Carolina Parent's "Mother's and Father's Day" Contest

What’s the best advice your mother or father ever gave you? To enter our Mother’s and Father’s Day contest through June 30, 2008, e-mail us a short essay (of no more than 250 words) telling us what that advice was and why it was helpful. Our staff will review the essays and choose three winners whose letters will be published on www.carolinaparent.com in July. To submit your essay, click here.

Siemens Competition in Math, Science & Technology

America's future scientists get ready! Registration has opened for the 2008-09 Siemens Competition in Math, Science & Technology. Instructions are now posted on the Siemens Foundation website, www.siemens-foundation.org, and www.collegeboard.com/siemens. The premier high school science competition in the United States was established in 1999. College scholarships range from $1,000 to $100,000, and the high school of every regional finalist receives $2,000 per project.

Students may enter as individuals or as members of a team. The deadline for entries is Oct. 1, 2008, 5:00 p.m. ET.

American Academy of Pediatrics' National Children's Art Contest

Enter the American Academy of Pediatrics' National Children's Art Contest. The contest is open to boys and girls in two groups, grades 3-5 and 6-8. The winner in each group and their parents/guardians will be invited to attend the 2008 AAP National Conference & Exhibition in Boston on Oct. 11.

Both winners will receive $500 and up to $1,000 for travel-related expenses. The two second-place winners will each receive $250. The four winners' schools will receive matching cash amounts.

Official entry forms and consent forms must accompany all entries and are available online at the American Academcy of Pediatrics site. Entries must be postmarked by July 31, 2008. Winning entries will be selected by a panel of judges including pediatricians, and announced in the summer. For details, click here.

Rising Mango Star Video Contest

Who says adults get to have all the fun in the kitchen? The National Mango Board presents the Rising Mango Star Video Contest, a cooking contest for aspiring chefs ages 8-14 to show America their mad mango cooking skills. Starting May 6, 2008, kitchen wizards duke it out for the ultimate grand prize -- a chance to appear with Simply Delicioso star Ingrid Hoffmann on television's video magazine Health & Home Report in New York City!

For details on how to enter before July 7, click here.