rip me haha that means i didnt win in either category i submitted to , good luck to you all!! 
Yes it was first submission. They might send that to everyone. I have no idea.
I do not think they send that email to everyone. Last time my son applied, he was not chosen as a winner and did not receive this email. This year, he just received the same email as your daughter. Not sure what it means but it’s definitely different than before.
I think singer-songwriter finalists have been notified.
Wrong Category sorry
I feel like the bulk of finalists have been called. Hopefully the list comes out today!
Was the email from World Strides? @fan4luc
Sammy_H, thank you for sharing. Are you with Young Arts? If so, do you know if all the phone calls have been made yet? Some of the commentors seem to think so but your post makes it sound like it’s still on-going. Thanks again for any insight.
@TheatreWhisperer that was a tweet that YoungArts posted yesterday or the day before that SammyH copied and posted. Check twitter. Lots of posts there. I have to believe all finalists have been called already. The past 2 years YA released the winners list this week prior to Thanksgiving. Hoping they still do this evening but at this rate I’m guessing next week before the holiday. Fingers crossed for everyone!
Hi, I copied and pasted from Twitter. I don’t see any dance finalists and so I am assuming that it’s still ongoing. Good Luck to all the participants.
@Sammy_H I thought I saw one on twitter…?
@Sammy_H There is a dance finalist post on instagram from 1 day ago. Search #youngarts posts.
any updates on writing/poetry?
I’ve seen a couple poet finalists on twitter… guess we’ll just have to wait for the list 
@musiciseternal The email was from Honor performance series. She applied for songwriting and I think they have made those calls, so probably everyone related to music got that email,
Hi everyone, I go to a school in Miami where youngarts is known and talked about. I just wanted to let you guys know that I’ve heard the full list will be out on November 22. Good luck everyone!
Are merit winners notified or does it just come out with the list?
@okiedopie Ahhh, fingers crossed — I applied in poetry too! If we were notified as finalists in a separate category do you think they would’ve told us in we’d won HM/Merit in one of our other categories?
So all finalists have been notified in all the categories?
I think so?