<p>So.. you register online and then you submit via snail mail?</p>
<p>okay so i have this memoir essay written. and i 'planned' on revising it over the BREAK...but, well...the break is official over and as usual, i 'forgot' to do what i had planned to accomplish. <em>smacks head</em></p>
<p>i think the final draft is due monday for me...and today is wednesday. at first i thought i could just hold if off and submit it for next yr's competition.
BUT, now that i come to think of it, i prolly wouldn't even 'need' it next yr around this time. b/c i'll prolly have already sent in my college apps. i also want to do early action just to improve my chances....</p>
<p>so i should cram it in now and give it a shot right? considerin next yr's competition would be completely useless for me anyway and i really want to do this. lol even tho i'm far from being the best writer in class.</p>
<p>any inputs guys????</p>
<p>Can you find some time in the next few days to revise it?</p>
<p>I think you should do it this year. It won't hurt, and you'll probably have other things to submit next year.</p>
<p>P.S., and this is just me: I don't think you should be doing competitions like this just because it looks good on college apps. If you're passionate about writing, write and submit it to competitions. But I hate it when kids do things like this just for the sake of doing it; it only gives the judges more work and takes time and effort away from the judging of those who really want it.</p>
<p>@hamsi2004: You need to download the writing instructions from Scholastic's site. The explain everything.</p>
<p>@PaperHat: Yep.</p>
<p>@teenage_cliche: I don't know. I agree and disagree, I suppose. Agreed, we should write for the sake of writing and not specifically to win some competition. But also--and perhaps this is just me--it sometimes feels like writing/humanities kids get screwed over in the "awards" category for college admissions, simply because there are many, many science and math awards on the national level but relatively few (non-essay) writing ones. It's easier to prove your passion for science or math by conducting research or entering contests, but it's hard to convey "I love to write, I spend a lot of my free time writing, and what's more, I'm GOOD at it!" without being recognized by an organization like Scholastic.</p>
<p>^I understand that, I suppose. I guess it just bothers me when people are like "I'm only doing this for college", which is what the poster in question implied.</p>
<p>BTW, though, I've found a good dozen non-essay creative writing competitions (most of them aren't too well-known, and, hence, not as competitive) and plan to enter most of them. I can PM someone with a few if they're interested.</p>
<p>^^^ Yes, please! :)</p>
<p>Can you PM me, too? Thanks.</p>
<p>Which writing competitions? I'm looking for other ones that are not scams. Like most of them are :X</p>
<p>Me too? I've looked everywhere and all I've found is Scholastic and the Claremont Review!</p>
<p>We should write for the sake of writing, yes.</p>
<p>But why would one enter competitions for any other reason but recognition (from colleges, in most cases)? It's an entirely different animal.</p>
<p>Mflevity's very right about math/science versus humanities competitions.</p>
<p>this is my first year...</p>
<p>I'm submitting one short-short story; quite proud of it actually. How competitive is it; how many people win the silver and gold keys stuff?</p>
<p>I submitted a personal essay for Region-at-Large. How competitive/difficult is it to just get the lowest honor?</p>
<p>I just finished putting the last touches on my two writings, a journalism piece and a personal essay. I do have one question, we are only supposed to send one copy of each manuscript, correct?</p>
<p>I'm sending 3 things.
My first time sending things in; I'm slightly confident.</p>
<p>The process is kind of confusing though--so many specifics especially if you're sending in more than one piece. And my teacher is kind of spacey so she wouldn't be able to help. Hmm.</p>
<p>Only one copy of the work, but 2 copies of each submission sheet.</p>
<p>God, last year you had to also include a CD of your work, which was so annoying...</p>
<p>I requested and received a deadline extension because it would be just too hectic for me to get signatures from my teacher and organize all the neccessary material in time [my first time entering Scholastic] @<a href="mailto:@">@</a>.
Are there any other poets here? It seems like many are submitting short stories and such</p>
<p>This is bull. The contest sorted me into RAL when I entered my zip code, but I just searched and found that I actually have a region for my state, MN, and the deadline is two days from now--it has to be <em>in</em> by then, not just submitted. What should I do? Help, PLEASE.</p>
<p>^Poet in the house! I'm primarily a poet, though I occasionally do more prose-y-poetry (vignettes and the like), and rarely personal essays.</p>
<p>southeasttitan:
I suggest you email them about that. They can probably fix that technical error. You focus on getting together your submissions and whatnot.</p>
<p>Plus, is it in by that date or postmarked?</p>