Community Programs, Contests, & Internships
Read, write, think, and create with The Mark Twain House & Museum!
In addition to our regular educational programming available on site and online, there are lots of other ways for students to engage with The Mark Twain House & Museum. We host on-site and remote interns from high school through graduate school, and we’re proud to partner with schools and community organizations to offer special programs and contests to students throughout Connecticut.
Student Internships
The Mark Twain House & Museum is always looking for talented and engaged student interns. For more information, contact Erin Bartram, School Programs Coordinator, at erin.bartram@marktwainhouse.org.
Check out what our interns have been up to!The Nook Farm Writers Collaborative
Our summer writing program for teens, the NFWC also publishes the online literary journal Journey75.
Learn More and Apply NowHartford Creative Contest
The Mark Twain House & Museum is proud to partner with The Hartford Creative Contest. The contest is an annual competition open to all Hartford School students and residents in grades 4-12. The contest consists of student’s submissions of original essays, poetry, and artwork that best reflects the prompts provided. Submissions are judged and have a chance of being selected as the winners. You could be this year’s winner! The grand prize is $750.00. The submission deadline is March 9, 2026. Winners and their families will be invited to the awards ceremony on May 16, 2026
To enter the Hartford Creative Contest, you must be a Hartford resident in grades 4-12 or you must be a non-Hartford resident attending a Hartford school. You must create an original essay, poem, or piece of artwork that responds to one of the prompts. For this year’s prompts, contest guidelines, and submission form please visit the contest website HERE.
CLICK HERE TO LEARN MOREThe Celebrated RoboFrog Race of Hartford County
The Jumping Frog Contest was an important and lively annual event at the Mark Twain House in Hartford, Connecticut for many years, but was discontinued in 1979. Now, forty years later, The Mark Twain House & Museum is proud to bring the Frog Jumping Contest back, this time with a very modern twist: robotics. We are inviting robotics teams, clubs and individual makers to participate. If a participant is under the age of 18, they must have their parents’ approval. Registration is open to all.