The fee must be attached with a paper clip to the front of each entry or group of entries. Entries received without the processing fee will be disqualified. See the Regional Information section for fee information for your region. In signing the entry form, the student, teacher, and parent or guardian certify that the work is the student's own. Any work found to be plagiarized will be disqualified and any awards granted will be withdrawn.
Plagiarism is an offense punishable by law.
Please note that adaptations of existing works are not accepted. Except as contents of portfolios, do not submit work that has previously been entered, in whole or in part, in this or any other awards program. Previous entries included in portfolios must be clearly marked as such on the table of contents and entry form. Except in portfolios, students may enter collaborative works. Awards will be divided equally among students or sent to the school.