Submissions are invited for Coming of Age in 2024: Explore Your Political Identity and Values Contest by The New York Times. The last date of submission is November 4, 2024.
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Contest Details
In a year of pivotal elections around the world, we want to hear from teenagers about their civic and political experiences, values, beliefs, hopes and concerns.
Tell us in words, images ,audio or video. You can work alone or with others to make almost anything you like-whether a poem, essay, painting, video, song, podcast, comic or infographic-as long as it addresses one or more of the themes below.
Themes
Make Something That Addresses One of These Themes:
- Your Identity, Beliefs and Having Conversations Values.
- Having Conversations Across Divides.
- Issues You Care About.
- Information and Disinformation.
- Hope for the Future.
Contest Rules
- This contest is open to students ages13 to19 in middle and high school anywhere in the world.
- You can submit almost anything that you can upload digitally, whether writing, images, audio or video.
- You must also submit an artist’s statement ofupto400 words that explains how your work connects to our themes.
Reward
Having your work published on the Times website and app and potentially in print. You will retain the copyright to your work, so you may use it however you like after publication.
How to Submit?
Interested students can submit online via this link.
Submission Deadline
The last date of submission is November 4, 2024.
Contact
Email: LNFeedback[at]nytimes[dot]com
FAQs
I’m just an ordinary high school student. What can I contribute that will say something new?
Who you are becoming as a citizen is being shaped by the specifics of your background, your upbringing, where you live, the news you consume, the relationships you value and much more. No one else sees the world exactly as you do, and no one else can tell your story.
Do the submissions have to be only about politics?
If you’re wondering if your submission has to be about, say, Kamala Harris or Donald Trump, or to address a political issue like climate change or the economy, the answer is no.
Anything you’d like to show or tell us that you think meaningfully addresses one of our focus questions, or speaks to a related idea like “community” or “hope,” is fine to submit — and don’t forget that you’ll also be writing an artist’s statement that will explain the relevance of your piece.
Is digital art allowed?
Yes, but the digital creation must be by you. (We do not allow images generated by artificial intelligence, even though we think they’re cool, too.)
Click here to view the official notification of Coming of Age in 2024: Explore Your Political Identity and Values Contest by The New York Times.
