The New York Times is currently hosting their Modern Love College Essay Contest. The grand prize: $1,000 and publication in The New York Times.
Essays should be 1500 to 1700 words.
According to their website:
“We’re inviting college students nationwide to open their hearts and laptops and write an essay that tells the truth about what love is like for them today. In our previous contests, which attracted thousands of entries from students at hundreds of colleges and universities, the winning essays explored ambivalence about hooking up, the way technology is changing how we connect and how an aversion to labels can impact relationships.”
The deadline for entry is March 19th, 2017.
To learn more, read the contest guidelines.
If you’re not a college student, you can still submit your story directly to the editors of Modern Love. Learn more here.