Contest

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…

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…

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…

The inner monologue of an anxious teenager. A fictional radio story about a robot takeover. An investigative report about teenage climate activists. A personal narrative about what it’s like to have a baby at 15. These are just a few of the winning pieces from our Second Annual Student Podcast Contest, in which we invited…

Honorable Mentions “Restrictions” by Leilani Araujo “The Cure” by Hazel Bagley “Bruised and Broken” by Michelle Chen “Writing” by Will Cummings “A Gleaming New Palace” by Anaïs Fournier “Greece in Ruins” by Samuel Hamilton “Untitled” by Mary Hanson “vinegar” by Lilian Huang “Tell Us Art” by Samiha Khan “Empty Promises of the Mind” by Gianna…

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

“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,…

Here are five practical steps for thinking about your relationship with this technology, exploring what you want to say and experimenting with how to say it.

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: 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…