ooh into the next week. we in for the long haul
@Tersina Thatās exactly what I was thinking! If that were the case, it would be a little sad. For the prestige that they claim to have, they should not need to advertise, especially not at the expense of all the young artists who have to wait for so long to hear back.
aaa calls will continue into next week? at the same time that makes me feel better because I still have a chance, but it also just prolongs my stress (and school already gives me enough of that haha)
There have definitely been people with Fantasy pieces whoāve won. Plus I found one typo too. But my friend also had a typo and she still got finalist. So I think itās more about artistic ability 
@hihelloo
Iāve only heard ( see earlier ) about 2 poetry finalists so far, and apparantly there were about five last year, so thereās still a chance!
@Tersina
Honestly though, it wouldnāt surprise me. A ton of major media sites and competitions use similar strategies. At least YA posts relatively early! The regional arts summer program/competition I audition for doesnāt inform you for roughly 3 monthes.
For those here who have entered in the Scholastic competition, how is it handled there? I was thinking of applying for that as well, but I donāt know much about it.
haha thank you, that gives me hope! do you happen to have links to these winners pieces or anything along those lines? i want to see how i compare
@AsexualAnt Iāve applied to Scholastic before and theyāre much better about it. Even though the wait is longer, results come out on a specified day, and usually around a specified time. Considering Scholastic handles a much larger pool of submissions with many more winners, there is no reason why YoungArts should need 3 weeks for the notification process itself.
(Wow, this thread moves fastāway faster than I can keep up with.)
I second inflorescentās request for links to pieces! Plus, I just crave some good fantasy stories right now, haha.
What disciplines do you guys think are the most competitive?
@inflorescent @Tersina I donāt think YoungArts releases any links to pieces. That is the most difficult part, because unlike Scholastic, it is hard to tell what they are looking for. I think thatās why the majority of winners come from prestigious art schools, where more information probably spreads verbally.
@MPC4002
My own personal take would probably be the writing discipline, simply because thatās the one Iāve seen the most people apply for, yet only a few get in for each catagory of writing.
@writer333 Yeah, I appreciate how Scholastic is so open about every submission. That makes sense. I asked my English teacher to sign my submission form and he had never even heard of YoungArts, which surprised me since itās such a prestigious contest.
@inflorescent Thanks for the reassurance, haha. Based on your posts here and the sheer amount of writing youāve done so far (NaNoWriMo every year?! Crazy.) Iām sure youāre a great writer as well.
I have considered Wattpad, actually, although Iād much rather go the traditional route and query, edit, publish, etc. I didnāt know about the competitions; with that in mind, Iāll probably take my less mainstream writing to Wattpad in the future.
Yeah, Iām a high school senior and although the ED deadline has passed, I can still provide updates to my application if I, say, get an agent or win a competition. ??
@Tersina Good luck! Iām only a sophomore haha so I still have some time, but I hope you have success. And this is only my second year doing NaNo, so I wouldnāt consider myself crazyā¦ yet.
Yikes, I just reread one of my entries and I had a āhadā instead of a āhaveā. Hopefully it didnāt affect too much, seeing as itās fairly well hidden and not incredibly obvious? At first glace, at least, I didnāt notice until my brain went, wait, should had doesnt sound right. And itās in a large section with lots of āshould haveā and āhadā and simply āhaveā repitition.
We shall see, I suppose.
@inflorescent Thanks and good luck to you as well! Iām super curious about your writing now and would love to add you on the NaNoWriMo website (and also Wattpad) if youāve made an account and are comfortable sharing your username.
@AsexualAnt And here we have a common phenomenon known as post-submission and pre-results stress, found primarily in teenagers submitting work to competitions like YoungArts and Scholasticā
In all seriousness though, I wouldnāt worry about it. Lunarlitgend and other people have mentioned how (probably somewhat overt) typos have not been the biggest hindrance to people winning awards. Youāre only human and so is your competition (plus weāre all teens); the judges understand that. Best of luck to you!!
@Tersina Ohh youāre traditionally publishing a novel!? 
@Lunarlitgend Thatās the hope, haha. Any particular reason why you asked? owo Have I found a fellow aspiring novelist? (Thatās not quite the right phrasing, but I hope you get what I meant lmao.)
@Tersina Yeah! Iām traditionally publishing a novel too (Iām also a senior btw :D)!
Iām really excited to meet someone whoās on a similar path as me!
Wonder what is the % of the finalists that have been notifiedā¦ ??