Ongoing program
Vizcept Student Technical Writing Award
This program is ongoing. The dates and prizes below are for the current term. It is a student technical writing award for a published product review or a how-to that uses Vizcept to make academic figures. It is not a large cash scholarship.
Current term prizes
One first prize, three second prizes, and ten honorable mentions. Awards are chosen by hand and sent offline. This page does not pay out automatically.
| Place | Awards | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 1 | $200 Amazon.com gift card (or equivalent), plus 1 year of Vizcept PRO, plus a bylined republish on the Vizcept blog if the author consents |
| 2nd | 3 | 6 months of Vizcept PRO and a Standard Pack (150 credits) |
| Honorable mention | 10 | 450-credit pack |
Gift cards and cash for this term are capped at $200. Qualifying winners are paid. Vizcept does not reject every entry to avoid paying the award.
PRO time and credit packs are applied to the winner's Vizcept account by hand. The gift card is sent by hand. There is no in-app payout and no bulk email from this form.
Who can apply
The award is for enrolled students who can publish a short original piece about using Vizcept. We read the application and the published URL. We do not ask for homework answers.
You can apply if
- You are enrolled in computer science, software engineering, human-computer interaction, or a data-related field.
- You apply with a school email address.
- You will publish either a product review of Vizcept or a how-to about using Vizcept for academic figures.
- The published piece includes a clickable link to https://vizcept.com.
This award is not for
- K-12 students.
- Homework answers, assignment help, or coursework done for someone else.
- Personal inboxes such as Gmail, Outlook, Yahoo, or QQ.
- A plain-text URL that is not a clickable link, or a piece that does not link to vizcept.com.
How to participate
Topic, then apply, then publish the URL, then review, then the award. The address of this page stays /scholarship when the term changes.
- 1
Pick a topic
Write a product review of Vizcept, or a how-to that uses Vizcept to make academic figures (for example a framework, a flow diagram, or a syntax tree). One line on the form is enough to name the topic.
- 2
Apply
Submit your name, school, major, degree level, school email, article type, and that one-line topic before the apply deadline. Consent to republish on the Vizcept blog is optional. First place includes a bylined republish only if you consent.
- 3
Publish the URL
Publish the piece where a reviewer can open it. The piece must include a clickable link to https://vizcept.com. A mention without a link does not qualify.
- 4
Send the article URL
After the piece is public, submit the article URL and the platform name. Match it to your application with the application id or the same school email, before the article deadline.
- 5
Review and award
Vizcept reviews entries by hand. Statuses move from submitted, to approved outline when we accept the topic, to submitted URL when the link is in, then to awarded or rejected. Awards are sent offline.
Current term deadlines
These dates are for the current term only. The program continues after this term; the next term's dates will be posted on this same page.
- Apply by
- December 15, 2026 at 23:59 PST
- Article URL due
- January 31, 2027 at 23:59 PST
Deadlines are 23:59 Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles).
Apply for this term
Use your school email. We store the application so it can be reviewed. You will get an application id to use when you submit the article URL.
Submit your article URL
Use the application id from your confirmation, or the same school email. The piece must already be public and must link to https://vizcept.com.
