Winners

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

Blythe S., “Phone Calls”Chloe J., “Material Mirage: The Social Dilemma of Today’s Youth”Eduardo C., “My Brain Is a Southern Gothic Battlefield for Vampires in Tweed Suits and Teacher Rec Letters”Ela K., “chemistry class poem”Eva R., “A Day in the Life”Gabriella N., “A Life Without Music”Grant M., “This Feels Good”Hridya S., “Phone Pockets”Isabel N., “We are…

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…

Her powerhouse pipes were on full display with the title track of her album, “Cuz I Love You.” She held nothing back, and her voice was just as powerful, if not more so than on her studio tracks, and while she belted perfect high notes, she danced. And it wasn’t merely a little toe tapping…

This year’s winning letters — chosen from more than 11,000 entries — on civic education, data centers, social media bans and more.

Shannon Katzenberger, 17, Lakewood High School, Lakewood, Ohio: “Strike”Shruti Ram, 17, Ridge High School, Basking Ridge, N.J.: “Places!”Simba Li, 16, Sevenoaks School, Sevenoaks, England: “Our Song”Sophia Phaugat, 17, Shikshantar Senior Secondary School, Gurugram, India: “Ghost Horses of Home in Pandora’s Box”Sophie Kalagher, 14, Jonathan Law High School, Milford, Conn.: “I’m Not Hungry”Timothy Hoksida Gabbard, 16,…

Read critical commentary by teenagers on a high school cafeteria, Breath of the Wild, Balenciaga’s new line and more.

“Dress Codes: Cover Up” by Delaney Church, 18, New Tech Academy at Wayne High School, Fort Wayne, Ind.“Exploding Facts — Eggs!” by Mia Tweel, 11, Luria Academy, Brooklyn, N.Y.“Gentrification = wack” by Anissa Adams, 17, Cerritos High School, Cerritos, Calif.“The Great Footsteps I Walk In” by Nikhil Damji, 14, Lakeside School, Seattle, Wash.“Hearing Loss and…

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.

That day, a boy told me he liked my hair.I immediately understood this boy to be The One. He flirted with me more than he flirted with other girls, and sometimes even looked at me while I spoke. I wrote him love letters in the form of homework questions that could easily have been answered…