Our One-Pager Challenge by The New York Times

Respond to a Story in The Times via the One-Pager Challenge

Show  your thinking about a recent Times article, video, graph, photo essay or podcast. Open from Dec. 6, 2023 to Jan. 10, 2024

The Challenge

Create a one-page illustrated response to an article, Opinion essay, video, graph, photo collection or podcast from The New York Times that was published in 2023 (or, if you are doing this in January, in 2023 or 2024).

You can make your one-pager by hand or digitally. The goal is to show your engagement with the information and ideas in the Times piece. Be creative and have fun!

Your one-pager MUST include:

The headline and publication date of the Times piece

At least one quote from the piece (or, if you choose a graph or photo collection, at least one specific detail)

At least one image or illustration that in some way sums up, responds to or comments on the piece. You may draw this by hand or find it online, as long as it does not contain any copyrighted material. (That includes images from The New York Times.) You may use Creative Commons images as long as they do not require permission, and as long as you attribute the work to the original creator. You may not use artificial intelligence to generate images.

Your one-pager MIGHT also respond to any of the following. CHOOSE AT LEAST TWO:

Why you picked this Times piece

Your opinion of it

Something you learned

A description of how it has impacted your understanding of a topic

A summary of the piece in your own words

Something you’d like to ask or say to the author(s)

Question(s) the piece left you with

Connections you made between this piece and something else you have read, heard, seen or learned — in or outside of school

Someone you’d like to send this Times piece to and why

A word or phrase you learned from the piece and an exploration of its meaning

Something this piece showed you about yourself as a reader, viewer, listener or learner

A perspective or voice you think the piece was missing

Additional information you wish had been included

A summary or analysis of the argument and evidence presented in the piece

A comparison to how this topic was covered by another media source

Something you admired about the Times piece and why

Something you think would have made the piece better and why

An action you’d like to take as a result of this piece — and why and how

Any additional response of your choice. Be creative!

A Few Rules

In addition to the guidelines above, here are a few more details:

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. Please see the F.A.Q. section for additional eligibility details.

We’re repeating this one, because it’s important: You may create your one-pager by hand or digitally. If you create it online, be sure not to use any copyrighted material. (That includes images from The New York Times.) You may use Creative Commons images as long as they do not require permission, and as long as you attribute the work to the original creator. You may not use artificial intelligence to generate images.

Make sure your one-pager is legible. We will only feature work that is clear enough to read. (Tip: Take a picture of your one-pager from above and export it in the highest resolution your phone allows, and then submit it as a digital image file through the form below.) You can send it to us as a jpeg, png or tif file.

The best one-pagers will be detailed, clear, creative and illuminating, and will show us your thinking about, and engagement with, a text.

You may work alone or in pairs for this challenge, but students should submit only one entry each.

All entries must be submitted by Jan. 10, 2024, at 11:59 p.m. Pacific time using the contest form below.

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