a state of mind
my hands curl around the flimsy plastic folds of my shopping bag
as I walk home through streets tight and winding.
it is a sunny morning,
crisp and clear,
and magic.
Young Writers Project
The Daily Read
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Waiting Game
Temptation
Self destruction
I’ve been waiting sometime
For you
Hours
Days away
Minutes slowly fade
Give it up again I’ll show
I’ll wait a while -
Blue and White Stripes
November 11th,
I entered the boutique downtown,
searching for a forever friend.
I scoured all the racks,
red,
mustard,
lavender.
Then I saw him,
Blue,
slightly faded
Gallery
Challenges
Visual Art
Deadline
Fall Leaves
As the seasons change, so does everything around us, and the autumn foliage is perhaps the most beloved sight of fall. Capture this change from your perspective in your preferred medium.
Writing
Deadline
Personification
Personify anything (for instance, like summer turned into a person) and write about what their life is like.
Writing
Deadline
Sweater
Write about your favorite sweater and what it means to you.
Writing
Deadline
Tomorrow Project
A series of writing and visual art challenges that explore the issues of today – with hope and solutions for tomorrow. Challenges, cash prizes, publication, and exhibits!
Visual Art
Illustrate America
How would you illustrate the America you know, or remember, or wish for? It could be your ideal vision or something small but representative of your everyday life. Using the artistic medium of your choice, capture your America.
Visual Art
Jacob Lawrence
During the civil rights movement in the mid-1950s, this leading Black artist re-examined early American history through radical art.
News & Events
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YWP's Alumni Advisors 2025-26
Welcome this year's five alumni advisors: Zinnia Hansen (pictured), Sam Aikman, Jadyn Mardy, Isabella Daignault-Bailey, and Charlotte Dodds!
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YWP Poets To Read at Mt. Philo State Park
Join us Sept. 20, 11 a.m.-noon, to hear YWP writers read their poetry at Vermont Humanities' "Words in the Woods" at Mt. Philo State Park, 5425 Humphreys Road, Charlotte, VT.
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Anthology 16 is published!
Congratulations to our 66 published writers and artists! The cover art, "Nature Girl," is by Amelia Van Driesche, of Burlington, VT, who has been with YWP since she was in middle school. Amelia created this piece in her senior year of high school.
