The tenth annual Arkansas State Coding Competition will be open to Arkansas public, private, and homeschooled school students in grades 8-12.

This Arkansas Department of Education webpage is the official location to find competition information including locations, dates, times, registration process, and updates.

2026 Arkansas State Coding Competition

Date: March 31, 2026

Time: 12:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Location: Arch Ford Education Service Cooperative, Plumerville, Arkansas

Teams: All schools that include any grade 8th-12th are eligible to sign up one (1) team of up to three (3) members for the competition. 

Registration:

• Registration closes 11:59pm on February 20th. Team members can be substituted until March 9th at 11:59pm.
• Registration Link: Register

The award structure has changed for this year’s event. Student awards will be in the form of a deposit into a Brighterfuture 529 account. School awards must be used to support Computer Science programming at the school. The following awards will be given out:

ADE reserves the right to limit participation based on site capacity or alter competition and award structure. Participation is not guaranteed; if a cap is necessary, teams will be accepted in the order they registered (first-come, first-served).

Note:

The All-State Coding Competition’s challenges will be accessed and submitted through a dedicated competition website. This website will be accessible via a specific SSID within the competition room. Therefore, it is crucial that you ensure your computer can connect to a wireless network to participate effectively in each challenge.

Please be aware that the competition's wireless network will restrict access to all other websites. Attempting to access any other websites is strictly against the rules unless explicitly directed by the competition judges and staff.

For more information, please contact: