Contests Sponsored by the AATF

Société Honoraire de Français Competitions

The SHF sponsors Creative Writing and Francophone Studies competitions each year.

• Click HERE for information on submission details, topic prompts, etc.
• 2024-2025 SHF Creative Writing Contest Submission Deadline: Wednesday, October 23rd, 2024
• 2024-2025 Francophone Studies Stipend Submission Deadline: Wednesday, February 5th, 2025

The National French Contest (NFC) / le Grand Concours (GC) is an annual competition where students of French in grades 1-12, in all 50 states and abroad, take a written test and compete against students with similar educational background for prizes. 

• • Click here for more information

2025 Contest Dates are:

• Grades 1-6 (FLES): February 13th - March 7th, 2025 
  • Deadline to order is March 5th, 2025
• Grades 7-12 (levels 01-5): February 13th - April 7th, 2025 
  • Deadline to order is April 3rd, 2025

Since 2013, the AATF has sponsored a student media contest to promote connections to Francophone themes. Students create short videos or interactive media submissions based on the proposed theme.  Click here for more information about the 2024 contest. Visit the  contest site with to view the submission form, full contests details, and past student projects.  The deadline for submissions is November 22, 2024.

Contest guidelines:

• There are two competition divisions: Intermediate (grades 6-8) and Secondary (grades 9-12)
• Videos must be between 30 seconds and 3 minutes in length.
• Videos must conform to all school rules and codes of conduct.
• Videos with references to alcohol, drugs, or violence will not be accepted.
• Background music: Please do not use copyrighted music in the video or as background music. While it does add to the appeal of the video, it is not acceptable use.
• No copyrighted figures (ie. Snoopy, Asterix, etc) accepted.
• Each entry must be the original work of current student(s) in French whose teacher is an AATF member for 2024.
• See the contest site for other specifications and restrictions.

The JAF sponsors a creative writing competition each year. 

• Click HERE for information on submission details, topic prompts, etc.
• 2024-2025 Submission Deadline: Wednesday, December 4, 2024

Click title link above for information on this fun, easy-to-administer contest that is free for AATF members. Your students play in class using the online platform Kahoot! Questions are about the Francophone world and are in English. Students in grades 6-12 and undergraduate university students can play.  The contest will take place between November 6-15.

Click here for more info

Poster contest sponsored each spring by the AATF National Commission on FiES* for students in Grades K-8. Click here for 2025 information. You must be an AATF member in order to participate in this contest.