The Things I Call My Heroes
I don’t know
If there is one thing
I can thank
For getting me through life
I can thank all the people who
Stood beside me
Young Writers Project
The Daily Read
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Harveys
There was a man who worked on the corner of Bellevue and St. James six days a week, who only came out at dusk to have a smoke. I usually saw him from a distance, across from the park. He was weary, very weary.
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Deep Down, In the Lake
Once upon a time,
A woman won a lottery.
But she did not keep
The tens of thousands of dollars.
Where did they go, then?
Gallery
Challenges
Visual Art
Deadline
Flower
Using your preferred medium, create an image of a yellow flower with at least one other element, such as a red ladybug, a green grasshopper, a blue dragonfly, or ...?
Writing
Deadline
Window
Write about the view from your window. What do you see every day? Is it always the same, or is there ever something different?
Writing
Deadline
Lottery
Write a story about someone who has just discovered that they won the lottery. What will they do with their winnings?
Writing
Kazuo Ishiguro
In winning the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2017, this author was honored for his "novels of great emotional force," including "The Remains of the Day" and "Never Let Me Go."
Writing
Hero
Who is your hero and why?
Writing
The Value of Communities - Writing
Consider the communities in your life and write about them with the help of prompts and examples!
News & Events
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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
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The Tomorrow Project — Monthly Awards
Congratulations to The Tomorrow Project's monthly award winners! February's award goes to Creativity641, 14, of Vermont for the poem, "Finding Hope."
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Winter 2026 Art Contest Award Winners
Congratulations to our Winter 2026 Art Contest award winners! Sixty-five pieces were submitted to the contest, and YWP judges were hard-pressed to select just three winners — so they chose five!
