Scholastic Art and Writing Awards 2014-2015

Just kidding! All of the regional awards are posted on the Scholastic website. Got a Gold Key for my Critical Essay! So happy!! :slight_smile:

Congrats guys! Is a Silver Key even considered prestigious by any means? It seems like a lot got them.

I got an Honorable Mention for my poetry, but one of my friends was nominated for an American Voices Award! So happy for her!

Found out I won four Silver Keys for all four works I submitted for the Scholastic Writing Awards and was also nominated for an American Voices recognition. Cool thing is that even Silver Keys are being considered at Nationals in my region (Midwest/Wisconsin)! The funny part is that all 4 pieces were actually college admissions essays I had to write.

Brings my tally to
1 Gold Key in photography
5 Silver Keys in photography portfolio and writing
4 American Voices nominations
1 Honorable mention for photography

Seeing as its the first time Iā€™ve ever competed, Iā€™m pretty happy with the results! :smiley:

Best of luck to all!

This is late but, it turns out I got 2 gold keys and 3 silver. Iā€™m okay with it, but I feel as though the work I submitted couldā€™ve been better. . . found out about this thing really late hahaha

Have they cashed the checks for any works of yours that didnā€™t win? Only two of my checks got cashed, and I won two awards, so Iā€™m wondering if the other three checks & confirmation forms got lost in the mailā€¦ I consider the work that didnā€™t win better than the work that won.

Does everyone get an email reminding them to check back on March 16th for national notification?

I didnā€™t, but I didnā€™t get any Gold Keys, so I shouldnā€™t have.

@2015gef I got that email the other day. So nervous!

@triantafilla me too!

Anyone else freaking out about getting national results today?!

best of luck to all gold key winners today! Only an hour and a half left to go

No national here :frowning:

Anyone else incapable of getting it to load?

Just go through the list, itā€™s listed by state http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001zxR5sJHhX2Y5uiaECZbw0nH7irZX_C8-RsxdSqyRkEtcJGBRr4vA3jPJwDSBum-GbOH7_mYXrrkfBT-rfg6ZOhdj1pySQM-3xCWPQJRppeSf4I3z4eyC7rivGFr2hTYoxlJzkW0NolYhyVec9agpV_wX3etAHEf6Q9UScahJ5EC5Ks5MRygbGqxGL9vvsfDzxdrK1olus1FlztQ6Tt14vw==&c=HuwdqlYQbVWWLKLW4ND8t7OLX7wKmHpYB1IwKFsWwrz_GMtCYCZ3KA==&ch=tAduLPHS9JqG3-K8zPto5jpStpzAvW5X8ElKiz5iyA884v-O8xgQTg==

GOLD MEDAL FOR PERSONAL ESSAY!!! Yes!!! That was so unexpected.

edit: the website is as slow as anything at the moment!!

edit 2: This ticket lottery system is new - it wasnā€™t around when I won nationals in 2013 (I was pulled off the waiting list then)ā€¦hopefully Iā€™ll be able to get tickets, because Iā€™m only a $4 megabus ride away :smiley:

Silver Medal in poetry! Couldnā€™t be happier :smiley: ^:)^

I wonder what the chances of getting a ticket through the lottery are?

Congrats to you guys who got medals!! No national for me, but Iā€™ll stay hopeful for next year :smiley:
Kind of off topic, I just got my regional awards in the mail and two keys are missing. Sighā€¦

For those of you who submitted multiple pieces but some of them didnā€™t win, did the checks for the pieces that didnā€™t win get cashed? I have a sneaking suspicion that three of my checks/confirmation pages (which were in the same envelope) were lost in the mailā€¦