APC (Article Processing Charge) fee for the contest qualification essay (word count varies) that has been selected for pre-publication. After payment, you will receive a download and email with pre-publication information and additional instructions. You will have 2 weeks to complete the pre-publication phase by returning the publication form according to the publication instructions. At that time, once these steps have been completed, you will be advanced to official content winner and any runner-ups will be notified that the contest has ended. If you fail to complete these steps, then you will not advance to official content winner and any contest runners-ups may have the opportunity to advance to contest qualification.