<p>Registration just opened yesterday...anyone else planning on submitting?</p>
<p>I definitely want to! I never have before, and I fall into the stupid Region At Large, but I’ll still write something. I’m thinking of submitting to Short Story, Flash Fiction, and maybe Humor or Science Fiction/Fantasy. Not art. >_> I don’t do art.</p>
<p>Im hoping to submit something this year too! Should’ve submitted something last year, but I missed the deadline 
And it’ll be in the writing section, not art, I’m no artist either ! Hahaha</p>
<p>Haha last year I skipped school the day of the submission deadline, spent a few hours writing a piece for journalism section, and submitted it. Won a gold key in Region at Large.</p>
<p>^ @seahawks506 congrats ! hahaa, honestly though, thats an amazing idea which I might steal, because the biggest problem for me is not finding time to write. I would LOVE to have a several hours, with no one home to bother me, just to write!</p>
<p>I want to submit poetry, but they’re all free verses and they’re kind of depressing. </p>
<p>I also want to submit a short story. Do you know if they’ll let you make two entries?</p>
<p>I’m submitting 
I won a gold key last year in Region-at-Large. Aiming for something on the national level this year!</p>
<p>OrangeD00D - go ahead and break the mold! Though I don’t have enough information to say that most of the poetry is depressing and in free verse, I’m sure the judges will appreciate something a bit different if that is true.</p>
<p>Hopefully I’m submitting again this year. I’m thinking of poetry, science/fantasy, photography and maybe flash fiction.</p>
<p>I won a gold key last year so like littlepenguin, I’m definitely stepping it up and aiming for a national level.</p>
<p>The art section is tough. I worked tenuously on four pieces and didn’t get an award for any of them last year (Region at large). </p>
<p>Maybe I’ll submit writing this year, who knows?</p>
<p>I think that art would be tough because it’s so subjective. I mean writing is also but art…I think the interpretations can be so varied amongst viewers because it’s so abstract. It’s great in that sense as well, but I’m DEFINITELY a writer, not at artist (as much as I want to be).</p>
<p>I’m lucky because I fall into the regular Midwest region. Do you think it’s right to say that it’s probably one of the least competitive regions? I think so.</p>
<p>Anyway, it’s my first year submitting and I plan on submitting 2-3 dramatic scripts, maybe a memoir and humorous piece. I might create a sci-fi piece I’ve been envisioning if I have the time and if it feels right. I also want to try for the novel category!</p>
<p>submitting writing registered two days ago, probably submitting in a few catagories ;)</p>
<p>So as long as we pay the entry fee, we can submit multiple times to whichever category we want, right?</p>
<p>Definitely submitting writing! I’m thinking about poetry, fiction, maybe flash fiction, maybe play, and maybe novel. The only problem is finding the time…</p>
<p>hold on, I just went to the “add work” page and it wants me to check a primary teacher and say that the work was created at my school. I thought we can just write our own work, without the teacher’s help, and the teacher will certify that their was no plagiarism, etc.?</p>
<p>does this mean I have to create the work only in front of my teacher?? :(</p>
<p>What is this?</p>
<p>@emeraldEvi maybe I’m wrong, but I thought you had to pay the entry fee with every submission. Like if you submit three works, you have to pay the entry fee three times?</p>
<p>@letsmakehistory I think you’re right, you have to pay the entry fee for each work, I was just making sure that you were allowed to submit multiple things to one catagory as long as you paid for each of them.</p>
<p>@stresssedouttt I think it’s an optional button, to check your school. You do have to provide a teacher, but I definitely don’t think they have to be involved in the creation of the work-- just inform them that you’re entering their name as your teacher/mentor. They shouldn’t mind because if you win, they get some recognition too! And then they have to sign some submission form, maybe.</p>
<p>I’m really interested in attempting this. Do we have to register immediately or can we wait until a month or two before the deadline? I’m hoping to have enough of my works done before I register that way I won’t just register and waste time on something I won’t actually finish.</p>
<p>Anyone doing the novel writing? I tried last year, but I didn’t notice how much of an epic fail my work was until after I submitted it. This year I’m definitely trying harder. Does anyone know what they mean by the outline? Like, do they want a synopsis or…?</p>
<p>^I think they mean an outline. y’know:
I. Ways to Organize Notes
A. Outline
1. putting notes into categories, and details go in the sub-sections
a. most important are under roman numerals</p>
<p>google outline if you don’t get what I’m talking about.</p>
<p>I’m not 100% sure though, so it’s probably best to email them and ask</p>