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Deadlines, results and guidance for The New York Times Learning Network writing contests.
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NYT Contest Google Docs Workflow: Keeping a Clear Record of Your Own Writing
Learn how to use Google Docs version history to demonstrate authentic writing processes for NYT Summer Reading and other text-based contests, ensuring compliance with new integrity standards.
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NYT Summer Reading Contest 2027: How the Three-Round Format Changes Your Preparation Strategy
The 2027 NYT Summer Reading Contest shifts to three distinct submission windows. Learn how to leverage this format change, master the new AI transparency rules, and prepare high-quality entries without burning out.
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NYT Audio Stories Podcast Contest (2027): How to Script a Five-Minute Story and Finish Before Exam Season
The NYT Audio Stories podcast contest is listed for 31 March to 12 May 2027, up to five minutes. How to write for the ear, budget your words and plan around spring exams.
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The NYT STEM Interview Video Contest (2027): How to Find an Expert, Run the Interview and Cut It to Two Minutes
The STEM Interview, a new NYT video contest, is listed for 6 January to 17 February 2027. How to book an expert from China this autumn and cut the interview to two minutes.
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NYT Visual Art Contest 2026: How to Prepare for ‘What It’s Like to Grow Up in 2026’ and Write the Artist’s Statement
The Learning Network’s new visual art contest is listed for 28 October to 9 December 2026. What is announced, what is not, and a plan for the image and the artist’s statement.
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Where a Writing-Contest Result Goes in Your Application – and What It Corroborates (2026)
A writing-contest result corroborates the rest of your file. Which application slot it belongs in, how to word the line, and what a reader checks it against.
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Quoting a Chinese-Language Source in an English Contest Entry: Translation, Names and Attribution (2026)
How to translate, romanise and attribute a Chinese-language source inside an English NYT contest entry so an editor can check every line of it.
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Writing About a Crowded Topic: How to Enter a NYT Contest on AI, Climate or Phone Bans and Still Get Read (2026)
AI, climate and phone bans draw the biggest fields in NYT Learning Network contests. Three narrowing moves that turn a crowded subject into a claim only you can evidence.
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From Extended Essay to Contest Entry: Mining Your Own Coursework Without Reusing the Text
You already did the reading. How to pull a contest-sized entry out of an Extended Essay or IA, when the research travels and the prose never does.
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Writing About Hard Things: Where the Disclosure Line Sits in a Short Contest Entry
Difficulty is not depth. How to find the band between the armoured draft that says nothing and the raw one a reader cannot use – and who else is in it.