<p>anyone hear anything about poetry?</p>
<p>^Yes, but not in RAL.</p>
<p>I wasn't poetry but I was RAL.</p>
<p>ok thanks (i'm in RAL...sighhh)</p>
<p>I don't know if this helps, but I'm in RAL and entered poetry. I heard about the gold keys for my other two categories, but not poetry, so I'm assuming I didn't get gold key in poetry. That also probably means that the poetry category has been judged, so those winners will likely hear about it pretty soon.</p>
<p>Hey, mflevity, did you just hear through your teacher, or did they mail something to your house too?</p>
<p>Congrats, by the way. :)</p>
<p>As I understand it, my teacher got a packet in the mail yesterday. She photocopied everything and gave it to me today. On the teacher letter, it says, "Separate notifications, with certificates and Gold Key pins, will arrive to your student(s) at their home address(es) by the end of March." So even if the teacher stuff somehow gets lost/forgotten/thrown out, everyone will get the gold key stuff by the end of the month.</p>
<p>It definitely specifies "gold key" for everything, though, so it seems like the silver key/"Certificates of Merit" will be notified separately.</p>
<p>And thanks. :) This was my first time entering, so I had no idea what to expect.</p>
<p>thanks--i don't really see my poetry teacher anymore (i had her last year), so i guess that means there's still hope</p>
<p>****, I guess I'm not going to get an RAL key. Oh well.</p>
<p>I just got a Gold Key for a personal essay today. Don't give up hope! Mail is still being distributed.</p>
<p>Has anyone heard from RAL in the categories of General Writing Portfolio or Drawing?</p>
<p>I'm in MN and just got a gold key for personal essay/memoir. It's weird because I totally thought my short short story was 10x better, but...I'm happy either way!</p>
<p>Is anyone else surprised that the letter says that they'll be finished judging nationals in just a few weeks? I was under the impression that this whole process would take much, much longer.</p>
<p>I was notified today of an RAL Gold Key for my General Writing Portfolio.</p>
<p>Were you notified by your teacher? Has anyone heard about RAL Photography Portfolios?</p>
<p>Anyone know about RAL Personal Essay notifications?</p>
<p>^Southeasttitan and I have received ours.</p>
<p>Don't all gold keys get sent out at one time for writing? Like, say if you won gold key in journalism and short story--shouldn't they arrive in the same package?</p>
<p>Yeah, I actually got my package today. There were two certificates--one for memoir and one for short story--but only one actual "gold key" pin, so I'm guessing all the certificates go in the same package since they only give one pin per person.</p>
<p>congrats to everyone who got it! did you also get email notifications?</p>