Do I have to be affiliated with a school or teacher to enter or can I do it independently?
http://www.artandwriting.org/the-awards/how-to-enter/
Says here that homeschool students in America/Canada/etc. can enter. When looking up deadlines, use your home zip code.
@bodangles I already did that but my problem is that it mentions that if one wins something, their educator would also be notified. This leads me to fear that my school would have to be involved.
Why don’t you want your school involved?
It takes months for approval for anything school related that is not currently affiliated with a preexisting club. If it is with a club, then it takes weeks.
Even if your school doesn’t have much at all? If I recall correctly your English/art teacher has to make an account and sign some forms and that’s about it. Your teacher can’t just do that on their own? You have to ask for approval from the administration?
I just really don’t think you should lie. Who knows what kind of trouble that could get you into.
I’ll try to ask my teacher, but I’m not 100% sure if that would need to go to the administration. If it does, I’ll just try again next year.