Set up your account:

Click here to find the "create account" form. Fill in your name, contact information, and email and password, and you're set! When you sign up, you'll be logged in automatically and can start creating your entries right away.

When you first log into your account , you'll see a "Start a new entry" form. Simply choose which category you want to enter, give your entry a title, and click the "Start" button. In the form that loads, you will find all the information you need in order to submit an entry to your selected category. You don't have to complete your entry all in one sitting. Your entry saves while you work, so you can always come back to it later.

You can see all of the submissions you have entered by clicking into the 'Dashboard' in your account. From here you can edit the submissions by clicking into them. Make sure to save your progress!

Once you're finished, click “Add to Cart” to proceed to payment. Complete the billing information and finalize this section to submit your entry. Only submitted entries will be reviewed by the judges.

[Please note: There is no submission fee for the Student Competition application. Once you have completed the application, please click “Add to Cart” to proceed. You will still need to complete the checkout step, but no payment will be required as the total cost will be $0, and you can simply click “Submit.”]

The deadline to complete submissions is 12:00pm, May 8, 2026

This awards system is entirely web-based. You can create your entries on your phone, iPad, laptop, or any computer. All you need is a browser. Your account is protected by industry-leading 4096-bit encryption, and the entire system is backed up every day.