A contest is an event in which at least two team

Team

A team comprises a group of people or animals linked in a common purpose. Teams are especially appropriate for conducting tasks that are high in complexity and have many interdependent subtasks.A group in itself does not necessarily constitute a team...

s or individuals compete

Competition

Competition is a contest between individuals, groups, animals, etc. for territory, a niche, or a location of resources. It arises whenever two and only two strive for a goal which cannot be shared. Competition occurs naturally between living organisms which co-exist in the same environment. For...

. There may be an award

Award

An award is something given to a person or a group of people to recognize excellence in a certain field; a certificate of excellence. Awards are often signifiedby trophies, titles, certificates, commemorative plaques, medals, badges, pins, or ribbons...

 to a winner or awards for multiple top performers, but a contest may be imposed for training

Training

The term training refers to the acquisition of knowledge, skills, and competencies as a result of the teaching of vocational or practical skills and knowledge that relate to specific useful competencies. It forms the core of apprenticeships and provides the backbone of content at institutes of...

. A contest may occur naturally, or be planned by the participants, rather than organized by another party.

Contest may also refer to:

Literature

• Contest (novel)
  Contest (novel)
  Contest is the self-published first novel by Australian thriller writer Matthew Reilly. In 1996, after being rejected by several Australian publishing houses, Reilly personally paid for 1000 copies of the book to be published privately under the label of 'Karanadon Entertainment', and sold them...
  
  , by Matthew Reilly

Places

• Contest, Mayenne
  Contest, Mayenne
  Contest is a commune in the Mayenne department in north-western France....
  
  , a village and commune of the Mayenne département in France

Ships

• Contest (ship)
  Contest (ship)
  The Contest was an Australian sloop wrecked in 1807.The Contest was a sloop of some 44 tons, owned by Kable & Co and registered on 20 July 1804. On 28 February 1807 she was sailing for Newcastle but the wind would not allow her to make the harbour and so she continued north...
  
  , an Australian ship sunk in 1807
• HMS Contest
  HMS Contest
  Ten ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Contest: or Gunboat No. 16 was a 14-gun vessel launched in 1797 and broken up in 1799. was a 5-gun gun-brig, previously the Dutch Hell-hound. She was captured in 1799 and broken up in 1803. was a 14-gun schooner purchased in 1799 and broken up...
  
  , the name of various ships of the British Royal Navy

Television

• "The Contest
  The Contest
  "The Contest" was the 51st episode of the NBC sitcom, Seinfeld. The eleventh episode of the fourth season, it aired on November 18, 1992. In the episode, George Costanza tells Jerry Seinfeld, Elaine Benes and Cosmo Kramer that his mother caught him unaware while he was masturbating...
  
  ", an episode from the U.S. situation comedy Seinfeld
• The Con Test
  The Con Test
  The Con Test was an Australian game show which premiered on 7 February 2007 on Network Ten. It was filmed in Sydney and was hosted by Andrew G and Brigitte Duclos.-Format and Rules:...
  
  , an Australian game show which airs on Network Ten

Government

• CONTEST
  CONTEST
  CONTEST is the name of a counter-terrorism strategy developed by the United Kingdom's Home Office in early 2003. A revised version of 'CONTEST', was released on March 24, 2009. An Annual Report of CONTEST was released in March 2010...
  
  , codename for the British government's counter-terrorism strategy

Law

• Will contest
  Will contest
  A will contest, in the law of property, is a formal objection raised against the validity of a will, based on the contention that the will does not reflect the actual intent of the testator...