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Would you like it if your students…
— Regularly read nonfiction (and ) this summer?
— Made their own choices about what to read from a huge variety of topics?
— Stayed informed about current events?
— Wrote short, personal responses about the pieces that interested them most?
— Had a weekly chance to win a contest and have their writing featured on our blog?
If so, look no further, since from June 15 to Aug. 17,polo lacoste, we’ll be running our New York Times summer reading contest, and that’s exactly what the contest encourages.
Below, you’ll find everything you need to know to participate.
Please spread the word: We’d love to see this contest on every school’s summer reading list!
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How Does Your Summer Reading Contest Work?
Every week you’ll tell us what you’re reading in The Times, and explain why it interested you.
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What Are the Rules?
— Well post the same question for every Friday, starting June 15. Each will ask, “What Interested You Most in The Times This Week?” That’s where you should post your picks (and reasons) any time until the next Friday. Then we’ll close that post and open a new one with the same question,sac longchamp pliage.
As soon as the contest starts, we’ll also make sure to keep an up-to-date link to at the top of this page leading you to that week’s question. If you bookmark this page, you can always find the link to the place to post your answer.
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— The contest is open to students ages 13 to 25.
— Each response should be 350 words or fewer. (To check, you can paste yours into an online word-count tool like before you submit it.)
— Give us your first name only, in accordance with our . No last names, but please also post your age and hometown.
— Make sure to provide us with a full headline (For example, ) or the URL(s), or Web address(es), of the Times material you choose so others can find them easily. To find a URL, just copy and paste what comes up at the top of the page in your browser. This posts URL,louis vuitton Jenner & Block, for example,polo ralph lauren polo ralph lauren Felix Salmon - Part 4,chanel occhiali, is Teachers: If you want all the students in a particular class to write in, just give them a code of some kind to affix to their first names,sac longchamp. Last year, for instance, we received many with “BSGE2015″ appended to first names.
When Should I Check to See Whether My Submission Won?
Every Monday,longchamps sac, we’ll publish the previous week’s winner or winners in a separate post. We’ll also mention the winners on and Fame awaits you!
How Do I Participate in This Contest if I Don’t Have a Digital Subscription?
NYTimes.com has a in which readers have free access to 10 articles each month. If you exceed that limit, you will be asked to become a digital subscriber.
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Further, any articles you read via a link on Facebook or Twitter or in an e-mail do not count toward your 10-article limit. And you’re free to write about articles that were published any time in 2012.
How Can Teachers, Librarians and Parents Use This Challenge?
Fight ,polo ralph lauren outlet! If you assign summer reading, or create reading lists (or even if you dont), consider adding The Times as an option. And if you’re teaching summer school,sac longchamp pas cher,polo ralph lauren, or trying to engage your own summer-vacationing children, this challenge can work for you, too.
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