What are the Contest Requirements?
To submit a project, you must describe an idea you envisioned and brought to life, centered around civic engagement. Each project must have three components:
- A written essay to connect your project to our founding principles and virtues.
- A project report.
- And a video or series of photos highlighting your projects impact on the community.
To enter, your project must have taken place between May 19, 2024 and May 18, 2025. Multi-year projects started before May 19, 2024 are eligible for entry if their activity continued after May 18, 2025. Projects that are ongoing as of May 18, 2025 are eligible for entry. Projects completed before May 19, 2024 are not eligible for entry.
Past winners of the MyImpact Challenge Grand Prize, First Prize, Second Prize, or Third Prize are not eligible to enter.
How will My Project be Judged?
What are the Prizes?
Can I Apply?
Submission is open to US citizens and US-based young people who are between the ages of 13 and 19 and enrolled in middle or high school on January 1, 2025
When is the Contest Deadline?
Submission must be received by 11:59 p.m. PT on Sunday, May 18, 2025. Only submissions entered through MyImpact Challenge’s online portal will be accepted for the contest.
Can Groups Enter?
The contest is designed for one student per entry, but groups of up to five students may submit as a single group entry. Prizes awarded to group entries will be split evenly between entrants.
Browse Past Student Projects
Maya Murchison Chula Vista, California Eastlake High School.
Maya founded the "African American Mentor Program (AAMPed)" to expose African American Children to positive role models.
Miller Manguno Briarcrest Christian High School Eads, Tennessee
Miller founded “Operation: Orange Haven” to provide meals and laundry supplies to the Orange Mound neighborhood in Memphis.
Lauren Schroeder Dixon, Iowa Calamus–Wheatland High School
Lauren used her family's land to plant a garden that provides food to local non-profits.
Archishma Marrapu and Anisha MarrapuThomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology Alexandria, VA
They founded STEMify Girls to train women and girls in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM).
