紐約時報迷你回憶錄寫作比賽

競賽簡介

About the Contest

你能隻用100字寫(xie) 出自己生活中一個(ge) 有意義(yi) 而有趣的真實故事嗎？紐約時報推出迷你回憶錄寫(xie) 作比賽，挑戰青少年們(men) 用100字個(ge) 人敘事的寫(xie) 作能力。

Can you tell a meaningful and interesting true story from your life in just 100 words? That’s the challenge New York Times posts to teenagers with the 100-Word Personal Narrative Contest.

競賽時間

Contest Schedule

2023年10月4日-11月1日

OCT. 4-NOV. 1, 2023

適合學生

Recommended to Students

- 有誌於(yu) 提升寫(xie) 作能力

- 模擬大學申請文書(shu) 寫(xie) (迷你回憶錄寫(xie) 作比賽的寫(xie) 作要求與(yu) 大學申請文書(shu) 寫(xie) 作相似，參賽可以提升申請者“敘事文”和“議論文”的寫(xie) 作能力，幫助提升今後的大學申請個(ge) 人陳述。)

- 充實大學申請課外活動背景

- Aiming for developing writing skills

- Simulating college application essay writing (the essence between the two is similar, meaning students can develop their narrative and persuasive writing skills, which is key to writing good personal statements.)

- Enriching extracurricular activity profile

寫(xie) 作要求

Contest Rules

競賽要求參賽者：

1.講述自己生活中一段真實而有意義(yi) 的經曆並發表獨到見解；

2.字數至多100字（不包括標題）；

3.參賽資格為(wei) 13-19歲之間的全球初高中生，且獲得父母或監護人同意；

4.作品需要原創，不得發表在其他期刊上；

5.寫(xie) 作中不能出現粗話髒話；

6.每位參賽者隻能投遞一篇作文；

7.參賽者需獨立參賽，不得以團隊形式參賽；

8.投稿截止時間：2023年11月1日美西時間晚上11:59（官網投稿鏈接將於(yu) 比賽初始之日開啟）。

The contest asks students to follow the guidelines below:

1. The tiny memoir should be a short, powerful, true story about a meaningful experience from your own life.

2. It must be 100 words or fewer, not including the title.

3. 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.

4. Your essay must be your own work and original for this contest. That means it should not have been published anywhere else at the time of submission, such as in a school newspaper.

5. Keep your audience in mind. You’re writing for a family newspaper, so, for example, no curse words, please.

6. Submit only one entry per student.

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

8. All entries must be submitted by Nov.1, 2023, at 11:59 p.m. Pacific time using the contest form on the website.

評價(jia) 標準

Contest Rubrics

參考以下鏈接Link：

https://int.nyt.com/data/documenttools/

100-word-personal-narrative-rubric/9e5cc24d69b66400/full.pdf

獎項設置

Awards

獎項一般在競賽結束2個(ge) 月後在官網公布。

2022年，共有12，448人參賽，其中82人獲獎，包括13名冠軍(jun) 、23名亞(ya) 軍(jun) 、46名季軍(jun) 。冠軍(jun) 獲得者的作文有機會(hui) 刊登在紐約時報官網上。

2022年獲獎作文：

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/07/

learning/the-winners-of-our-100-word-

personal-narrative-contest.html

The awards are to be announced about two months after the contest is closed.

Students from all over the world — 12,448 of them — submitted essays.

From those thousands of submissions, the judges selected 82 finalists — 13 winners, 23 runners-up and 46 honorable mentions.

The winners’ work will be published on The New York Times.

Link to read 2022 winners' essays:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/07/

learning/the-winners-of-our-100-word-personal-narrative-contest.html

2022年官方學習(xi) 指南2022 Official Step-by-step Guide：

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/13/learning/

how-to-write-a-100-word-narrative-a-guide-for-our-tiny-memoir-contest.html

說明：本文內(nei) 容主要基於(yu) 2022年迷你回憶錄公布細節，目前紐約時報官網已更新2023年比賽時間，若有其他更新規則和要求，請基於(yu) 官方2023年最新信息。