<p>UGH! My deadline was the 17th both of my works are online but i didn’t mail one of the submission forms yet… yeah idk what is going to happen still going to mail it in though</p>
<p>^yeah that deadline came up awful quick… I woulda submitted a senior portfolio maybe but I didn’t have a chance to… ended up overnight fedexing my submissions–two poems, a short story, and a short short story. :D</p>
<p>I’m think writing a novel would be really freaking awesome, but I’m also thinking I don’t really have any decent ideas…</p>
<p>I’m planning to submit for a senior general portfolio, and I need help. Since Im apparently the only creatively inclined person at my school, I am the only person submitting. I got my teacher to make her own account. We were together when she made it. We were confused because there was no possible way for her know where to send her letter of recommendation. I don’t know what I should do with it. I know that the letter isn’t mandatory, but I really feel that it will help me. Thanks!!</p>
<p>I submitted poetry and a journalism piece in California, does anybody know when winners will be notified?</p>
<p>^ I’m guessing it’s sometime towards the end of January or early February.</p>
<p>Sooooo I had no idea there was a thread for this until now. I totally would have been motivated to start my memoir piece before today. At least RAL has a late-ish deadline…It’s still embarrassing, haha ;_;</p>
<p>I also didn’t realize submitting to multiple categories was encouraged until I read through these threads. Now I get to go through all my old work. I’m not sure if anyone else has this problem, but I tend to start loathing my pieces a week or so after I finish them, so going back might not help much.</p>
<p>Also, does anyone know how broad the poetry category is? I do a lot of slam and performance poetry, so my poems are suited more to vocal inflection and crescendos than literary devices. Should I go for it anyway?</p>
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No, they won’t be received well. They’re looking for literary poetry, not performances. You can’t see a good performance on paper.</p>
<p>^ That. 10char</p>
<p>Speaking of which. I’ll probably be submitting in Personal Memoir, Poem, and Novel. Will the judges be looking for all the fancy-schmancy rhetorical and literary devices.</p>
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Why do you think they’re “fancy-schmancy”? They arise naturally from most written texts, if not all. Just because you didn’t think “THIS WILL BE A CONCEIT. HERE IS A SYMBOL.” while writing doesn’t mean that they don’t exist in your writing.
Anyway, no, I don’t think they’ll be looking out and keeping track or anything… Doubt they have the time, or want to approach your writing like an AP Lit exam, and good writing doesn’t arise from just using a ton of symbols anyway.</p>
<p>Looking at past winning pieces, they have all been emotionally affective, creative, and just well developed writing in general.</p>
<p>Can we turn in multiple pieces for a selection, for example can I turn in two different poetry collections?</p>
<p>^I think so not sure though…</p>
<p>Hello,</p>
<p>I’m submitting several works to the scholastic writing competition - a collection of poetry, a personal essay, and a persuasive essay. How does the scholastic judging panel feel about controversial topics? My persuasive essay is about Guantanamo and one of my poems is about the Iraq War. Do the judges for the competition care? Are they simply looking for original, skilled writing? Or does topic matter?</p>
<p>Also, my personal essay isn’t controversial or anything but it only exceeds the minimum word limit by about 50 words (word limit for personal essay is between 750 and 3000). If the essay is really really well written and unique but only about 800 words will it still be a strong submission?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>The Guantanamo persuasive essay should be fine, I mean persuasive essays should have a bit of controversy and seriously which ever side you take on the issue it shouldn’t provoke animosity from the readers.</p>
<p>The Iraq War one is a little risky because if you’re against it you don’t want to come of as “anti-patriotic” or even as a Westboro Church member, I hate America person.<br>
I think the readers are focusing on style more than topic.</p>
<p>Does anyone know how well scholastic takes romance? I found a slightly old piece that is decent and focuses on a mother-to-child relationship but has romantic relationship involved.</p>
<p>@littlepenguin, I think I’d go for the poetry thing even if it’s slam poetry. The worst that happens is you wasted $10… the best that happens is you win!!! :D</p>
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Pretty sure Scholastic is geared toward literary fiction. If you have romance involved, that’s pretty normal for literature I think. All writing is about love on some level. But if your piece is like a Harlequin bodice ripper or Meg Cabot, then I don’t think that Scholastic is the right contest to submit that piece to. </p>
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Love them, I think. They have “social relevance.” However if you’re submitting something that does not fall among popular liberal opinion, then you’re probably kind of going against the (most likely) bias of the judges.</p>
<p>I am so nervous!!! i want the results to hurry up and be out! My deadline was Dec17th when do you think they will come out?</p>
<p>@quomodo
I checked the website again, and under the poetry category, it says spoken word is welcome. I’ll go through my poems again and see if they can be read as well as spoken :D</p>
<p>They say that you can submit spoken word, but obviously it’ll be on paper. If the spoken word pieces still hold their power on paper, then go for it!</p>
<p>“…and spoken word.”
~their website</p>