Aralia Student Achievement
Recently, the 2024 New York Times Open Letter Contest results were announced! We warmly congratulate our student for reaching the finals of this prestigious competition!
According to the official competition website, this year’s contest received 8,000 entries from students worldwide, with a highly competitive global winning rate of only 1.9%, less than 2%!
About the New York Times Open Letter Contest
The New York Times Open Letter Contest is popular in the New York Times student series competitions. It evolved from the student editorial contest, which has been held for over 10 years. The New York Times’ 2024 Student Editorial Contest invites students aged 13 to 19 worldwide to write open letters addressing issues they care about. The competition, which runs from March 13 to May 1, 2024, encourages students to identify a problem, address someone who can make a change, and persuade both their target and the broader public to care about the issue.
More information on the competition is available here.
85% of Aralia Students Place in Top Writing Competitions
Participate in the competition with Aralia's Writing Competition Class
Interested in becoming a talented writer? Aralia offers specialized writing competition preparation classes to prepare students for upcoming competitions, equipping them with the skills and knowledge necessary to succeed.
This class is offered in the summer every year. Students from 13 to 18 years old wanting to learn how to shape their written English into effective and publishable creative pieces will find this particular Writing Competition course very exciting. The class will be shown a range of tools to learn the nuances of controlled, purposeful writing, including: figurative language, effective structuring and specific forms that they will apply to their own pieces.
