Contest

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…

Eight challenges that invite teenagers to engage, experiment, reflect and create — via writing, photography, audio, video and more.

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

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…

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…

“Escaping the Corset in the World’s Beauty Capital” by Jiwon Na “A Case for Boredom” by Matthew Ngaw “Returning to Its Roots: Why the Republican Party Must Embrace Conservation” by Colby Porter “American Colleges Need Greater Diversity ... of Thought” by William Rosenberger “Untraining Our Bias” by Beau Seate “Journalists: Their Death Is Our Death”…

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…

One of the top 15 winners of our video contest: censor, by Alex Zhong and Azan Choudry _________ Do you have 750 seconds to learn 47 new words? If so, we’re offering an especially entertaining way to do it. Take a look below at the work of the 15 winners, 14 runners-up and 21 honorable…

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.

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…