Dan became obsessed with quicksand after happening upon a strange fact: kids are no longer afraid of it. Then-Producer Soren Wheeler introduces us to Dan Engber, writer and columnist for Slate, now with The Atlantic. But these days, quicksand can't even scare an 8-year-old. Younger students can have an adult submit on their behalf.For many of us, quicksand was once a real fear - it held a vise grip on our imaginations, from childish sandbox games to grown-up anxieties about venturing into unknown lands. Middle and high school students ages 13 to 19 years old in the United States and the United Kingdom, and students ages 16 to 19 years old anywhere else in the world, can submit their own entries. A student's age and location determine how the student's work should be submitted to a contest. If you participate as a group, you cannot also participate as an individual. You do not need to wait for us to announce our finalists. In other words, if you have already published your work in a school newspaper, on a radio station’s site or a literary magazine, then do not submit it to our contest.Īfter you submit to our contest, you are allowed to submit your entry to another publication or contest for possible publication.

If you have already published a piece, then come up with something else to submit. We want students to be inspired by our contests and have an opportunity to reach a wider audience for their work. An entry must not be published elsewhere at the time of submission. An entry must be original - and not plagiarized.īe sure not to take someone else's work and pass it off as your own.ģ. But the ideas, tone, writing or editing decisions must be your own.Ģ. For example, you can receive feedback and technical support. You can have the support or assistance from another student(s) or adult(s). An entry must be the student's own work.Īn entry must be your creation. Nor are students who live in the same household as those employees. The children and stepchildren of New York Times employees are not eligible to enter this contest. In addition, students, ages 19 or under, who have completed high school but are taking a gap year or are otherwise not enrolled in college can participate.ģ. Students attending their first year of a two-year CEGEP in Quebec province can also participate. However, high school students (including high school post-graduate students) who are taking one or more college classes can participate. This contest is intended for students who are attending middle or high school. For students outside the United States, students must be 11 years old to have their work submitted to a contest.īecause its focus is teenagehood, our Coming of Age in 2021 Contest is open only to those who are 13 to 19 years old from around the world. For students in the United States, we consider middle school to begin in 6th grade students in lower grades cannot participate. Students ages 11 to 19 who attend middle or high school can participate in all contests, with the exception of Coming of Age in 2021.įor eight of our contests, we invite students in middle school or high school to participate.

These rules and guidelines apply for the following Learning Network 2021-22 contests and challenges:ġ.

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