This theme issue focuses on academic competitions for academically talented youth. It lists approximately 30 selected competitions from a variety of academic areas, describing their eligible grade levels, types of projects or tests involved, fees, awards, and deadlines. An article describes the National Merit Scholarship Program and use of the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test as a screening test. A list of books named by distinguished graduating high school seniors as "the most stimulating book they have read outside school in the past 6 months" is provided. A review of Stanford University (California) is presented, based on evaluations by 16 students enrolled there. The newsletter concludes with a page of students' creative work, including a book review, poem, and puzzles. (JDD)