Submission Fee

Please make checks payable to: California Writes

Final Submission Deadline and Fees—submission received by December 15, 2011
Individual Submission: $10.00/ Portfolio: $30.00

Make sure the check covers the correct amount of fees for either the final deadline.  For multiple submissions, you may enclose one check to cover the total for all submissions.  Please do not write one check per submission.

Reduced Fees and Fee Waivers

Fees may be waived for students who qualify for Federal Free or Reduced Lunch and for whom submission fees would be a hardship. See the "downloads" section for information for how to request and process a fee waiver.

Reduced Early Submission Fee
Individual Submission: $0.00 (fee waived); Portfolio:$10.00 (1/2 waived)

Reduced Final Submission Fee
Individual Submission: $0.00 (fee waived); Portfolio: $15.00 (1/2 waived)

Click Here for a Full List of Submission Categories

Shipping & Drop-off

California Writing Project
University of California
2195 Hearst/Suite 101
Berkeley, CA 94720

Use the shipping address if you are sending the submission package via FedEx, UPS, or a similar shipping service:

California Writing Project
University of California
2195 Hearst/Suite 101
Berkeley. CA 94720

Submission packages that are shipped must be received by 5 PM on December 15, 2011.  FedEx and UPS often attempt delivery after 5 PM.  On December 15, an attempt to deliver doortag will not substitute for our receiving the submission package.

The California Writing Project offices are located on a university campus, and the buildings are locked at 5 PM. Additionally, the building will be closed and secured for the holiday break, and there will be no deliveries accepted until early January. 

Please plan accordingly. If the shipper cannot guarantee delivery by 5 PM on December 15, make sure the submission package arrives on the 14th instead.

Due to the number of submissions we will receive, we will not verify receipt of submission packages. Your cashed check will indicate that the package was received on time.

There is no drop-off service.

Mailing Address

Use the following mailing address if you are sending the submission package via the US Postal Service: 

California Writing Project
University of California
2195 Hearst/Suite 101
Berkeley, CA 94720-1040

Be sure to use 94720-1040 if you mail the submission package. The 1040 extension is not a part of the zip code; it is the university mail code that ensures delivery to the right building on campus.

To meet the final submission deadline, the submission package must be received on December 15, 2011.   The California Writing Project offices are located on a university campus, and the building will be closed and secured for the holiday break. There will be no mail delivery until early January.  Please plan accordingly. We recommend choosing a mailing option that can be tracked. From many areas of the state, Priority Mail often takes more than two days.

Due to the number of submissions we will receive, we will not verify receipt of submission packages.  Your cashed check will indicate that the package was received on time.

There is no drop-off service.

VERY IMPORTANT

All submission packages for the California Writing Awards must include the CWA Submissions Cover Page which can be found in the "Downloads" section. Use the information on the CWA Submissions Cover Page to assemble your submission package before mailing.

Also in the "Downloads" section:

• Reminder checklists for Individual and Portfolio Submissions
• Fee Waiver Information

To contact CWP, please email cawritingawards@californiawritingproject.org.

CWP staff work across California, and we are able to monitor email much more easily than voicemail, especially if we are not working in the UC Berkeley office for a few days.

Notification

Gold and Silver Key award-winning students and their teachers will be notified via email by the end of January, 2012. Students earning Honorable Mention awards will be notified via email in early February 2012. The names of all awardees will be posted on the California Writes! website and Facebook page by February 15, 2012.

Awards will be mailed to Gold Key , Silver Key, and Honorable Mention awardees who are unable to attend the ceremony  beginning in mid-February of 2012.

Only students earning awards will be notified.

Ceremony

Gold and Silver Key award-winning students, their parents or guardians, as well as teachers will receive an email invitation to the awards ceremony.

The ceremony is held in conjunction with the CWP/CATE Pre-Convention Day, which will be held at the Ontario Doubletree Hotel and Convention Center on February 9, 2012 from 4:30 - 6:00 PM.