What I Learned This Year In School
Even your favorite subject can be your hardest
Even the "smart ones" will fail
Even good grades become futile
Even a textbook won't teach you.
Young Writers Project
The Daily Read
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Do You Hear the Raven Call?
A wingspan of ash, she scours the sky for signs of a way forward.
Beneath, the writhing landscape of a future so foreign we cannot yet comprehend which color she will be.
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Now is a tree
Now is a tree,
a place that is made of history.
Feel with your fingers
for lines etched in the bark,
the future is there
Gallery
Challenges
Visual Art
Deadline
Typography
Take your favorite idiom, lines of poetry, or quote (no more than 2-3 sentences) and use an entire sheet of paper to write it out in the most beautiful or most experimental typography you can dream up!
Writing
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Reincarnation
If you were to be reincarnated as any type of person or creature, in any country, in any future era, what fantastical future would you create for yourself?
Writing
Deadline
Observation
Wherever you are at this very moment, pause and take a breath. Use as many senses as you can to absorb your surroundings. Write a descriptive poem or observation about your environment.
Writing
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Summertime
Vermont Writers: Seven Days and its magazine Kids VT are looking for poems or short stories with a summer theme to publish in an upcoming issue.
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!
Visual Art
Petrit Halilaj
Petrit Halilaj's dramatic sculptures relay stories of Kosovo based on the school desk doodles of generations of children, including those who lived through years of war.
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!
