Celebrate and acknowledge milestones.
Apply for awards and contests this year to give members opportunities to use their skills, celebrate officers and advisors, and share your club’s accomplishments! The deadline for award and contest entries is Monday, April 1, 2026, 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time. Deadline will not be extended.
Download the K-Kids Award and Contest Guide.
How to apply for awards and contests
First: Read the information in the K-Kids Award and Contest Guide (above) for every award and contest that interests your club. Also review questions in the entry or nomination forms and download PDFs of longer forms (through links below).
Second: Gather all required information, draft answers to questions or/or prepare the contest item.
Third: When you have all information you need, follow the link to each award or contest online entry or nomination form. You do not have to complete the entire form in one session. If you SAVE your form and close Cognito, the advisor will receive an email containing a link to your draft form and you will need to ask them for the link. Make sure to submit your forms by the April 1, 2026, deadline. Late entries will not be accepted.
Distinguished Club and Honor Club Awards
Each K-Kids club can earn a Distinguished Club or Honor Club award from Kiwanis International if it carries out enough of the activities listed in the K-Kids Annual Achievement Report and completes and submits the report.
PDF of K-Kids Annual Achievement Report (download to see all questions)
Report form: K-Kids Annual Achievement Report
Distinguished Advisor Award
Nominate a K-Kids faculty advisor or Kiwanis advisor who nurtures service leadership, cares for, respects, challenges, supports, empowers and expands the understanding of members, officers, and committee chairs.
PDF of Distinguished Advisor Nomination Form (download to see questions)
Nomination form: Distinguished Advisor Award
Distinguished Officer Award
Nominate an officer (president, vice president, secretary, treasurer, sergeant-at-arms or other officer) who serves your club by being active, fulfilling their responsibilities and role modeling all K-Kids values.
PDF of Distinguished Officer Nomination Form (download to see questions)
Nomination form: Distinguished Officer Award
Single Service Project Award
If your club planned and carried out an amazing service project this year with a significant impact on your school or community, apply for this award. To learn the information to gather about your project, read the Single Service Project Award section in the K-Kids Award and Contest Guide.
Entry form: Single Service Project Award
K-Kids Contests
Share your club’s accomplishments. Encourage officers and members to participate in contests where they can use writing, public speaking, art, design, organization, and video making skills! Find the themes for each contest in the K-Kids Award and Contest Guide and at the top of each online entry form.
Entry form: Speech Contest
Entry form: Poster Contest
Entry form: Scrapbook Contest
Entry Form: Video Contest
Awards announcements and recognition items
Faculty and Kiwanis advisors of clubs receiving awards (and their district administrators) will receive an email from Kiwanis International before mid-May congratulating them for their awards and certificates and award items will be mailed to your school or organization by mid-May. Advisors are asked to inform their clubs, officers and members about the awards they receive.
The list of award and contest winners will be posted on this webpage, on social media and in the K-Kids newsletter in mid-May.
Check out past K-Kids award and contest recipients!