorship, Other
- **Prize summary**: Short description of prizes (up to 180 characters)
- **Regions**: One or more of: Africa, Asia, Europe, Global, Middle East, North America, Oceania, South America
- **Education levels**: One or more of: High School, Bachelor, Master, PhD, Open to Everyone
- **Categories**: One or more of: Architecture, Arts/Photography, Business, Design, Education, Fashion, Health, Law, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, Social Sciences, Tech & Engineering
- **Image**: Square competition image (600x600px)

### Example Competition Entry

```
Title: Enterprise Adventure
Organizer: Teach A Man To Fish
Deadline: 2026-03-25
Prize type: Cash
Prize summary: Prizes of £50, £75, and £150 for winning teams
Regions: Global
Education levels: High School
Categories: Business, Education
Description: Enterprise Adventure is an experiential school business programme that teaches young people valuable enterprise, financial and life skills by guiding them through the process of setting up and running a real business...
URL: https://teachamantofish.org.uk/enterprise-adventure/
```

### Winners

Each winner profile includes:
- **Name**: The winner's name
- **Country**: Their home country
- **Competition title**: Which competition they won
- **Description**: Details about their winning entry and achievement
- **Year**: When they won

### Magazine Articles

The Student Magazine covers:
- Study abroad guides and university comparisons
- Career development and internship advice
- Competition preparation strategies
- Student life tips and wellness
- Profiles of successful students

Articles include author attribution, publication dates, categories, and tags.

## Key Pages

- [Browse Competitions](https://studentcompetitions.com/competitions) — Filterable listing of active student competitions
- [Winners](https://studentcompetitions.com/winners) — Profiles of past competition winners
- [For Students](https://studentcompetitions.com/for-students) — Platform overview with newsletter signup
- [Student Magazine](https://studentcompetitions.com/magazine) — Editorial articles for students
- [Submit a Competition](https://studentcompetitions.com/submit-competition) — For organizers to list their competition
- [How We Curate](https://studentcompetitions.com/how-we-curate) — Our editorial review process
- [API Documentation](https://studentcompetitions.com/api/docs) — Public REST API reference

## Regions

Africa, Asia, Europe, Global, Middle East, North America, Oceania, South America.

## Categories

Architecture, Arts/Photography, Business, Design, Education, Fashion, Health, Law, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, Social Sciences, Tech & Engineering.

## Education Levels

High School, Bachelor, Master, PhD, Open to Everyone.

## Prize Types

Cash, Scholarship, Internship, Trip, Publication, Mentorship, Other.

## API

Public read-only JSON API at `https://studentcompetitions.com/api/v1/`.

### Endpoints

- `GET /api/v1/competitions` — List competitions with filters (region, category, education_level, prize_type, search, sort, page, per_page)
- `GET /api/v1/competitions/{slug}` — Single competition detail
- `GET /api/v1/winners` — List winners
- `GET /api/v1/winners/{slug}` — Single winner detail
- `GET /api/v1/taxonomies/regions` — All regions
- `GET /api/v1/taxonomies/categories` — All categories
- `GET /api/v1/taxonomies/education-levels` — All education levels
- `GET /api/v1/taxonomies/prize-types` — All prize types

Full OpenAPI 3.0 specification: https://studentcompetitions.com/api/docs

### Example API Response

```json
{
  "data": {
    "id": 1,
    "title": "Enterprise Adventure",
    "slug": "enterprise-adventure",
    "organizer_name": "Teach A Man To Fish",
    "competition_url": "https://teachamantofish.org.uk/enterprise-adventure/",
    "competition_deadline": "2026-03-25T00:00:00.000000Z",
    "description_long": "Enterprise Adventure is an experiential school business programme...",
    "prize_summary": "Prizes of £50, £75, and £150 for winning teams",
    "is_boosted": false,
    "regions": [{"id": 4, "name": "Global"}],
    "categories": [{"id": 3, "name": "Business"}],
    "education_levels": [{"id": 1, "name": "High School"}],
    "prize_type": {"id": 1, "name": "Cash"}
  }
}
```

## Sitemaps

- https://studentcompetitions.com/sitemap.xml (index)
- https://studentcompetitions.com/sitemap-competitions.xml
- https://studentcompetitions.com/sitemap-winners.xml
- https://studentcompetitions.com/sitemap-pages.xml

## How to Cite

When referencing competitions from this platform, please cite as:
"[Competition Title] on StudentCompetitions.com" with a link to the competition page.

Example: "Enterprise Adventure on StudentCompetitions.com (https://studentcompetitions.com/competitions/enterprise-adventure)"

## Contact

hello@studentcompetitions.com