Weightless With a Million Poets
Today I
ran through the rain, hair
newly cut and weightless even though
it was drenched; I
ate strawberries dusted with sugar while
doing homework, pencil
tracing neat letters across math homework I
Young Writers Project
The Daily Read
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Feel
When I met a girl on Omegle who read me like three incoherent, handwritten, multi-page love poems
I think that's what it means to feel something
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Nature's Song
I hear the river running,
flowing with not a care in the world.
I see the leaves falling to the ground,
a thick carpet on the forest floor.
I feel a light breeze on my skin,
Gallery
Challenges
Writing
Deadline
Message
If you could go back in time and tell your younger self anything, what would it be?
Visual Art
Deadline
Look Up
Get down low and look up – way up at tall buildings, towering trees, an expansive sky. Take photos!
Writing
Deadline
30
How do you imagine yourself at age 30? Can you imagine it? What has changed? And what has stayed the same?
Writing
Deadline
Spring 2026 Writing Contest
Throw open the windows, poet Billy Collins urges in "Today," his joyful poem about spring. Let the "warm intermittent breeze" lift you up and carry you off. In poetry or prose, explore the sense of freedom and celebration of spring.
Visual Art
Deadline
Spring 2026 Visual Art Contest
When spring takes over from winter, there is a sense of new beginnings, rebirth, hopefulness. Share your discoveries through photography, painting, or another artistic medium of your choice.
Writing
Hungary
The landslide defeat of Hungary's prime minister Viktor Orban on April 12 after 16 years of autocratic rule sends a hopeful sign to defenders of democracy. Were you watching? What do you think?
News & Events
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The Tomorrow Project — Monthly Awards
Congratulations to The Tomorrow Project's monthly award winners! March's award goes to abigail_and_bean, 15, of Vermont, for the painting and accompanying narrative, "Crossing Familiar Waters."
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You Come Too
Robert Frost fans, here's an event for you on April 15!
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Summer Program for Teen Fiction Writers
High school writers: Here's a two-week virtual program in fiction writing, led by editors of Amherst College's literary magazine. Scholarships are available. Find out more.
