Expressions Challenge
Theatre scholarship guide
Scholarship details
- Funder
- Walgreen Co. (Administrator: GoldStar Communications)
- Study level
- High School
- Scholarship type
- Nationwide
- Opens
- Deadline
- Typical award size
- Up to $20,000 in prizes (contest awards for creative teen expression)
- Website
- Apply or learn more
Eligibility criteria
Legal U.S. residents (50 states, DC, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands) ages 13–18 currently enrolled in high school. Professional artists/videographers/photographers/writers earning 20%+ income from those services, and Sponsor/Administrator employees and immediate family, are ineligible. Challenge invites creative responses about personal/world experiences.
Application steps
- Confirm age and high school enrollment.
- Create an original creative entry per official Expressions Challenge rules when the contest opens.
- Submit through the official contest portal by the deadline.
- Winners selected per published judging criteria.
Required materials
- Contest entry form
- Original creative submission (medium per official rules)
- Parental consent if required for minors
Overview
Young people encounter many hurdles in life. Whether it’s at home, school, among friends, or just figuring out who they are and where they fit in. Expressions is challenging high school teens to use their creativity to share how they feel about what is happening in their world. Eligibility Open to all legal United States residents in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and US Virgin Islands who are between 13 and 18 years of age and currently enrolled in high school as of date of Entry. Professional artists, videographers, photographers and writers, or anyone who earns at least 20% of their income by providing these services are not eligible to enter this Contest. Employees of Walgreen Co. (“Sponsor”), GoldStar Communications (“Administrator”) and each of their affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising and promotion agencies, and their immediate family members and/or those living in the same household are not eligible.
Past recipients
Teen contest winners announced by Walgreens Expressions Challenge each cycle