Challenges

YWP’s hub of inspiration: All our challenges are here!

Weekly

  • Writing

    Deadline

    Forgotten

    Write from the perspective of a forgotten toy that was once the center of a young child's life.

  • Visual Art

    Deadline

    Pastoral

    Paint a pastoral scene, either from a photo or en plein air, in watercolor or another medium of your choice. 

  • Writing

    Deadline

    Seneca

    Stoic philosopher Seneca's prescription for happiness was to enjoy the present without regrets for the past and fears about the future. Write about the experience of appreciating the moment.

Opinion & Commentary

  • Writing

    Summer Memory

    Share a summertime memory in poetry or prose. A favorite place, a funny experience, a realization, insight, inspiration, or something that just says summer to you.

  • Writing

    Leadership on the Left

    Resistance to 'crisis:' Sen. Cory Booker spoke out against the Trump administration at a marathon speech of more than 25 hours on the Senate floor. This follows the "Fight Oligarchy" tour of Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

Great Artists

  • Visual Art

    Jeffrey Gibson

    Native American artist combines an abundance of color with messages of freedom, human rights, and struggle.

  • Visual Art

    Jenny Holzer

    This neo-conceptual artist's "Truisms," shown here in a 1982 Times Square exhibit, still resonates today.

  • Visual Art

    Tomokazu Matsuyama

    Tomokazu Matsuyama combines Eastern and Western art history, pop culture, graffiti, and more to create his magical, mystical paintings and sculptures.

Great Writers

  • Writing

    Rachel Carson

    This pioneering conservationist is considered one of the finest and most influential writers of the environmental movement.

     

  • Writing

    James Baldwin

    The words of writer and civil rights activist James Baldwin are as relevant to America today as they were during his lifetime.

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