the complicated, tangled pattern of time
9 PM,
a minty smell wavering over my just-brushed teeth,
fragile bubbles of soap curling on my fingertips and the sink,
10 PM,
curling up on the bed with a worn book,
Young Writers Project
The Daily Read
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Chasing Illusions
The searing sunbeams felt like lasers, relentlessly scorching my head, my neck, my ears, my hands. The sand beneath my feet was a ravenous monster, sucking my worn boots down with every step.
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Love Me as a Mother Would
Mama, love me as a mother would.
Nurture me gently as the deer does her fawn.
Shield me honestly as the raven does her chicks.
Gallery
Challenges
Visual Art
Deadline
Potatoes
Come on, don’t be a couch potato! Get up off the couch and paint a couple of couch potatoes chilling out in their living room, or depict any other idiom you’re fond of.
Writing
Deadline
Building
Write a poem, story, or nonfiction piece about the demolition of a building you or others have grown attached to. What memories or people do you associate with the structure – and what does its destruction now symbolize?
Writing
Deadline
Cyclical
Your physical characteristics change with the seasons … Take it away from here!
Writing
Deadline
Vermont in 2050
Call to Writers: What will Vermont be like in 2050? In poetry or prose, your submission will be considered for publication in a book about the state's future.
Writing
Cellphones
Some schools across the U.S. are banning cellphones, not just limiting their use. State legislatures, including Vermont, Kansas, and Oklahoma, are considering "phone-free schools" legislation. How would a cellphone ban at school affect your life?
Writing
Create a Challenge
Help YWP create inspiring challenges for writing or visual art. Think about what makes an interesting prompt and share your idea with us!
News & Events
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Reuben Jackson Award
An award to honor the spirit of creativity, kindness, and generosity that poet Reuben Jackson brought to Young Writers Project.
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Spring Contest Winners!
From more than 250 submissions, three poems and three pieces of visual art were selected as the award winners of YWP's Spring Contest. Each recipient will receive the top prize of $100 and publication in the May issue of The Voice.
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Congratulations to Vermont's first Youth Poet Laureate!
Vermont's first Youth Poet Laureate is Harmony Devoe, 15, of Warren, VT! The finalists include some of YWP's very own poets!
