Reading

WinnerFelix Liu, 14, from Millburn High School in Millburn, N.J., chose an essay from the Sunday Review headlined “The Pandemic Has Shrunk Our Social Circles. Let’s Keep It That Way” and wrote:“Stop talking to strangers on Discord, and come help me make sushi!” my mom yelled.“OK, OK! Lemme say goodbye first,” I halfheartedly responded. I…

We received 528 entries from students from around the world for the first week of our 10-week Summer Reading Contest. Thank you to everyone who participated, and congratulations to our winner, Sanai, as well as the 11 runners-up and 15 honorable mentions we honor below.Scroll down to take a look at the variety of topics…

Welcome to Week Four of our 13th Annual Summer Reading Contest.This contest is open to students 11-19 from anywhere in the world. To participate, submit a response by 9 a.m. Eastern on July 8 that answers the questions “What got your attention in The New York Times this week? Why?”If you are 13 or older…

Our 12th Annual Summer Reading Contest begins!This contest is open to students 11-19 from anywhere in the world. To participate, submit a response by 9 a.m. Eastern on June 18 that answers the questions “What got your attention in The New York Times this week? Why?”If you are 13 or older and live in the…

Welcome to Week Five of our 13th Annual Summer Reading Contest.This contest is open to students 11-19 from anywhere in the world. To participate, submit a response by 9 a.m. Eastern on July 15 that answers the questions “What got your attention in The New York Times this week? Why?”If you are 13 or older…

Chandini chose the article “NASA Names Headquarters After Its First Black Female Engineer, Mary Jackson”, which detailed the remarkable career of an aeronautical engineer, and wrote:If I said I was an Indian-American girl and interested in STEM, I doubt anyone reading this would be in shock. I guess my love for math and science makes…

Welcome to Week Eight of our 13th Annual Summer Reading Contest.This contest is open to students 11-19 from anywhere in the world. To participate, submit a response by 9 a.m. Eastern on Aug. 5 that answers the questions “What got your attention in The New York Times this week? Why?”If you are 13 or older…

Update, June 17: Week 2 has now started.Our 13th Annual Summer Reading Contest begins!This contest is open to students 11-19 from anywhere in the world. To participate, submit a response by 9 a.m. Eastern on June 17 that answers the questions “What got your attention in The New York Times this week? Why?”If you are…

Welcome to Week Seven of our 13th Annual Summer Reading Contest.This contest is open to students 11-19 from anywhere in the world. To participate, submit a response by 9 a.m. Eastern on July 29 that answers the questions “What got your attention in The New York Times this week? Why?”If you are 13 or older…

You only have 275 words or so to work with, so this can be done lightly, in a paragraph or so. After all, as Anastasia Economides, a Times staff editor who judged in 2016, pointed out:At their age, I was always too intimidated to even read The Times, let alone reflect my thoughts on the…