What has the 2020-2021 School Year been like for you?

Prompt: What has the 2020-2021 School Year been like for you? How has 2020-2021 challenged or changed you? These are the two versions of the same question that we are asking for this year’s contest. This past year has changed us all, but perhaps no generation has been more affected than yours. Teenagers are experiencing their high school years trapped inside the house, with many missing milestones, such as high school graduation ceremonies, due to the raging pandemic. High school in a pandemic was not the experience that most of you had in mind, but some of you have seen positive experiences and insights that came out of it. We want to hear about your experiences, in whatever way you want to tell us about them — whether in words, images, audio, or video. The aim is essentially a challenge to all our BPA scholars to document what you’re living through and express yourself creatively on any aspect, large or small, that you think is important or interesting. But please know that the aim of this project is to create and document the richest possible portrait of what it’s like to have been a teenager during the 2020-2021 School Year, that is, how you, our BPA scholar, have met life’s challenges in the midst of a pandemic. We are looking for original work that has a strong voice and goes beyond cliché to show or tell us something new. To get an idea of what type of work we are looking for, please take a look at some examples on the links below: