Select a subject to view its competitions arranged by month. Open a subject to see the full annual list, year levels and dates.
Commerce, Economics & Entrepreneurship
February
- Melbourne Interschool Mooting Competition — February event — Year levels to be confirmed; Date to be confirmed.
March
- ASX Schools Sharemarket Game — Game 1 — Years 7–12; Date to be confirmed.
May
- Australian Economics Olympiad (AEO) — Secondary students; Date to be confirmed.
June
- Bond University National High School Mooting Competition — Years 11–12; Date to be confirmed.
August
- ASX Schools Sharemarket Game — Game 2 — Years 7–12; Date to be confirmed.
November
- Melbourne Interschool Mooting Competition — November event — Year levels to be confirmed; Date to be confirmed.
Date to be confirmed
- The Pitchdeck (By Invitation) — Year 9; Date to be confirmed.
Debating & Public Speaking
March
- DAV Schools Competition — Senior — Years 9–12; Date to be confirmed.
May
- Rostrum Voice of Youth — Years 7–12; Date to be confirmed.
August
- DAV Junior Secondary Program — Years 7–8; Date to be confirmed.
- DAV Intermediate British Parliamentary Debating — Years 9–10; Date to be confirmed.
September
- DAV Senior British Parliamentary Debating — Years 11–12; Date to be confirmed.
October
- DAV Junior British Parliamentary Debating — Years 7–8; Date to be confirmed.
English & Literature
May
- Boroondara Literary Awards — Young Writers’ Competition (Poetry and Prose) — Years 5–12; Date to be confirmed.
- What Matters? Writing Competition — Years 5–12; Date to be confirmed.
June
- Dorothea Mackellar Poetry Awards — Kindergarten–Year 12; 30 June 2027.
August
- John Marsden Story Prize — Years 7–12; Date to be confirmed.
September
- VATE A Story in Miniature — Years 7–12; Date to be confirmed.
June–September
- Write a Book in a Day — Years 7–12; Date to be confirmed.
December 2026 — 2027 competition entry deadline
- Somerset National Poetry Prize — Secondary students; 4 December 2026 (2027 competition).
- Somerset National Novella Writing Competition — Secondary students; 4 December 2026 (2027 competition).
Geography
April
- Australian Geography Competition — Years 7–12; 28 April–12 May 2027.
July
- International Geography Olympiad (iGeo) — Selected secondary students; Date to be confirmed.
September
- Geography’s Big Week Out — Selected Year 11 students; Date to be confirmed.
History
March
- Premier’s Spirit of Anzac Prize — Years 9–12; Date to be confirmed.
May
- Australian History Competition — Years 7–10; Date to be confirmed.
August
- National History Challenge — Years 1–12; Date to be confirmed.
March
- Vernon Gordon King Memorial Essay Competition — Year levels to be confirmed; Date to be confirmed.
November
- Simpson Prize — Years 9–10; Date to be confirmed.
Languages
March
- National Latin Exam — School students; Date to be confirmed.
May
- Berthe Mouchette French Competition — Years 3–12; Date to be confirmed.
- Chinese Bridge — Australian Secondary School National Final — Secondary students; Date to be confirmed.
- Chinese Bridge — Secondary School Melbourne Preliminary — Secondary students; Date to be confirmed.
- Education Perfect Global Languages Championships — Latin — School students; Date to be confirmed.
July
- AGTV German Poetry Competition — Regional Finals — Years 4–9; Date to be confirmed.
August
- AFTV French Trivia Competition — Years 9–10; Date to be confirmed.
- AGTV German Poetry Competition — Secondary State Final — Years 7–9; Date to be confirmed.
September
- AGTV German Poetry — Open Group Performance — Years 4–9; Date to be confirmed.
- Classical Association of Victoria Latin Reading Competition — Secondary students; Date to be confirmed.
Additional competitions, individual information pages and calendar links are being prepared.
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