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 i’d 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 got… I think six? Last year I got 4. So no @NoShotsThrown
Does anyone have any experience with the SAS program application? What’s 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 I’m just more curious about the process overall. So far, I’m listing Kenyon, Iowa, and the Stanford Summer Humanities Institute (since I’ve 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 don’t think it’s that common. I heard the process I very selective, I know last year there were about 1,100+ applicants. They didn’t 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 you’re applying again this year ?
@inflorescent You’re welcome!
And thank you but I don’t qualify this year because I’m a senior 
Does anyone know what the chances are of winning a national gold medal?
@phanakin @wistfulwords Woah, y’all 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. It’s my first time ever submitting something, so I’m over the moon!! Considering applying for the SAS because I really want to do a writing camp, but it says it’s heavily need-based… I don’t think I’d qualify for need-based, though, so I’m kind of torn on whether I should apply or not. Would it be bad to apply to the scholarship even if you probably won’t be considered for need?
@starstray CONGRATS! You should apply. There’s nothing to lose
I’m looking at the American Voices awards for Massachusetts and I’m scared b/c they’re mostly personal essays. I’m in the short story category 
welp, im fricked