<p>How prestigious is this? I'm really happy because I apparently won two national awards in writing for this this year and I'm invited to go to New York. I have no regional awards because my region doesn't sponsor a regional competition.</p>
<p>But, how influential/big are the scholastic awards in terms of just how big of a deal it is? I've moved around a lot, and my lit. magazine adviser this year said I should enter the NFAA thing for Pres. Scholars but I don't have citizenship. Are there other good contests out there?</p>