Many scholarships feature long-winded essay questions, and it’s often hard to know where to start. And maybe you just aren’t an essay writer. That doesn’t mean you should lose out on great opportunities for college scholarships. With a little digging around online, you can find great no-essay scholarships that are not only easy to apply for but often fun to do too. These quick and easy contests will have bigger applicant pools and may be harder to win, but somebody has to—and you can’t win if you don’t apply!
Check out the ones below to start and continue to do your own research to find even more no-essay scholarships that could be hiding in all corners of the internet. Before applying to anything, make sure you read all the rules and policies for each scholarship using the links provided!
Register for a website
All of these scholarships just require you to register for a website, and most of them are popular college search sites, so you can get some extra college research done while you’re there.
CollegeXpress easy monthly scholarships
CollegeXpress is a great place for any student to start their scholarship search! We offer multiple easy-to-enter contests every month for new and registered users. Our easy monthly scholarships only require you to create a free CX account (or log back in) and answer a question in just a few words—things like "What's your favorite study snack?" or "If you could travel anywhere, where would you go?" Signing up for CollegeXpress just takes a few minutes and is totally free!
Amount: Up to $2,500
Awarded: Monthly
Deadline: Last day of each month
Check out the latest easy monthly scholarship contest from CollegeXpress.
CollegeXpress Scholarship for Students of Color
Here's a special opportunity for US students who are 13 years or older and identify as Black, Indigenous, or People of Color (BIPOC). To apply, create a free CX account (or log back in) and submit your answer to this question: What's one word you would use to describe a great leader? As a bonus, the quarterly winner also gets to choose a charity for CX to donate to!
Amount: $1,500, plus $500 donated to the charity of your choice
Awarded: Quarterly
Deadline: March 31, June 30, September 30, December 31
Check out the CollegeXpress Scholarship for Students of Color.
CollegeXpress Scholarship for First-Generation Students
CollegeXpress offers one more great (and super easy) opportunity to win free money for school (or whatever you'd like to spend it on). This contest is for US students ages 13 and up who are the first in their families to attend or planning to attend college. As with our other scholarship contests, all you have to do is create a free CX account or log back in and submit your answer to this question in just a few words: What is one thing you’re most excited to learn about in college?
Amount: $1,000
Awarded: Quarterly
Deadline: March 31, June 30, September 30, December 31
Check out the CollegeXpress Scholarship for First-Generation Students.
Appily Easy Money Scholarship
Monthly $1,000 scholarships? Sign us up! No, literally—just sign up and you’re entered for Appily's monthly giveaway. In a few short minutes, you’ll be on to your next scholarship.
Amount: $1,000
Awarded: Monthly
Deadline: Last day of the month
Check out Appily's Easy Money Scholarship.
Encourage for Students Sweepstakes
Like everyone else in this category, My College Options and myOptions Encourage offer a monthly scholarship that only requires registering on their website to apply, as long as you're between the ages of 14 and 18. The winner will be selected randomly, and there's no minimum GPA requirement—although they do still ask you to report it.
Amount: $500
Awarded: Monthly
Deadline: Last day of the month
Check out the Encourage for Students Sweepstakes.
No Essay Smart Owl Scholarship
With Scholarship Owl, creating an account helps you apply to a lot of scholarships all with a single form. So create an account for the No Essay Smart Owl Scholarship and you won’t need to do a bunch of extra work to apply for more!
Amount: $1,000 each to four winners a month (six winners in December)
Awarded: Monthly
Deadline: Last day of the month
Check out the No Essay Smart Owl Scholarship.
NextStepU Free College Tuition Giveaway
Register. Register. Register. Just make sure you check the eligibility period and select the opt-in option that says “Win Free Tuition” for the sweepstakes. Applicants must also be at minimum 15 years old and be attending college within the following three years. No essay, no minimum GPA—it's the easiest scholarship you'll apply for!
Amount: $2,500
Awarded: Annually
Deadline: End of February
Check out the NextStepU Free College Tuition Giveaway.
No Essay College Scholarship™
This scholarship from Niche has “no essay” right in the name! Admittedly, this one requires a smidge more work than just registering. But logging in monthly for a chance to win every month is a small task for the cash.
Amount: $2,000
Awarded: Monthly
Deadline: Last day of the month
Check out the No Essay College Scholarship™.
Christian College EDGE Scholarship & Christian College Scholarship Drawing
If you’re interested in Christian colleges and universities, do a quick registration on this website for a chance to win $1,000 and learn about great colleges that share your faith. If you end up deciding on a Christian college, for a chance to win even more money, fill out their “Christian College Connector” registration to be entered in their $5,000 giveaway.
Amount: $1,000; $5,000
Awarded: Annually (both)
Deadline: May 31 (both)
Check out the EDGE Scholarship and Christian College Scholarship Drawing.
Ascent No-Essay Scholarships
Register on Ascent’s website to make an account, follow them on any one of their social media platforms, tag them in a comment with #AscentSponsored, and you’re done. This is a breeze because you’re probably already scrolling through social media anyway.
Amount: $1,000
Awarded: Monthly
Deadline: Usually last day of the month (dates may vary)
Check out the Ascent Scholarship Sweepstakes.
Barbizon’s $10,000 College Tuition Scholarship
Barbizon Modeling and Acting awards $10,000 to one lucky winner to make their college dreams a reality. Applicants have the whole year to get entries in every time the new scholarship cycle opens. The most recent cycle opened in January of 2025 and will be closing in December, with winners announced sometime the following year. All students have to do to enter is complete the application, and the winner will be chosen by random drawing.
Amount: $10,000
Awarded: Annually
Deadline: December 31, 2025
Check out the Barbizon College Tuition Scholarship.
CampusReel Student-Led Virtual Tours Scholarship
CampusReel is all about encouraging students to get to know schools through campus tours, even if they can't make it to campus in person. Applicants just have to make a free account on CampusReel's website and watch one student-led virtual tour to enter for a chance to win this scholarship. This easy opportunity is a win-win!
Amount: $2,000
Awarded: Annually
Deadline: Dates vary
Check out the CampusReel Student-Led Virtual Tours Scholarship.
No-Essay Scholarships from keepgoingforward.org
The organization keepgoingforward.org offers three scholarships throughout the year with no set requirements for grade level or academic field. In fact, one of the scholarships doesn't even require applicants to be current students, as long as they are applying for the money with the intent to move forward with something new in life. And they partner with Bold.org—so if you already have an account, you're one step ahead on applying!
Amount: $1,000; $500; $1,500 (amounts correspond with deadlines below)
Awarded: Annually
Deadline: April 28, August 31, October 30
Check out the keep going forward No-Essay Scholarships.
10 Words or Less Scholarship
We said no essays; we never said no words. You can swing 10 words. All you have to do is tell them why you think you deserve the scholarship in 10 words or fewer. It’s as easy as posting a Facebook comment (which is exactly how you enter). Leave a comment, give them a like on their Facebook page, and you’re in!
Amount: $1,000
Awarded: Annually
Deadline: April 15
Check out the 10 Words or Less Scholarship.
Use your creativity
Are you better with visuals than you are with words? Well, these scholarships are looking for that creative energy!
Doodle for Google
This is Google we’re talking about, so you know they’ve got big bucks. Not only is this an opportunity to win $55,000 for school, but the winning doodle will also be featured on Google for a day and they will donate $50,000 to your school to help with technology resources! And even if you don’t win the big money, you still have a chance at one of the $5,000 runner-up scholarships.
Amount: Up to $55,000
Awarded: Annually
Deadline: March 2025
Check out the Doodle for Google contest.
Create-A-Greeting-Card Scholarship Contest
If doodling for Google didn’t expend all your creative juices, you can also create a greeting card. Take photographs for it. Design it with artwork. The creative medium is up to you, and the general public votes on the winner in the early rounds, so rally your friends and family to help you with this one.
Amount: $10,000
Awarded: Annually
Deadline: March 3, 2025 (Always beginning of March)
Check out the Create-A-Greeting-Card Scholarship Contest.
DoSomething.org Easy Scholarships
DoSomething doesn’t have just one easy scholarship—they have a ton! Most of them are creative and require you to make some sort of impact on others, whether big or small. Get your task, complete it, and send in a picture for proof for a chance to be their randomly chosen winner! Then rinse and repeat for their other tasks with coordinating scholarships. The age range for participants is 13 to 25 years old.
Amount: Up to $2,500
Awarded: Annually
Deadline: January 31 and February 28, 2025 (For current featured scholarships)
Check out all of DoSomething.org's easy scholarships.
Answer some questions
Sometimes websites just want people to fill out their surveys, and they’ll give you money for school just to do it. Or maybe the organization wants you to learn about something that they do. Either way, these scholarships just require answering a few questions to enter.
The $1,000 SuperCollege Scholarship
What’s easier than answering questions about yourself? Fill out an application and tell SuperCollege what you’re going to school for and other academic-related questions, hit submit, and you’re done.
Amount: $1,000
Awarded: Monthly
Deadline: Last day of the month
Check out the $1,000 SuperCollege Scholarship.
School Survey Sweepstakes
Another one that requires a bit of writing, but it’s certainly no essay. You can be entered into Niche’s monthly $1,000 giveaway just by filling out a short survey about your high school. Even your parents are allowed to enter this one!
Amount: $1,000
Awarded: Monthly
Deadline: Last day of the month
Check out the School Survey Sweepstakes.
Sallie Monthly Scholarship
Sallie is another scholarship and financial aid website that gives away scholarships to students every month throughout the year. Just complete a short entry form with info including which college you’ll be attending and when you anticipate graduating. This application even allows parents to enter for their children. As long as you're 17 years old, you should apply to this one now!
Amount: $2,000
Awarded: Monthly
Deadline: Last day of the month
Check out Sallie's Monthly Scholarship.
Student-View Scholarship
This one skips the application process and gets right to the questions. Fill out their survey to get entered into their random drawing. Students fill out the surveys based on their state of residence, so please note that students from Washington, DC, are welcome to choose either the Maryland or Virginia survey. The big winner gets $10,000, and if that’s not you, you could still be one of two $1,000 winners or one of five $500 winners.
Amount: Up to $10,000
Awarded: Annually
Deadline: April 23, 2025
Check out the Student-View Scholarship.
Edvisors Scholarship Giveaways
All you have to do for Edvisors multiple monthly scholarships is fill out short forms about who you are as a student. Students who are 17 or older have the chance to win $1,000 or $2,500 each month by entering two featured scholarship opportunities. And students who are 18 or older, can apply for a $2,500 Student Loan Relief scholarship to help pay down loans they already have in their name.
Amount: $1,000; $2,500
Awarded: Monthly
Deadline: Last day of each month
Check out the Edvisors Giveaways.
While this may be a long list of easy no-essay scholarships, there could be even more on the internet that we didn’t find, so keep doing your research (and let us know if we missed any using our contact form!).
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