Winners

From 1,423 teen entries, we are featuring nine extraordinary pieces. Take a look.

We invited teenagers to create an original five-minute podcast about almost anything. Listen to some of the winning podcasts selected from over 1,600 submissions.

This year’s winning letters — chosen from nearly 10,000 entries — on ChatGPT, class participation, American history, and more.

When we introduced our first ever photo essay contest for teenagers last year, inspired by The New York Times “Where We Are” series, we knew it would be challenging. Not only would participants have to take stunning photographs, but they would also have to interview the subjects, accompany those images with an essay, and then…

Vaishnavi Kothamasu, 14, Hillcrest High School, Midvale, Utah: “One More Word”Veronica Zhu, 16, Seven Lakes High School, Katy, Texas: “Language Barrier”Victoria Day, 14, Polytechnic School, Pasadena, Calif.: “Our Camellia”Violet Zimmerle, 15, Fred J. Page High School, Franklin, Tenn.: “No More Balloons”Ye Won Paek, 17, Plymouth High School, Canton, Mich.: “From Japchae to Jelly”Yuna Onishi, 14,…

What’s bothering you? Who could do something about it? What could you say to persuade that person to care or to make change? How could you make us care, too?Those are the questions we posed to teenagers for our new Open Letter Contest this spring, inviting students to write public-facing letters to people or groups…

“If You Destroy the Root, You Kill the Whole Plant” by Isaac Abraham, 16, The Hun School of Princeton, Princeton, N.J.“Inside Interviews” by Grace Chaille, 16, Canterbury High School, Fort Wayne, Ind.“Intersectionationalism: The Dual Dehumanization of Queer Refugees” by Rhys Adams, 16, Milton Academy, Milton, Mass.“Jack Martin” by Jack Martin, 15, Neenah High School, Neenah,…

Danna Ramirez, 17, Alisal High School, Salinas, Calif.: “Scorching Days and Aching Backs”Derek Jin, 17, Noble and Greenough School, Dedham, Mass.: “Change the Game”Dove Williams, 17, Ithaca High School, Ithaca, N.Y.: “ReUse: Experiments in a Circular Economy”Elaine Wang, 13, and Elsa W., American School Hong Kong, Hong Kong: “The Stories Hidden in a Car Park”Emma…

“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,…

Willet Cole, 13, Sussex Academy, Georgetown, Del.: “Five Nights at Freddy’s FLOP”Yuki Wen, 15, Bishop Strachan School, Toronto: “The iPhone 15: Who Needs Innovation When You Can Have Déjà Vu?”Zackary Kozak, 18, American Heritage Schools, Palm Beach Campus, Delray Beach, Fla.:“‘The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar’: Sharing the Wealth of Words”Zijing Xin, 16, Shanghai Pinghe…