What qualifies as an "HONOR"?

<p>What could I put on the honors section of the common app? I know it says "Academic honors or distinctions", but what counts as one? Examples? Here are the things I'm debating about whether to include or not: Essay contest, piano competition, piano certificate, selected to be on library advisory board, helped obtain grant for club, club was issued an award/certificate from the city, art contest.</p>

<p>Not all of them are necessarily Academic (as in math/science contest), I know, but I think they are honors.... Plus, there's not a space for non-academic honors on the common app.</p>

<p>Those should only be academic honors. If you’d like to list non-academic honors, list them under the relevant EC (club, etc) or in the “additional information” section.</p>