The ELA Honor Society offers its support and recognition to student members and Chapter Advisors through a range of awards and grants.
Our Creative Challenges develop students’ imaginative skills and give them an opportunity to share their creativity with the world. Each year our Creative Challenges are related to our Big Read reader.
Our Chapter Advisors work tirelessly to support our program and their student members. To that end we are very happy to be able to offer a growing range of awards and grants to support their continued professional development and provide them with support for high-quality teaching.
T-Shirt Design Competition
Learn more about how ELA Honor Society student members can use their literary skills to create t-shirts for the Society.
| Description | Eligibility | Application Opens | Application Closes | Award Date | Poster |
| T-Shirt Design Competition | Student members | Dec 8, 2025 | Jan 12, 2026 | Feb 16, 2026 | PNG / PDF |
Student Creative Challenges
Discover how ELA Honor Society Creative Challenges foster students’ creative responses to literature and promote interleaving, retrieval practice, and spaced learning for profound engagement.
| Description | Eligibility | Application Opens | Application Closes | Award Date | Poster |
| Fall Challenge | Student members | Sep 29, 2025 | Oct 14, 2025 | Nov 10, 2025 | PNG / PDF |
| Winter Challenge | Student members | Dec 8, 2025 | Jan 12, 2026 | Feb 16, 2026 | PNG / PDF |
| Spring Challenge | Student members | Mar 23, 2026 | Apr 6, 2026 | May 11, 2026 | PNG / PDF |
Chapter Showcase Program & Chapter Showcase Award
Learn about how to submit examples of the wonderful community projects that your student members are undertaking.
| Description | Eligibility | Application Opens | Application Closes | Award Date | Poster |
| Winter Chapter Showcase | Active Chapters | Dec 8, 2025 | Jan 12, 2026 | Feb 16, 2026 | PNG / PDF |
| Spring Chapter Showcase | Active Chapters | Mar 23, 2026 | Apr 6, 2026 | May 11, 2026 | PNG / PDF |
Professional Support Grants for Chapter Advisors
Read about our Professional Support Grants for Chapter Advisors’ professional development and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion projects.
| Description | Eligibility | Application Opens | Application Closes | Award Date | Poster |
| Support Grant | Active Chapter Advisors | Sep 29, 2025 | Oct 14, 2025 | Nov 10, 2025 | PNG / PDF |
| Support Grant | Active Chapter Advisors | Dec 8, 2025 | Jan 12, 2026 | Feb 16, 2026 | PNG / PDF |
| Support Grant | Active Chapter Advisors | Mar 23, 2026 | Apr 6, 2026 | May 11, 2026 | PNG / PDF |
Classroom Library Grants for Chapter Advisors
Find out more about how our Classroom Library Grants support wider reading in middle school English Language Arts classrooms.
| Description | Eligibility | Application Opens | Application Closes | Award Date | Poster |
| Classroom Library Grant | Active Chapter Advisors | Sep 29, 2025 | Oct 14, 2025 | Nov 10, 2025 | PNG / PDF |
