Meet the Winners and Finalists of the 2018 NYMetroParents Cover Contest!

Earlier this spring, we held our 2018 NYMetroParents Kids Cover Contest, and the submissions were overwhelming—who doesn't want the chance to feature their kid on the covers of NYMP's magazines?! We narrowed down the 1,300 photos of your cute kids to nine finalists and one fan favorite. Read on to find out who our grand prize winners are!

We knew it wasn’t going to be easy to pick finalists in our annual cover contest. But it was 1,300 times harder than we even imagined—that’s how many adorable entries poured in from every corner of the New York metro area! Once we were done oohing and aahing and narrowed it down, we invited the finalists to a glam photo shoot at Big Apple Portraits in Manhattan (unfortunately one finalist couldn’t make it). It was pouring that day, but inside it was pure sunshine, thanks to the kids’ radiant smiles and way-cool outfits (thank you, Lands’ End!)

Everybody rocked the runway, but in the end it was 3-year-old Jaden from Manhattan and 14-year-old Daniela from Suffolk County who won the grand prizes. Jaden and his family will celebrate the big win with a two-day stay at Woodloch Pines Resort, while Daniela will take her modeling skills to the next level with a scholarship to Barbizon Modeling and Acting Studio. Scarlett, our Fan Favorite from Queens, received a family pack of tickets to Sesame Place.

Want to see more of these beautiful faces? We don’t blame you. Stay tuned—many if not all of our finalists and winners will appear on our future covers—and Sophia was featured on the September covers!
    

NYMP 2018 Cover Contest Grand Prize Winners

	Jaden Age: 3 Hometown: Manhattan Jaden loves to play Fortnite.
	Daniela Age: 14 Hometown: Suffolk County Daniela’s role model is her mom because of everything she does for her and her family.

NYMP 2018 Cover Contest Fan Favorite

Scarlett Age: 4 Hometown: Queens Scarlett’s favorite food is a chocolate sandwich.

  
NYMP 2018 Cover Contest Finalists

	Aaliyah Age: 4 Hometown: Rockland County Aaliyah’s favorite thing to do for fun is to play upstairs all by herself.
	Brielle Age: 12 Hometown: Rockland County Brielle’s favorite subject in school is math. She says she’s good at it—and because her Dad is a math teacher.
	Chazz Age: 12 Hometown: Manhattan If Chazz could have any superpower it would be the ability to shape shift.
	Dillon Age: 11 Hometown: Westchester County Dillon’s favorite subject in school is English. He says he’s pretty good at it and he finds it interesting.
	Samantha Age: 6½ Hometown: Nassau County When Samantha grows up, she wants to be an artist because she likes to draw and she likes to do arts and crafts. Her favorite store is Michaels.
	Sophia Age: 4 Hometown: Rockland County Sophia loves taking pictures.

 

And a huge thanks to our promotional partners!