@gmfalv I don’t think we can expect to see any HM/Merit winners for at least the next week.
@artelier CONGRATULATIONS!!
The realist in me:
They had about 179 finalist winners last year. I would THINK they’d have the staff to call all winners in one day (at least to leave a message) so I’m wondering if all calls have gone out and they say “notifying winners throughout the week by phone” just indicates that some winners have to call them back or they need to re-try some phone numbers. I have not heard of ONE person who got a call today (have any of you?) although they tend to call after 3pm so that could change. Does anyone know if all winners last year (all categories) reported being called on the SAME day or did some categories really get a call on a DIFFERENT day than others? Or did people in the SAME category get called on DIFFERENT days last year? That might help to put some of this in perspective.
The dreamer in me:
I haven’t heard of any winners in the jazz, pop music or singer/songwriter categories yet (the categories my daughter applied to for voice) so that gives us some hope to hang on to : )
Huge congrats again to all the winners!
CONGRATS TO EVERYONE!!! I just got a call from a 213-807-5682 phone number. This is just a telemarketer or something, right? lol
Someone in the discipline Theatre heard at 11:40 AM today, so calls are still going out.
@AmyIzzy I don’t think that can be true… last year, notifications for finalists were all on different days and different categories. We haven’t heard anything from dance categories or certain writing categories either, so I definitely think there’s a lot of hope left!
I did see on Instagram that a few dancers were notified yesterday. so hoping more calls for dance come out today!
this also may be completely wrong but i think they notify finalists over multiple days because they might have a A list and B list of finalists and I think if some of the people on the A list can’t participate they call people off B list.
@DesiDancing I haven’t seen many Visual Arts finalists either. Maybe they just aren’t making posts about it.
My daughter was just contacted yesterday;) Finalist in theatre!
@ashymustard that’s definitely a possibility 
I’m kind of just hoping everyone would be as psyched as I would be and post about it everywhere lol 
@gmfalv huh, I only happened to see one finalist on instagram in modern/contemporary. Were there others that I missed?
i forgot how i saw the other but was also modern/contemporary
@DesiDancing thanks for that information about the stretch of time for notifications in the past. Now I am feeling optimistic again : ) If anyone hears of calls to jazz, pop music or singer/songwriter, please let me know! My daughter knows they have made calls for some categories but doesn’t seemed too stressed about it (she’s been busy with college stuff and gigs) so that’s good! I think it’s reasonable to be hopeful through to Friday night and then might need to naturally transition to merit/HM hope. No matter what, I’m super proud of my daughter for applying and her hard work in getting the videos recorded and uploaded, not to mention being proud of how she follows her musical and artistic passions with such determination! You should all be proud too! It takes guts and faith to apply to things like this and you are all young and have a bright future ahead no matter what happens with YoungArts!
Have any writing finalists been notified today?
Any news about classical music, or was that category all finished yesterday?
nah pretty sure its still ongoing
@hihelloo A close friend of mine got contacted for finalist in short story 
Has anyone heard anything about photography?
@Lunarlitgend yay!! When did they get notified?
Any news on Classical Voice?
@hihelloo It was around 1:14 PM CT
So it’s evident notifications come flowing in around noon