How are the NYC Scholastic Art & Writing Awards and the Scholastic Fine art & Writing Awards continued?

At that place are more than 100 regional Affiliate Partners serving their communities beyond the country. The NYC Scholastic Art & Writing Awards serves Kings, Queens, Manhattan, Bronx, and Richmond counties. The top works in a region receive Gilt Keys, Argent Keys, or Honorable Mention. Works awarded with a Gilt Key are automatically judged at the national level. National judging is run by the Alliance for Immature Artists & Writers. National Medals are given to students receiving awards at the national level. Gold Medal, Direct Scholarship and Tuition Scholarship recipients are invited to New York City to take part in National Events, which include exhibitions and the National Ceremony at Carnegie Hall on June four.

Who can participate in the Awards?

Participation in the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards is open up to students:

  • in grades 7-12 (ages 13 and up)
  • enrolled in public, private, or parochial schools, or students who are home schooled or participating in other educational programs
  • in the Usa, U.Due south. territories, armed forces bases, and Canada

The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards Exercise NOT take academic and disciplinary standing requirements. Work created in the jump semester is eligible for submission, as long equally the educatee hasn't already graduated. Students should submit in their current grade level. Seniors who volition graduate mid-term in December may participate.

When do submissions open?

Submissions for the 2022 Scholastic Fine art & Writing Awards season opened on Wednesday, September 1.

How do I submit my piece of work?

Visit artandwriting.org to create an business relationship. Next, upload your submission and submit payment. Finally, print your submission course(s). The student and their parent/guardian MUST sign the form. Students are required to digitally upload submission forms. Paper submission forms will not be accepted or processed.

Can I submit multiple pieces in one category?  Can I submit both art and writing?

Yes! And Yeah!  You are welcome and encouraged to submit as many pieces you would like in every bit many categories as you would like. Simply recollect:

  • Practise NOT submit the same work to multiple categories. Seniors may submit a work as an individual slice as well as part of a portfolio.
  • We do Non encourage resubmitting works from previous years unless the work has undergone extensive changes.
  • Seniors, nevertheless, may submit pieces that received awards from previous years every bit part of their portfolios.

I am still creating my submission.  Should I wait to annals until I have finished?

We highly recommend that yous create an account as soon as possible when submissions open. This will let the NYC Scholastic Awards team  to notify yous with updates nearly the program equally well as provide deadline reminders.

Afterward you have created your account, yous tin log dorsum into the system at artandwriting.org/Login.

When practice submissions close?

The deadline for submissions for NYC students is Wednesday, December 1, 2021 at 11:59 PM EST.

Fees and Payment:

Individual submissions: $seven per submission

Portfolio Submissions (for Seniors only): $25 per portfolio

Payment: Students (or their educators) are required to submit payment online through the Online Registration System (through PayPal) when submitting artwork. Students may submit payment via PayPal as a invitee; it is NOT necessary to have a PayPal business relationship.

*For educators paying for multiple students' submissions: Delight pay past PayPal, or banking company transfer if possible. As we are working remotely due to COVID-19, we are experiencing mail delays and payment by check is not preferred. If you cannot pay by PayPal or bank transfer, nosotros will accept payment by check. Detect more data on paying for multiple students' entries as an educator hither.

Fee Waiver: Any student for whom the fee would bear witness prohibitive may submit a Fee Waiver which tin can exist accessed from within a student'south profile. Fee waivers must be digitally uploaded. Printed forms will not be accepted or processed.

When are the awards appear?

Regional Honor recipients for the 2022 NYC Scholastic Awards will be announced in January. Students will be able to log into their business relationship to discover if they received recognition at the Honorable Mention, Silver Key or Golden Key level.

Will I be notified if I do not receive an laurels?

Due to the loftier volume of submissions, we are only able to notify students who have received awards.

How practise I photograph my artwork for submission?

Great question! Take a look at our blog post HERE for instructions and tips.

If you accept any farther questions regarding submissions, please accept a look at the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards' FAQ. Yous may send an inquiry to nycsubmissions@artandwriting.org if an answer to your inquiry cannot be found on the FAQ folio.

Delight share the post-obit information in your correspondence:

  • Whether you lot are submitting art, writing or both
  • Place if you are student, guardian, educator or other educational plan
  • Provide email address associated with the account

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