Public Registration: Students

Unless you have participated in a previous contest and registered on a similar system prior to this event, the teacher will be required to enter some basic information about you and your entry before you can begin registration. Please check with your teacher to confirm that this has been done.

From the public registration welcome page, select the appropriate contest from the list of all available contests.
- If you don't see your contest listed, registration is currently closed for that particular event so check back once the registration has opened. If you feel this is an error, contact your contest coordinator.
Choose Competing Students from the Registrant Type drop-down list, and click the Submit button.
Log into the system.
1. If you are registering for a contest for the first time IN THE CURRENT CONTEST SEASON, select the link Don't have a username and password? Click here to begin.
  1. In order to set-up a username and password, the teacher should have already entered some basic information about you, including the school state, your name, and last four digits of the your social security number. The system will ask you to enter your School State, Last Name, and Last 4 Digits of your home phone number in order to identify your record in the system. Once you have entered this information, click the Submit button.
  2. The next page will ask you to confirm your identity.
    - If you select "no", the system will ask you try entering your information again. If you have 3 failed attempts, you will need to check with your teacher to verify that your student account has been set up.
    - If you select "yes", you can proceed to the next step.
  3. Establish a username and password for yourself. Once you've done this, you will automatically be taken to your registration status page.
2. If you have registered IN THE CURRENT CONTEST SEASON through this system for a previous contest, you do not need to create a username and password for yourself. Enter the same username and password that you used for your previous contest on the login page to access your profile in the new contest. You can now move on to the next step.
Each time you log in, you will be directed to your Student Registration Status Page. Please, take time to study the page and read the instructions. Note that each step required to complete registration has a red asterisk (*) next to it. As you complete each step of registration, a green checkmark will appear to the left of each of the required items, signifying its completion.
Click the: WHO ARE YOU:: (NAME) link and review your personal information that your teacher provided when s/he initiated the online registration to make sure it is accurate. Complete any missing personal information with one of your parents/guardians.
Click on your entry which should appear as a link below the Entry Information section heading and check the accuracy of your entry information your teacher provided. Add any information or make changes to your entry and then click the Save button when finished.
In addition to your personal and entry information, you may be asked to complete additional information as part of the registration process, such as a Statement of Originality or special award nominations. If this is the case, then simply click on the additional links to complete these other steps.
You may need to provide contact information for one of your parents/guardians. Do this by clicking on the Register a Parent/Family Member link and, with a parent's help, complete this information. If this link is present, only one parent/guardian is required but you can add as many parents or family members as needed.

If the Parent/Guardian Permission for Student Participation link is present, then one of your parents will need to click on it and agree with the Contest Agreements for the following categories: Liability Agreement, Media Agreement, Permission to Participate. Once done, click the Save button.
After you have completed all of the registration items, please click the Email me a confirmation of my registration button at the bottom of the status page. By doing so, a summary of your current registration will be sent to your PREFERRED EMAIL ADDRESS.
Check with your sponsoring teacher to find out whether your school is going to cover any of your expenses or whether your parent(s) will be responsible for some or all of your fees. If your parent/guardian will be paying for your fees, click the green Confirm Registration and Review Fee Summary button at the bottom of your Student Registration Status Page.

Check the boxes to the left of each item you'll be paying for in Step 1 of the checkout process.

In Step 2, review the fee summary, and enter your payment information.
In Step 3, print out a copy of the confirmation screen (or the payment confirmation that is emailed to your PREFERRED EMAIL ADDRESS) with a summary of your fees on it and mail it in with your check.

Once payment has been submitted, your registration is complete!

You can log back into your Student Registration Status Page at anytime to check on the progress of payments submitted or to retrieve a copy of your receipt.

To do so, simply click on the View your payment history link found in the red box at the top of your Student Registration Status Page.
A new window will pop open with a list of payments submitted during the registration process. The far right column indicates whether or not the contest administrator has received payment.

To access a receipt for a particular payment, click on the Details link in the left column, and you will see an itemized list of the fees covered by that payment.