Below are answers to your questions about writing, judging, the rules and teaching with this contest. Please read these thoroughly and, if you still can’t find what you’re looking for, post your query in the comments or write to us at LNFeedback@nytimes.com. Questions About WritingWhat is a personal narrative? For this contest, we’re defining a personal narrative as a short, powerful, true story about a specific experience, event or incident from your real life. Read essays from the Times’s personal narrative columns (linked below) or look at winning essays from 2019 and 2020.

Source: New York Times August 10, 2021 18:22 UTC