Modern Love College Essay Contest: What Is Love Like For You? - The New York Times

In these turbulent times, are the kids … all right? Read the winner and finalists to find out.

In February, just after Valentine’s Day, we announced our sixth college essay contest, asking college students nationwide to tell us the truth about what love is like for them today.

The last time we held this contest, in 2019, the world was a very different place — before the pandemic, a global movement for social and racial justice, a rash of climate catastrophes and a riot at the U.S. Capitol.

This year, with college life disrupted as never before, students shared stories of isolation, identity, mental health struggles, returning to family, hooking up with hometown homebodies and finding community in surprising places.

Today, we are pleased to present the best of that writing, leading off with our winning essay by Layla Kinjawi Faraj, a freshman at Barnard College in New York City. Ms. Faraj’s entry spoke especially well to this era of fractured societies and online intimacy.

Our other finalists explored a wide range of subjects, from wrestling with racial hate, to body image and platonic love, to playlist flirtations on Spotify. We plan to publish the winning essays throughout May and June.

Congratulations to Ms. Faraj and the contest finalists, listed below, and our gratitude to all who participated.

— Daniel Jones, editor of Modern Love, and Miya Lee, editor of Modern Love projects

WINNER

Layla Kinjawi Faraj, Barnard College, Class of 2025

FINALISTS

Lily Goldberg, Williams College, Class of 2022

August Singer, Reed College, Class of 2022

Joyce Juhee Chung, New York University, Class of 2023

Abby Comey, College of William & Mary, Class of 2022

Ife Olatona, Howard University, Class of 2024

Tatiana Jackson-Saitz, University of Chicago, Class of 2024

Kyleigh McPeek, Stanford University, Class of 2024

Contest readers: Danya Issawi and Emma Grillo. See previous contest essays and the entire Modern Love collection.

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Modern Love can be reached at modernlove@nytimes.com.

To find previous Modern Love essays, Tiny Love Stories and podcast episodes, visit our archive.

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