What It’s Like to Be a Teenager Now: The Winners of Our Coming of...
Runners-UpAlyse Wicentowski, “Heart”Angel Zhao and Fiona Xing, “teenage homage”Bobby Goldyn, 14, “Lost Voices”Cassie Garrett, 14, “Kindness in the Pandemic”Dorothy Du, 16, “The Sound of Rain”Eliana Robin, 15, “Warning: The World is Crumbling”Eveleen Jiang, 17, “Out of Touch”Hailey Jones, 15, “Growing Up in 2021”Hiewon Ahn, “A Cutlery Awakening”Ilona Lebron, 18, “Painting Something New”James Kim, 17, “Life…
How a Teenager Found Her Writing Voice
But as much as I tried to imitate the winning pieces, my draft sounded neither razor sharp nor sincere enough, and that frustrated me immensely. It wasn’t until I analyzed every word, comma, and sentence of their pieces that it hit me: I had it backward. Their writing didn’t make their voices shine. Their voices…
A Day in the Life of a Teenager
Students share their average and not-so-average daily routines.
