<p>I have won awards from writing contests that are open to any HS student working in the English language. These awards, though, are from US based organizations. Are these awards "international" level because anybody from anywhere can apply? I ask because I have to choose a designation for the CommonApp.</p>
<p>I'm not 100% but I would say international as the designation refers more to the scope of your contest rather than its location. I do not, however, know which organizations you are referring to so its best to check with either the organization in question or the universities themselves.</p>
<p>If contestants
can be interantional then it is international otherwise not so.</p>
<p>The scholastics (gold Key) for example could be considered
national?</p>
<p>Technically the AMC is international for example but the results tend to
have a national flavor.</p>
<p>The Scholastics are regional if the highest level of award you won was a Gold Key. However, if you won a National Award, as did I, then the contest is clearly national. Actually I won a Gold Key and a National Award in two disctinct categories, so the "contest" is both national and regional. While the situation I just described applies directly to me, such is not the situation I initially asked about. Otherwise, I think the awards I initially questioned are international.</p>
<p>The level of a competition is not defined by the overall scope of the competition. It's defined by who you're competing against. So, let's say that a US-based competition does allow international students, but international students are evaluated as a pool, and US students are evaluated as pool. It would be dishonest to say that you won an "international" award if you won a top award in the US pool.</p>
<p>Thanks for the advice kyledavid. I think you helped me find the answer to my initial question- as far as I know, US applications and whatever internationals applied are part of the same pool.</p>