Visual Art
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Orchid
Using the provided image, recreate your own version of this orchid.
Need inspiration? YWP has a wide range of writing and visual art challenges every week throughout the year. Teens ages 13-19 are encouraged to sign up for a free YWP account to respond directly to the challenges. Writing and art posted on the site – both responses to these challenges and general "Create" posts — will be considered for publication with our Vermont media partners, and in our monthly digital magazine, The Voice, and our annual anthologies. Teachers do not need a YWP account to view the site and use our challenges and resources to inspire young writers and artists.
PDF of 2025-26 Weekly Challenges
Visual Art
Deadline
Using the provided image, recreate your own version of this orchid.
Writing
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Do you go skiing? Write about how it feels to go hurtling down a snowy slope. If you haven't experienced this before, write about how you imagine it might feel.
Writing
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Look around at the objects surrounding you. If there were thought bubbles coming out of them, what might they be thinking? Write a dialogue of these objects speaking to each other.
Visual Art
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Paint as many fish as you would like. Maybe it’s one specific fish, or maybe it’s a school of fish. How many colors can you add into this school of fish? You can take this idea anywhere, but it has to be a painting with fish in it.
Writing
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Write your own fairytale. Whose perspective is it told from? What magical creatures might be in your story? What is the climax, and how does it end?
Writing
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Write about your favorite song or piece. How does it make you feel? What do you see in your head when you listen to it? What exactly makes that song or piece your favorite? (Challenge created by nimbostratus, YWP)