Our 2024-25 Student Contest Calendar
Ten challenges that invite teenagers to engage, experiment, reflect and create — via writing, photography, audio, video and more.
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Ten challenges that invite teenagers to engage, experiment, reflect and create — via writing, photography, audio, video and more.
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What has worked? What has been difficult? We’d love to hear from educators at all levels and across subject areas.
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To participate, submit your response here by Aug. 2 at 9 a.m. Eastern. This week’s winners will be announced by Aug. 14.
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Students are invited to tell us what they’re reading in The Times and why, this year in writing OR via a 90-second video. Contest dates: June 7 to Aug. 16.
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‘A Voice Can Change You’: The Week 5 Winner of Our Summer Reading Contest
In her 90-second video, Annie Ma, 14, explains how an essay by the singer Dessa hit home for her.
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We are honoring the Top 9 winners of our Student Open Letter Contest by publishing their entries. This one is by Anya Wang, age 16.
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A Letter to a Student From The New York Times Learning Network
When we ran our new Open Letters Contest, we never imagined that a teenager would choose us as the recipient. Here is our response.
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We are honoring the Top 9 winners of our Student Open Letter Contest by publishing their entries. This one is by Oliver Bohon, age 17.
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This new French stamp is a scratch-and-sniff. If you could design a stamp, what would yours feature?
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What’s Going On in This Picture? | May 20, 2024
Look closely at this image, stripped of its caption, and join the moderated conversation about what you and other students see.
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This word has appeared in 40 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
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This word has appeared in five articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
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This word has appeared in 38 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
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This word has appeared in 265 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
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This word has appeared in 52 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
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This word has appeared in 184 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
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To participate, submit your response here by July 26 at 9 a.m. Eastern. This week’s winners will be announced by Aug. 7.
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This word has appeared in 45 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
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This word has appeared in 14 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
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This word has appeared in 25 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
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We are honoring the Top 9 winners of our Student Open Letter Contest by publishing their entries. This one is by Lucy Robb, age 17.
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Jawaher Korichi, 17, writes about how the two sides of her family experience the Hajj differently.
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This word has appeared in 39 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
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We are honoring the Top 9 winners of our Student Open Letter Contest by publishing their entries. This one is by Leela Uppaluri, age 16.
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This word has appeared in 611 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
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We are honoring the Top 9 winners of our Student Open Letter Contest by publishing their entries. This one is by Justin Kim, age 16.
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To participate, submit your response here by July 19 at 9 a.m. Eastern. This week’s winners will be announced by July 31.
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This word has appeared in 30 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
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We are honoring the Top 9 winners of our Student Open Letter Contest by publishing their entries. This one is by Emma Wang, age 15.
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This word has appeared in 43 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
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This word has appeared in 131 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
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We are honoring the Top 9 winners of our Student Open Letter Contest by publishing their entries. This one is by Casey Goldstein, age 17.
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Miki Schnitzer, 16, writes about how gifts of food from the cultures of her diverse neighbors brought solace at a time of mourning.
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We are honoring the Top 9 winners of our Student Open Letter Contest by publishing their entries. This one is by Alexis Rippon, age 13.
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This word has appeared in 20 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
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We are honoring the Top 9 winners of our Student Open Letter Contest by publishing their entries. This one is by Alexander Klee, age 16.
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See the more than 150 finalists and read the top nine winning letters on hearing aids, colonialism, A.I. art and more.
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This word has appeared in 83 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
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To participate, submit your response here by July 12 at 9 a.m. Eastern. This week’s winners will be announced by July 24.
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Use this page to tell us what got your attention in The New York Times in 2024 via a 90-second video.
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This word has appeared in 570 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
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This word has appeared in 26 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
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Kathryne Hong, 16, writes about how reading a piece on sexism in medicine changed how she understood her mother’s physical distress.
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This word has appeared in 161 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
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This word has appeared in 24 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
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We invited teenagers to create an original five-minute podcast about almost anything. Here are the finalists selected from over 1,100 submissions.
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To participate, submit your response here by July 5 at 9 a.m. Eastern. This week’s winners will be announced by July 17.
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This word has appeared in 390 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
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This word has appeared in 112 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
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This word has appeared in 143 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
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Read the work of the winning writer, Daphne Nguyen, 16 — and take a look at three favorite video responses, too.
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This word has appeared in eight articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
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This word has appeared in 39 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
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To participate, submit your response here by June 28 at 9 a.m. Eastern. This week’s winners will be announced by July 10.
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This word has appeared in 89 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
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This word has appeared in 468 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
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Here are all of our Student Opinion questions from the 2023-24 school year. Each question is based on a different New York Times article, interactive feature or video.
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This word has appeared in 66 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
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This word has appeared in 41 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
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To participate, submit your response here by June 21 at 9 a.m. Eastern. This week’s winners will be announced by July 3.
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This word has appeared in 350 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
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This word has appeared in 147 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
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This word has appeared in 54 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
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This word has appeared in 123 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
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A glimpse into nine close-knit and compelling communities, as documented by teenagers.
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Chloe Moon Flaherty, age 18, documents a community that “embraces the unconventional.”
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From 528 teen entries, we have chosen 10 extraordinary pieces. Take a look.
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This word has appeared in 255 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
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To participate, submit your response here by June 14 at 9 a.m. Eastern. This week’s winners will be announced by June 26.
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This word has appeared in 73 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
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This word has appeared in 314 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
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This word has appeared in 37 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
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This word has appeared in 155 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
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This word has appeared in 75 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
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This word has appeared in 79 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
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Donald J. Trump is the first American president to be declared a felon, a stain he will carry as he seeks to regain the presidency.
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This word has appeared in 10 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
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Test your geography knowledge using photographs from around the world.
Compiled by John Otis
This word has appeared in 23 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
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This word has appeared in 60 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
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An A.I. robot gave a commencement address at a university in Buffalo. What do you think? Who would you want to speak at your graduation?
By Jeremy Engle
This word has appeared in 108 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
By The Learning Network
Do you think there are types of businesses where dogs should be welcome? And places where dogs should not be permitted?
By Shannon Doyne
This word has appeared in 41 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
By The Learning Network
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A planetarium? A Broadway theater? A baseball stadium? A famous library? Where would you most love to have a sleepover?
By Natalie Proulx
This word has appeared in 113 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
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Have you been paying attention to current events recently? See how many of these 10 questions you can get right.
Compiled by Jeremy Engle and Michael Gonchar
This word has appeared in 41 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
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A scientist finds beauty in the “visual synonyms” that exist in images seen through microscopes and telescopes.
By Katrina Miller
In this forum, we invite both students and teachers to reflect on their challenges and successes — and to consider how to build on them for next year.
By Katherine Schulten
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