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Tiny Memoir Contest for Students by The New York Times [Write a 100-Word Personal Narrative; Ages 13-19; Chance to get Published]: Submit by Nov 1

Priyanka Barik
Sep 26, 2023

Submissions are invited for Tiny Memoir Contest for Students by The New York Times. The last date of submission is November 1, 2023.

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The New York Times (NYT) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2022 to comprise 740,000 paid print subscribers, and 8.6 million paid digital subscribers.

Contest Details

Can you tell a meaningful and interesting true story from your life in just 100 words? That’s the challenge they posed to teenagers last fall with our first-ever 100-Word Personal Narrative Contest, a storytelling form popularized by Modern Love’s Tiny Love Stories series.

Your tiny memoir should be a short, powerful, true story about a meaningful experience from your own life. It must be 100 words or fewer, not including the title. You must be a student ages 13 to 19 in middle school or high school to participate, and all students must have parent or guardian permission to enter. The work should be fundamentally your own — it should not be plagiarized, written by someone else or generated by artificial intelligence.

What is a personal narrative?

A personal narrative is an essay about an experience from your life. It is a type of nonfiction writing, which means that whatever you choose to write about should be true. And keep in mind the “personal” in personal narrative; you should tell your own story, not someone else’s.

Eligibility

This contest is open to students ages 13 to 19 who are in middle school or high school around the world. College students cannot submit an entry.

Having your work published on The Learning Network and being eligible to be chosen to have your work published in the print editions of The New York Times.