A/N: Hi! I almost can't believe I'm doing this but…I'm holding a Victorious (which I obviously do not own) OC contest! On the off chance that any of you read my other fics or read on my profile about the ones I'm planning; don't worry, I'm not abandoning those at all. I'm just excited for this one as well. Sorry if the A/N on the apps at the end is really long, I just wanted to inform you guys. The first part of the chapter leads up to the applications but also lets you see what my writing is like, so you can see if you want to enter or not. Thanks in advance to everyone who does!
Oh, imagine the below as narrated by your entering OC. At least, that's what I intended it for.

"You'll be great," my mom assured me as she parked her car in an open spot at Hollywood Arts High School, where I had an audition that day. As the "Arts" part of the name implied, this wasn't any normal school, it was a performing arts school. Kids went there to specialize on talents ranging all over the art spectrum, from acting and singing to music composition and puppetry. Yeah, there were a lot of things you could get into the school for, but it wasn't easy. You had to be unbelievably talented (or just really lucky and charismatic) to get in.

That's why I was there; I was auditioning for a spot in the upcoming year's freshman class.

"You can stop telling me I'll be fine," I told my mom, "because I am. I'm fine." I rubbed my palms together, which were sweating profusely from nerves. OK, so maybe I was sort of freaked out then, but hey, that one day would decide the fate of my high school career. No big deal at all…

I pulled open the door to the front hallway of the school and looked around. Asides from the crazy lockers, it looked like a normal school, only better somehow. I guess it was because I knew that despite its appearance, this school was completely different from a normal public school. I had to get in.

I walked slowly down the hallway behind my mom, trying not to look too nervous. Confidence. People always tell me that confidence is one of the most important things to have at an audition. You only get a short window to impress the casting judges, and you'd better hope they liked you.

I took a deep breath as I stopped at the end of a line behind a girl with her arms crossed, standing next to a guy on a cell phone who I figured must be her dad.

"Next!" A voice came from the school's black box once a girl with brown hair had walked out, strutting gleefully to her parents, a relieved smile growing on her face.

The girl in front of me looked at the man who had prompted her to enter. "Dad," she said in an annoyed voice once the guy didn't stop talking into his cell, "I'm up. Move so the next people can get in place. And you could wish me luck or something."

Her dad covered his phone with a cupped palm and smiled, "good luck, Jade. You'll be great."

The girl, Jade, sneered before walking into the black box, closing the door behind her.

Great. I'm next. There's only a few minutes standing between me and the most important audition I've had so far, but I was going to be fine. Better than fine. I was going to make the staff of Hollywood Arts give me a standing ovation, that's how great I was going to be.

I realized that I had been holding my breath. Breathing is sort of important for auditions. Can't look nervous. Oh, God, I was so nervous.

After a few minutes of hearing muffled voices and what sounded like a scream from the other room, that Jade girl waltzed out of the black box, apparently please with herself.

"Next," the same voice called. My mom gave me a thumbs up and I rolled my eyes, walking into the theater and onto the stage.

I tried to make out the judges sitting in front of me, but thanks to the spotlight, I couldn't see anything besides the microphone onstage before me.

"Hi," I said, "My name is…" Crap, I was doing that nervous thing where you forget your own name. Of course this would happen. I cleared my mind and gave them the brightest, most falsely confident smile I could muster up. "My name is…"

APPLICATION

Name: (and full and any nicknames)

Appearance: (As goes for all, be descriptive)

Clothing style: (preferably describe it, without links)

Talent: see note below

Hobbies

Family: (members, relationship with, feel free to include pets. This section may be important.)

Life Story:

Life Drama: (something that affects them currently and creates drama for them, like parent's divorce or forced to move. It can either happen before the story, or I can start it in the story. No, this will not be the only, or the major, thing going on with your character)

Personality: (traits as well as likes and dislikes, but I'm more focused on traits)

Locker:

Favorite subject: (Yes, HA does have normal classes like math and English, at least in my world, so feel free to use typical classes if you want.)

Note for Talent (Sorry for the rant, but I thought it was necessary): Alright, I can't stress this one too much. Please don't say that your character is amazingly talented at, say, 5 different things. Pick their main talent, and you can go into specifics, such as "Talents: guitar, especially bluegrass, but is also a fair actress" or something like that. Yep, they can have multiple talents, but they can't be amazing at all of them. I act. I sing as well, and though my acting is one of the few talents I'll brag about, I'll admit that although I have a nice voice, it needs a lot of work. My point? Be realistic please. Sorry if that sounds mean. I just want the characters to come off as believable.

Note on relationships: I'll probably ask for your opinion's on other characters once I have my list, so I can ask for your character's opinions of OCs as well. Yes, I actually will use the relationships you provide, I won't just read it and make everyone generally friends.

Plot: The plot isn't anything major; I mean, it won't be boring, but…pretty much, it's just life at Hollywood Arts, with all the normal classes, electives, (yes, and relationships, drama, and the likes) plus a year packed with lots of special projects and events, including plays and auditions, in school and class (especially Sikowitz's). there will be some out of school things as well, and there are even more things I'll think of, but it's sort of important that I know my characters before I write specific events, right? Right. I promise, I'll make it good (Oh god, I almost said "make it shine" for a second there.)

I'll accept anywhere from 3-6 characters, but ideally 4. It depends on the characters submitted. There will probably be at least 3 girls excepted, but boys are always welcome as well, as are twins. Just to make things easier, I'll make everyone 16. I also promise that I'll attempt to give every OC the same amount of time, as well as regular characters. I won't favor my OC or anything. You don't have to invent a new character. You can recycle one you've used for other OC contests, in fact, I am (As of now, at least. His name is Dexter Perry, so please don't name yours that. I'll give you info on him when I talk about the accepted characters.)

This isn't first come first serve, and even if yours isn't chosen, I may still mention them and have them as background characters, if that's alright with you. I'll let you guys know who I've picked ASAP :)