HILLSDALE, N.J.—Congratulations and job well done to Pascack Valley High School sophomore Diego Mercado, a student in Matthew Morone’s English II class, who was named a round-four finalist in the Second Annual New York Times Learning Network 2020 Student Narrative Contest.
Diego submitted a work, “War and Peas,” that he created as part of a unit on narrative writing led by Morone and his student teacher, Michelle Chakansky.
The Times gave entrants up to 600 words “to write a personal narrative of your own about a meaningful life experience. We’re not asking you to write to a particular theme or to use a specific structure or style, but we are looking for short, powerful stories about a particular moment or event in your life. We want to hear your story, told in your unique voice, and we hope you’ll experiment with style and form to tell a tale that matters to you, in a way you enjoy telling it.”
All winners in the contest have been announced.