June 2019
Affiliate Partner News
Affiliate Leadership Conference
Thank you to all of the Affiliates who attended the Affiliate Leadership Conference. We had 55 people in attendance covering more than 30 regions! For those who missed the conference, we've provided notes on the Affiliate Resource Site, including a PDF of the PowerPoint presentations and distributed handouts. 
ORS Summer Link
Over the summer we close ORS to students and educators while we upgrade the system. Starting Monday, June 17, Affiliates may continue to access ORS by using the following summer link:  https://www.artandwriting.org/Login?pass_code=!aawadmin 
Archiving ORS Reports
We are asking Affiliates to download 2019 submission and/or educator reports from ORS. In July, we begin our data migration to our archive and 2019 submission information will be inaccessible. Students and educators will not be able to access their accounts and will be directed to a page notifying them of the 2020 Awards launch in September.
The deadline to pull data from ORS is June 28, 2019. 

View the training video on the Affiliate Resource Site  6.2 End of Year Reports  for assistance!
2020 Supply Orders
Supply order forms are now open! The deadline for 2020 Call for Submissions Packets is July 8, 2019 .
 
Quick steps to place orders:
  1. Log into your Affiliate ORS account
  2. Go to "Admin Forms"
  3. Click "Edit" your order form
    1. You must confirm the mailing address is correct before submitting your order. We cannot mail supplies to PO Box addresses.
  4. Decide if you would like the Call for Submissions posters mailed in bulk to your Affiliate organization or have (1) mailed directly to each school in your region as listed in ORS. 
  5. Click "Submit"
While quantities for the Call for Submissions poster are due in July, your other supply orders and certificate sponsors are due in 
October.  If you'd like, you can complete this task now.  

REMINDER: If you do not place your orders by the deadlines, you will receive the same quantity of materials as requested in last year's order.


View the training video on the Affiliate Resource Site 6.3 Placing Poster & Supply Orders for assistance!
National Publications
The Best Teen Art, The Best Teen Writing, and  Yearbook 2019
In lieu of the National Catalog, we've created three publications: The Best Teen Art , The Best Teen Writing and Yearbook 2019 , which includes a list of Gold and Silver National Medalists, program highlights, and partners. 

Great bundles to give to partners and to highlight student works. We'll be sending you boxes of each soon!

National Ceremony Video
The 2019 National Ceremony video is now available on our website at https://www.artandwriting.org/explore/national-ceremony/. Please share with your partners and students who were unable to attend the Ceremony!

SAVE THE DATE 
The 2020 National Ceremony will be on Thursday, June 4th!