Do you like sharing your opinion with others? Do you have strong critiques and reactions to books, movies, restaurants or fashion? Are you a foodie or a gamer? A music buff or a theater aficionado?

If so, this contest is for you. The New York Times invites you to play critic and write an original review for their Eighth Annual Student Review Contest.

Rules

• Review something that fits into one of the categories of creative expression that The New York Times reviews: architecture, art, books, comedy, dance, fashion, hotels, movies, music, podcasts, restaurants, technology, theater, TV shows, video games (You do not need to review the exact same piece of work that The Times has reviewed — just something that fits into the categories listed above. For example, you can review a local restaurant in your town because The Times reviews restaurants.)

• The review must be 450 words or fewer, not including the title.

• Whatever you choose to review, it should be new to you and you should experience it yourself.

• Your essay should be original for this contest, meaning, it should not already be published at the time of submission, whether in a school newspaper, for another contest or anywhere else.

• Keep in mind that the work you send in should be appropriate for a Times audience — that is, something that could be published in a family newspaper (so, please, no curse words).

• Submit only one entry per student.

• While many of their contests allow students to work in teams, for this one you must work alone.

Your can read more rules by clicking HERE.

Prizes

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

Henry Hsiao and Elizabeth Phelps, winners of our 2019 Student Review Contest, share their reflections and review-writing advice.

Click HERE to download the contest poster to share with your friends.