Grants and Awards

VATE offers students and teachers many opportunities to be recognized for outstanding achievement. Click on the links below to learn more about the opportunities for awards.

Student Contests

• Promising Young Writers Awards
• NCTE Achievement in Writing Awards Program
• Excellence in Student Literary Magazines

Educator Grants and Awards

• The Frances Wimer Award
• The VATE Service Award 
• The Foster B. Gresham Award
• The Heritage Award
• Diversity Scholarship Award
• Richard A. Meade Scholarship 
• Teacher Mini-Grant Competition
• Leon F. Williams Award