Contest

“How to Spot Counterfeit Currency”: Kaylie Milton, 17, West High School, Iowa City, Iowa“How to Pee On a Hike”: Lauren Acker, 17, Lakeside High School, DeKalb County, Ga.“How to Mimic an Accent”: Michael Noh, 14, Korea International School Pangyo Campus, Seongnam, South Korea“How to Speak Like a British Person”: Owen Wilde, 16, Maynard High School,…

Our annual Contest Calendar is probably the single most powerful thing we publish all year. Teachers tell us they plan their classes around our challenges, and tens of thousands of teenagers across the globe participate by creating narratives, profiles, opinion pieces and reviews, podcasts, videos, illustrations and photo essays. For us, these contests are an…

We invite teenagers to tell a true story about a meaningful life experience in just 100 words. Contest dates: Sept. 14 to Oct. 12.

Note: This calendar is available as a printable PDF.Tens of thousands of students from around the world participated in our contests during the 2020-21 school year, creating podcasts, writing editorials, making videos, reviewing arts and culture, composing narratives, investigating scientific phenomena, documenting their pandemic experiences, discussing politics and more.Teachers tell us they value our contests…

All summer long teenagers told us about the Times articles, Opinion pieces, videos, photos and podcasts that got their attention, and all summer long we celebrated our favorite responses. We heard, of course, about the big headlines of the summer, like the Women’s World Cup, the protests in Hong Kong, the migrant detention centers, and…

Contest Dates: Nov. 7, 2019 - Dec. 10, 2019 Do you have strong opinions about books, music, fashion, restaurants or TV shows? Are you a theater buff or a foodie? If so, you’re in luck. In this contest, we invite you to play critic and write an original review for our Fifth Annual Student Review…

Contest Dates: Oct. 3, 2019 - Nov. 12, 2019 On The Learning Network, we invite teenagers to write about their opinions daily, but it’s only during our annual Editorial Cartoon Contest that we ask them to illustrate those ideas. With this, our Fifth Annual Editorial Cartoon Contest, we invite students to channel their thoughts into…

5. We are equally interested in your statement and your images, and in the ways they work together, as our rubric shows. You do not have to be an experienced photographer to participate in this contest since technical excellence is just a part of how we will judge your work. We are chiefly concerned with…

Contest Dates: June 12-Aug. 21, 2019 Every year since 2010 The Learning Network has invited teenagers around the world to add The New York Times to their summer reading lists and, so far, over 60,000 have. At a time when teachers are looking for ways to offer students more “voice and choice,” we hope our…

Contest Dates: April 9, 2020 - May 12, 2020 Imagine yourself — or, perhaps, you and your friends — as hosts of your own podcast. What would you talk about? Maybe you’d tell a story, perhaps about a childhood memory, an experience that changed your life, or a bad romance. Or maybe you’d rather interview…