Find the contest your classroom already runs
Every school runs contest rituals. Pick the one that is yours and see exactly how MeritBoard handles it — computer-assisted scoring, teacher-verified and MeritBoard-certified results, certificates for every winner.
- English & ELA teachers
Run a class poetry contest, scored overnight
The April poetry unit, scored, verified, and certified by the next morning.
See how it works → - Art teachers
A real juried art show — without hanging a single piece
A juried show for the drying rack — physical and digital in one contest.
See how it works → - Yearbook & photo club advisers
Settle photo of the season with a rubric, not a room vote
Photo of the season, settled by rubric instead of a room vote.
See how it works → - ELA & creative writing teachers
A short story contest your whole class will actually enter
The short-story unit, with a podium and feedback for every entrant.
See how it works → - ELA & social studies teachers
Run an essay contest whose ranking survives a parent email
The essay contest the department gets handed every fall.
See how it works → - Diocese, district & regional organisers
Run one fair contest across every school in your region
One contest across every school, scored the same way in all of them.
See how it works → - Spanish-language & dual-language classrooms
The entire contest in Spanish — not just the buttons
The whole contest in Spanish — interface, feedback, certificate, family email.
See how it works → - Speech & debate coachesJust launched
Give every speaker a scored round every week
A scored round every week, not three times a season.
See how it works → - Quiz club & academic team coachesJust launched
Your quiz team’s new season: a real contest every week
A real meet every week — same paper, same clock, podium before the bell.
See how it works →
More on the way — fitness challenges, lifting contests, marching band showcases, and dance. Tell us which one you want first from any page below.
No credit card • 30 students • 2 free contests every month