Competition

‘Where We Are’: A Photo Essay Contest for Exploring Community

Closes:

January 15, 2025

Value:

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The New York Times invites students to document the local, offline communities that interest them.

Using The Times’s Where We Are series and the work of last year’s teen winners as a guide, create a photo essay that documents an interesting local, offline community.

Offered by

Organisation:

The New York Times

Location:

All
Key Dates

Opens:

December 4, 2024

Closes:

January 15, 2025
Perks

Value:

See details

Number on offer:

No limit
Details:

Winners will have their work published on The Learning Network and are eligible to be chosen to have their work published in the print editions of The New York Times.

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility:

Any | Current Student | Youth

Study Level:

Middle School | Secondary School
Details:

This contest is open to students ages 13 to 19 who are in middle school or high school around the world.

Your photo essay MUST include:

  • Between six and eight images, uploaded in the order in which you’d like us to view them.
  • Short captions, or descriptions, of no more than 75 words for each image that help explain what the image illustrates and why that is important to the story.
  • A short introduction of up to 300 words that offers important background or context that complements and adds to the information in the photos and captions.
  • You might consider the introduction the beginning of your essay, which the photos and descriptions will then continue. Together they will answer questions like who this community is, how it came to be, and why it matters.
  • At least one quote — embedded in either the introduction or one of the captions — from a member of the community about what makes it meaningful.

Fields of Study

Creative, Visual and Performing Arts
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