Love and the NY TIMES

It's true, I grew up in NYC, where I learned to love the NY Times (though my late father was an enthusiastic NY Post reader!) I still remember family Sundays going through the spread out paper on our dining room table page by page. But, enough of the memories. What's important today is that there's a contest for students who want to write about love! Every Sunday, the NY TIMES publishes a Style Section. In that section (which, I admit, I read second or third), is an essay by a non-Times writer entitled Modern Love. This is YOUR chance to write and submit an essay about your own experiences. However, your submission is due by March 31st, so you'll have to hurry!

So, here's the information you'll need to enter the contest: (Taken from the NY TIMES 'Blog

Attention, college students:

The Modern Love College Essay Contest is looking for young writers with something to say about the current state of love and relationships — true stories, rooted in your lives, that pull readers aside and say, “It’s like this ...”

The winner will receive $1,000. The winning essay will be appear as a Modern Love Column on May 4. Runner-up essays may be published as well. The entry deadline is March 31. Go to nytimes.com/essay for details and an archive of Modern Love columns. A collection of columns, “Modern Love: 50 True and Extraordinary Tales of Desire, Deceit and Devotion,” is sold at nytstore.com OR you can borrow it from Springfield City Library!