Brownie girl
I made brownies and carefully placed choco chips on the top,
I carved your name in the raw top,
maybe I can grant your wish and be yours,
perhaps I can wish you over with sweets.
Young Writers Project
The Daily Read
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Coffee Runs
When I was a kid, I had a near perfect childhood. I had friends on the same street as me, and we rode our bikes around the neighborhood playing cops and robbers.
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Music
Growing up, music was always a constant.
Then, it meant very little to me.
It was only background noise, but always there.
Gallery
Spotlight
Welcome YWP Intern Alex!
Alex Bregy, a junior at Bennington College, is joining YWP this winter as an intern focusing on online writing workshops.
Challenges
Visual Art
Deadline
Nook
Illustrate or photograph your idea of a cozy nook: a place you might sit with a book and a mug of hot chocolate.
Writing
Deadline
Box
Reimagine the opening of Pandora’s box through a new lens: a hurricane of intense emotions, positive or negative, that you finally allow yourself to feel. Do they take on a shape, a presence, a character of their own?
Writing
Deadline
Deus Ex Machina
A “deus ex machina” is a literary device defined as “a person or thing that appears or is introduced suddenly and unexpectedly and provides a contrived solution to an insoluble difficulty.” Write a short story that includes a deus ex machina.
Writing
2025
What will this year bring?
Writing
Founders
How do you think the founding fathers would view the nation today? How do you view it?
Visual Art
Claude Monet
How did the Impressionist movement get its name? It started with this painting by Claude Monet and an art critic's insult.
News & Events
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Color Contest Winners!
Congratulations to our four winners of the Pop Up Color Contest who found the light in dark December!
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State of Union Contest
Vermont Writers: Don't miss Sen. Bernie Sanders' annual State of the Union contest! Deadline: Jan. 14, 2025
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It's YWP's Annual Appeal: Support our Nonprofit!
Donate to YWP and double your gift! A generous, anonymous donor is offering a $10,000 matching grant. All new and increased donations qualify for the match.
