您知道如何用肉眼发现星座吗？如何将方便面变成美食呢？你能在嘈杂的地方找到安静吗？或者作为失败球队的球迷生存下来？
如果没有，我们第二届年度 How To Informational Writing Contest 的获胜者可以向您展示如何作。
去年冬天，我们邀请青少年选择一项技能（任何技能，无论是身体上的还是智力上的，实用的还是荒谬的），采访这方面的专家，然后写一篇简短而引人入胜的文章，向普通观众解释如何做到这一点。
正如我们从近 3,000 个参赛作品中选出的 10 名获奖者的作品中所看到的那样，结果既有趣又信息丰富。
Winners
按作者名字的字母顺序排列
“How to Survive as a Manchester United Fan”: Abdur Rahman, 17, Faujdarhat Cadet College, Salimpur, Bangladesh
“How to Be a Stargazer”: Aditya Neil Banerjee, 16, Stanford Online High School
“How to Master the Art of People-Watching”: Aziz AbdullaZoda, 17, Pomfret School, Pomfret, Conn.
“How to Find Silence in a Noisy World”: Gayatri Srivastava, 16, Dhirubhai Ambani International School, Mumbai, India
“How to Prepare for a Funeral Portrait”: Hoseok Jeon, 16, Korea International School, Seongnam, South Korea
“What to Do When a Mountain Gorilla Blocks Your Path”: Tenzing Carvalho, 17, Western Center Academy, Hemet, Calif.
“How to Ice Skate Without Faceplanting (or Looking Like a Panicked Penguin)”: Yip Pei Yuan Erica, 18, Foon Yew High School Johor Bahru, Johor Bahru, Malaysia
“How to Bargain Like a Pro in Thai Street Markets”: Preyahathai Aroonvanichporn, 16, NIST International School, Bangkok
“How to Make Two-Minute Noodles the Right Way”: Rudransh Kohli, 16, Melbourne Grammar School, Melbourne, Australia
“How to Come Out to Your Friend”: Zixuan Wang, 18, Beijing
Runners-Up
“How to Eat a Pomegranate”: Ananth Bhat, 15, Central Academy of Technology and Arts, Monroe, N.C.
“How to Build Mental Strength for Solo Cycling”: Arnav Pareek, 15, Cavelero Mid High School, Lake Stevens, Wash.
“How to Listen to Silence”: Bao-Tran Pham-Ngoc (Tracy), 16, Montverde Academy, Montverde, Fla.
“How to Use Chopsticks”: Chloe Kim, 16, Seoul Foreign School, Seoul
“How to Sing in the Shower”: Han Ziqin, 16, Raffles Girls’ School, Singapore
“How to Turn Turbulence Into a Thrill Ride”: Jennifer, 14, Solis Park K-8 School, Irvine, Calif.
“How to Become Pope”: Jeongho Hong, 14, Calvin Manitoba International School, Incheon, South Korea
“How to Take Your Whistling Up a Notch”: Jina Song, 16, Seoul Foreign School, Seoul
“How to Be the Ultimate Car DJ”: Kareena Gunawardana, 16, San Francisco University High School, San Francisco
“How to Pick a Lock (Legally)”: Nathaniel Ng, 16, Bergen County Academies, Hackensack, N.J.
“How to Perfectly Curl Pasta Around Your Fork”: Neerja Naik, 14, Valleyview Middle School, Denville, N.J.
“How to Build the Ultimate Pillow Fort”: Scarlett Osborne, 17, American Heritage Schools, Palm Beach Campus, Delray Beach, Fla.
“How to Find the Best Vada Pav in Mumbai”: Seher Choksi, 17, Aditya Birla World Academy, Mumbai, India
“How to Make Friends in a New City”: Sonal, 16, Mountain House High School, Mountain House, Calif.
“How to Cut a Cake”: Weihan Lu, 16, University-Hill Secondary School, Vancouver, British Columbia
“How to Win White Elephant Without Losing Friends”: Yejun Hwang, 16, Beckman High School, Irvine, Calif.
Honorable Mentions
“How to Thrift”: Amanda Li, 15, Davis Senior High School, Davis, Calif.
“How to Become Anxiety’s Master”: Anne Xu, 15, Newport High School, Bellevue, Wash.
“How to Stop Letting Life Pass You By”: Askar Nogaibekov, 16, Miras International School, Astana, Kazakhstan
“How to Raise Chickens Without Stressing Them (or You) Out!”: Avnita, 15, Juanita High School, Kirkland, Wash.
“How to Win a Foil Fencing Bout”: Benjamin Tsung Chun Hsieh, 17, Clarkstown High School North, New City, N.Y.
“How to Calm Audition Nerves”: Braden Berg, 15, Trabuco Hills High School, Mission Viejo, Calif.
“How to Find Peace in Impermanence”: Chloe Careaga, 15, American Heritage Broward Campus, Plantation, Fla.
“How to Find a Four-Leaf Clover”: Chloe Kim, 16, Academy of the Holy Angels, Demarest, N.J.
“How to Decide as an Indecisive Person”: Emily Kim, 16, Princeton High School, Princeton, N.J.
“How to Be a Good Conversationalist”: Georgia Johansen, 13, Carden Memorial School, Salt Lake City
“How to Survive a Family Dinner Without Becoming a Diplomat”: Jiaxuan Liu, 15, Xi’an Gaoxin No. 1 High School, Xi’an, China
“How to Earn a Cat’s Trust”: Leah Im, 15, Scarsdale High School, Scarsdale, N.Y.
“How to Keep Your Desk Clean”: Lee Hyeonjoon, 17, ACS (International), Singapore
“How to Love Classics”: Loren Barjis, 14, West Senior High School, Iowa City, Iowa
“How to Love Public Speaking”: Mason Lee, 16, Portledge School, Locust Valley, N.Y.
“How to Handle Conflicts”: Michael, 16, Kent School, Kent, Conn.
“How to Poop Well”: Nathan Lee, 16, Korea International School, Seongnam, South Korea
“How to Eat a Soup Dumpling”: Ryan, 15, Clements High School, Sugar Land, Texas
“How to Brush Your Dog’s Teeth”: Samara McGlynn, 17, Trumbull High School, Trumbull, Conn.
“How to Stand With Perfect Posture”: Samuel Chu, 17, Taejon Christian International School, Daejeon, South Korea
“How to Find Wonderland”: Sanya Vaidya, 17, Montville Township High School, Montville, N.J.
“How to Eat Chips Quietly”: Seoyun Lim, 18, Penn Foster High School, Scranton, Pa.
“How to Avoid Being Called on by the Teacher”: Shannon Barneson, 13, Islander Middle School, Mercer Island, Wash.
“How to Dance to a Song You Have Never Heard Before”: Yurim Lee, 16, St. Johnsbury Academy Jeju, Seogwipo, South Korea