Simon Peter
I will tell you what I remember from high school, and I will tell you how you can follow in my sinful and lowly footsteps, that your blood might be as holy as mine.
Young Writers Project
The Daily Read
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somewhere I cannot go.
She is going somewhere
I can hear it
in the way the house pauses
when she gently glides through it,
as if even the torn walls
are trying to find her. -
A Letter To Time
Dear Time, You remind me of the Sea. Unable to be restrained. Unable to be controlled. Unable to be contained. You are merciless, yet your movement is necessary.
Gallery
Challenges
Visual Art
Deadline
Storm
Create an image of a vast hurricane or storm that eclipses everything in its path.
Writing
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Fantasy
Write a story or poem about someone who is magically transported to a fantasy world. What happens to them in this unknown land?
Writing
Deadline
Listen
Listen to all of the sounds around you right now. Is there a story in these different noises?
Writing
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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
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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.
Visual Art
Djabril Boukhenaïssi
How do you paint a memory?
News & Events
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Summer Program in the Craft of Fiction Writing
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.
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YWP's Spring Writing and Art Contest!
YWP's Spring Writing and Visual Art Contest is on! In writing or art, explore the sense of freedom, renewal, and celebration as winter turns to spring.
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Tomorrow Project Writing Featured March 14
Poetry from YWP's Tomorrow Project is being featured around the state this spring as part of a Vermont Humanities' series. Next stop: Essex Junction, March 14
