The Palo Alto Scholar
Journal of Art + Culture + Innovation + Design
for Pre-Collegiate Students
 
Research-Based & Critical Essays & Literary Non-Fiction
Published by The Palo Alto Scholars Institute
Palo Alto, California USA

We've announced two contests for January and for Winter! We're starting the new year off with two writing contests: one on MLK due...

We will be announcing lots of great opportunities for high school humanities scholars coming in 2021! We'll all be glad when 2020 is...

Helping you stay on top of pre-collegiate opportunities for humanities scholars! There's a lot of content on the Internet, but it's a lot...

Relax of course, but get ready for the new year! There are two kinds of Winter Breaks. One where your semester (or trimester or whatever)...

Most school essays can be submitted to one of our categories! Our mission is to encourage and recognize outstanding pre-collegiate...

Starting to write like you're in college, like a scholar Sometimes people ask us, what exactly is a "research-based essay"? If you're in...

It's where you get to have an opinion, hurray! Critical essays are fun because the purpose is to inform and persuade -- you get to have...