Got a silver key for my art portfolio and one silver key for one of my individuals. Kinda disappointing honestly. My last year!
Two gold keys, a silver key and an Honorable Mention!
thank you! a national medal would be crazy, tbh iād be incredibly surprised. you deserve national golds for both of your pieces as well! good luck in the next round 
Two gold, four silver, and an honourable mention! Ayyyyy
My daughter got a gold key for her writing portfolio and a silver key for a poem. YAY!
Congratulations to everyone!
Anyone know when they post the list of the gold key winners?
Is it a thing where Scholastic does not award over 2 gold keys to anyone? Nobody in my region-at-large or anyone on this sub has gotten 2+ either.
i know @phanakin gotā¦ I think six? Last year I got 4. So no @NoShotsThrown
Does anyone have any experience with the SAS program application? Whatās the likelihood of getting a scholarship? Have any of you ever received one? If so, to what summer program(s)?
@inflorescent Yeah actually! I applied last year and won the SAS/full ride scholarship to Kenyon! It was honestly the best experience of my life. Are there any specific questions you have about the application? Maybe I can help 
@Lunarlitgend Wow, congrats! I think Iām just more curious about the process overall. So far, Iām listing Kenyon, Iowa, and the Stanford Summer Humanities Institute (since Iāve already applied there) as my top 3 choices. Do you know how common it is to receive a scholarship? Are they always full-rides for are some of them partial? Thanks so much!
@inflorescent Thank you! And that list sounds awesome! I really hope you get into them 
And I donāt think itās that common. I heard the process I very selective, I know last year there were about 1,100+ applicants. They didnāt say how many got the scholarship but I think it was only a few. Some got partial and some got full rides. I guess it depends on how well the applicants portfolio is ?
@Lunarlitgend Thank you so much! And good luck if youāre applying again this year ?
@inflorescent Youāre welcome!
And thank you but I donāt qualify this year because Iām a senior 
Does anyone know what the chances are of winning a national gold medal?
@phanakin @wistfulwords Woah, yāall are legends.
Out of curiosity, how many pieces did you guys submit?
@galactoc Roughly the top 1% of all gold key entries receive national gold medals.
hi guys!! I got a gold key & American Voices nomination this year. Itās my first time ever submitting something, so Iām over the moon!! Considering applying for the SAS because I really want to do a writing camp, but it says itās heavily need-basedā¦ I donāt think Iād qualify for need-based, though, so Iām kind of torn on whether I should apply or not. Would it be bad to apply to the scholarship even if you probably wonāt be considered for need?
@starstray CONGRATS! You should apply. Thereās nothing to lose
Iām looking at the American Voices awards for Massachusetts and Iām scared b/c theyāre mostly personal essays. Iām in the short story category 
welp, im fricked