New York Times Summer Reading Contest

 

The contest is open to all students ages 11-19 anywhere in the world.  You have until June 24.  Just look for an article in the NYT that gets your attention and then respond to what got your attention and why.  Just 250 words or fewer.  To check it out click here.  

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Our 13th Annual Summer Reading Contest

 

Do you want your student's reading this summer?  If so here is a contest for them.  Click here to read about it.  The contest is open to all counties.

 If you used an idea from this website then buy Mr H a gatorade :)  Thank you

The NY Times June Vocabulary Challenge

 

Middle and high school students are invited to write a 50-word story drawing from the list of 19 vocabulary words published in May, which you can find below. We look forward to reading your entries. Winning submissions will be added to this article at the end of June.  All entries are due by June 15.  The words are as follows:

You can see the article in the NY Times by clicking here.

The NYT Learning Network's STEM writing challenge

From the NYT's Learning Network, "Why do hummingbirds nap? How do coronavirus vaccines work? Can two robotic spacecraft land on the moon at once? How do plant roots compete for water? Do foods like kiwis and cherries affect our sleep patterns?

If you click on any of these articles, you’ll see that they are written for a general reader. Special technical or scientific knowledge is not required, and each is designed to get our attention and keep it — by giving us “news we can use” in our own lives, or by exploring something fascinating in a way that makes it easy to understand and shows us why it matters."

If you would like to have your students enter this contest read the information on the site by clicking here.

New York Times 15 Second Vocabulary Video Challenge

 

New York Times 8th Annual 15-Second Vocabulary Video Challenge

The New York Times invites middle and high school students to create a short video that defines or teaches any of the words in our Word of the Day collection. Contest Dates: Nov. 10-Dec. 15, 2020.

The good news for Canadians is that this contest is open to the whole world.  To see information about this contest click here.

This might be a great idea to do with your English class, ELL class or even in conjunction with your Media Arts class.  Below are a couple of the top videos from 2019.

First Page Student Writing Challenge

Students have until November 29th to get their submissions in.  To see the contest webpage  click here.

Teen Ink

If you have some writers, artists or photographers in your class that are looking for a venue to submit their work, this might be the place.  This website is for teens and is run by teens.   Maybe you just want your students to look at works of students their own age and use this as an exemplar.  They alos have monthly contests.  To see the website click here.

National Essay Contest in French

If you would like to have your students write a French essay for a contest where they could win some prize money for university here is one for you.  For more information click here.  

World of 7 Billion

They are running a video contest that puts together Geography, Science and Media Arts.  The contest will give out a top prize of $1000.  You have to produce a 60 second video about human population growth  that highlights one of the following: deforestation, public health or water scarcity.  The deadline is February 25 2016.  To see the contest flyer click here.  To see the contest website click here.  There is also a teachers resource link on the contest website.  You might want to consider using Wevideo to create your video unless you are using a Mac.  If using a Mac you probably will be using iMovie.  Good luck.

Engineering Essay Contest

Would you like to win $500.  Write an essay and maybe you will.  All you have to do is write an essay briefly describing the technology and what improvements you think it can provide in at least one of the four main areas of engineering responsibility: Safety, Health, Well-being and Environmental sustainability.   To see more click here.  The deadline is February 1st.

Rick Riordan Mythology Writing Contest

If you want your classes to write, here is a contest that might work for you.

You can go to the Scholastic website by clicking here.

What does renewable energy mean to you?

Since Canada is 60% water, Canadian Geographic has decided to do a photo contest  on "What does renewable energy mean to you?"  There are some cool prizes available.  To see the website click here.

New York Times Vocabulary Contest

On Tuesday we had I posted about a contest about performing some of the Bard's work on Hamlet.  The New York Times is also running another contest in their Education section on "vocabulary".  Make a 15 second video on any word that has appeared in The NY Times Word of the Day section (click here to see some) and post your video on Instagram, Youtube, Vimeo etc.  You can read about the contest by clicking here.  This could be done as a class project in Media Arts or English class.

Halloween Short Story Contest

is having a Halloween short story contest.  The might be something your students might be interested in.  Prizes are $250, $100 and $50 Visa gift cards.
The deadline is October 27 at midnight.  Not only must you have a short story but you need to add audio and sound effects.  To see the website, click here. Good luck.

New York Times Found Poetry Contest

 is running a "Found Poetry Contest".  Sorry for the late heads up but I just found out  about it myself yesterday and it ends Monday April 15 at 5 PM.  The article with the rules can be found by clicking here.   Note rule number 3.  " The poem itself should use no more than two of your own words. The rest of the words and phrases should come from some article or articles published in The New York Times, past or present. (Note: We check. People have been disqualified for not adhering to this rule.)"

Again sorry for the late catch on this but at least you have the weekend.