i have a question. my deadline is the 15th. does that mean that everything is due before the 15th or before the 16th?
@jxl637 I just checked my dashboard and my submissions have been accepted, thank goodness. My deadline is the 14th at 11:59 pm, so yours is probably the 15th at 11:59 pm/before the 16th too.
@ssbdreamer Can I ask you where on the dashboard shows acceptance? I’m having a similar problem of mailing issues. 
If you go to the page where you can edit your submissions and print your forms, next to each submission it should say individual status
Mine still says uploaded. I’m worried.
Mine took around 5 days to update. How long ago did you mail your forms?
It’s a long story, but making it short… my tracking number showed it got there on the 12th with ups, but ups released it, perhaps, by the door or somewhere because no one was there at the time of delivery … I just hope it’s not lost.
I don’t know if this is the same for all regions, but usually my region doesn’t tell you if they got your forms or not. Anything that’s uploaded automatically gets judged with or without the forms. I know someone who had stuff uploaded, forgot about the piece, never sent the forms or money in. They got a gold key for it too lol
Mine says “your writing deadline has passed. please check your local program for notification information”
Can anyone confirm that the teachers of national gold medal winners receive $500? My daughter won a gold medal last spring but I don’t believe her teacher received anything…
I believe it’s only the teachers of gold medal portfolioists who receive $500
That makes sense— thanks for the clarification.
So in my writing submissions (after I click on the Print, Sign & Mail Your Forms, and
Pay For Your Submissions button) it says my writing portfolio has been paid for and uploaded- am I in the clear?
@awkwardambition pretty l8 haha but you should be clear—that’s what it said for mine and the status never changed so i’m pretty sure that’s it. good luck by the way! 26 more days 'till regional awards come out whoop!
This may sound like a dumb question, but how do I know if my art submissions are received? (This is my first time submitting work to this contest.)
My region only accepts payment by check, and since I live ridiculously close to the organization where the checks are supposed to be mailed to, I just delivered it by hand. So, I know my payment was received, but my dashboard just says, “Your Art deadline has passed! Please check your local program for notification information.” and the submission form and fees page indicates all my my pieces where upload… does this mean everything is in?
@vantasonic It says the same thing for me on the website! That the writing deadline as passed and so on… it does say that my fee was “paid” tho
@scenicstars Thanks! Good luck to you as well 
Man, the wait is killing me. Regional awards come out in early-to-mid February for me. . . I’m busy crushing every impulse in me to reread my stories for errors! Good luck, everyone!
@FlameAlchemist right?!?! oof i’m dying to see how the results for the regional level turn out!! good luck!!
Anyone submit a videogame? I can play the “game play” video but i see a “bolt” where the zip file containing the actual game should be. anyone seeing the same or something different?