<p>This year I'm submitting to the Ayn Rand Fountainhead competition which is an international literary analysis competition.
I was wondering if anyone has won this and can give me some advice. Also, how prestigious is it even to be a semi finalist since there are 175 or a finalist there are 45 of those? </p>
<p>Please help!</p>
<p>I was a Semi-Finalist in the Anthem competition back in 2005. What kind of advice are you looking for? As for its prestige, I doubt it's very high. I don't know that many people know about the competition. If you win, and want it to help your application, I would explain the contest in additional information, including how many people won the same award/ how many entered. That should give whoever is reading your app a better idea of how impressive it is even if they've never heard of the particular contest.</p>