yes thank you! that helps to know its begun!
good luck everyone!
Hi - does anyone know if they contact finalists by discipline or in alphabetical order?
Not sure, but perhaps reaching out to YoungArts via social media might get you some leads ā their Instagram account was quite responsive to my question.
Aaaand my nervousness just went by like 1000x 
same!!! if anyone gets notified let us know!
why is this chat so dead this year?? By this time last year someone was posting something every thirty seconds lol
A bunch of writing finalists got calls todayā-I didnāt, but Iām happy for everyone who did!
How do you know? And in which disciplines? @bluets
Hi! Writings finalists in what division(s)?
creative nonfiction, novel, play or script, poetry, short story and/or spoken word?
any dance notifications?
Friends form a summer program got notified for poetry and playwriting
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Ahh thank you!! Around what time did they get called? @bluets
what program? Kenyon? Iowa? also might be by state/name and not discipline
Hi guys! LOL sorry for being so dormant but for anyone who got a call congratulations!!! 
Because of what happened last year with the phone calls, Iām pretty nonchalant about the notification. But that doesnāt mean Iām not excited. Iām really hoping I get at least a merit this year. By the way I submitted to the short story category 
I donāt think they couldāve possibly called all writing finalists by today, right? Especially since they said notifications will extend into next weekā¦ is writing the only discipline that weāve heard has been notified so far?
@bluets What summer program did you attend?
thats all iāve heard of! i think majority of notifications will go out tomorrow and thursday - seems like thats the way its been done previous yearsā¦
Where are your friends from? I wonder if theyāre doing it by location
Do we know how many writing finalists have been notified?