Young Writers Project
The Daily Read
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Bellingham
After they arrived at the train station in the middle of nowhere, getting off of the bus was an awful drag. It was sluggish, slow, and the fleeting flocks of people turned into deep, hurling crowds.
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Karakoram Road
Take me to the Karakoram Road, I beg—
Where the mountains meet the rivers,
Entwined with the pathways of cracked cement
Gallery
Challenges
Visual Art
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Picnic
Through collage, photography, painting, or any other medium, lay out a perfect picnic spread on a perfect picnic blanket. If you want, incorporate one or more characters to nosh on it all.
Writing
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Beautiful
Take inspiration from Kurt Vonnegut’s famous “Slaughterhouse-Five” line for a short story or poem: “Everything was beautiful and nothing hurt.”
Writing
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Camping
You’ve made painstaking efforts to pause your everyday responsibilities and relationships to embark on a solo camping trip into the wilderness for one long month. What do you seek? What do you hope to discover inside yourself?
Writing
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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!
Writing
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Brainstorm Ideas for YWP's 2025-26 Weekly Challenges
Help YWP create challenges for writing and visual art for the 2025-26 school year! Share your original, inspiring prompts to help build the list of Weekly Challenges.
Writing
Immigration Raids
Protesters are gathering in cities across the United States in solidarity with the Los Angeles protests against the Trump administration’s immigration raids and deployment of the National Guard and Marines.
News & Events
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Hey YWP! Do You Have Five Minutes for a Survey?
Rate and review our site! Log in to take this short survey. What is working and what needs improvement?
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Help Create Weekly Challenges for 2025-26
YWP Writers and Artists: We're getting our Weekly Challenges ready for the next school year and we'd love your inspiration!
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Try the Quiz
This spelling quiz was created by Jacques Bailly, Scripps National Spelling Bee's pronouncer – and YWP board member – and published in The Washington Post, May 27, 2025. Try it!
