Weird
My name is Leah, I’m 12, and I’m weird. My mom says it’s not me, it’s just everyone else and they’re still growing up, but if I’m the odd one out, I’m pretty sure it’s just me.
Young Writers Project
The Daily Read
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On the Improbability of Wisdom
This is inspired by and dedicated to Ilia Malinin, who found the possible in impossible, carrying himself with his dreams
True wisdom comes from knowing we
know
nothing.
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There Wasn't One Moment
It wasn't one moment
That made me fall in love
With snowboarding
I didn't stand at the top of the mountain
As the wind whipped my hair
And decided I loved to snowboard
It wasn't the moment when
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Challenges
Visual Art
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Orchid
Using the provided image, recreate your own version of the orchid.
Writing
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Skiing
Do you go skiing or snowboarding? Write about how it feels to go hurtling down a snowy slope.
Writing
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Thought Bubble
Look around at the objects surrounding you. If there were thought bubbles coming out of them, what might they be thinking? Write a dialogue of these objects speaking to each other.
Visual Art
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Winter 2026 Art Contest
With your artist's eye, observe, interpret, and create. Choose a subject — an everyday object, a person, a landscape — and give yourself time and space to study it. Use the medium of your choice to convey the subject the way you uniquely see it.
Writing
Rosa Parks
Consider the gains made in civil rights by heroes such as Rosa Parks who refused to accept Jim Crow segregation and bravely acted on her belief that "all people should be free, regardless of their color." Share your thoughts about civil rights today.
Writing
Who and Why?
Who are you, and why are you here?
News & Events
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Community Presentation: Tomorrow Project Featured
Poems from YWP's Tomorrow Project are featured Feb. 19 in a Vermont Humanities' presentation, "A Revolution Will Not Be Tweeted."
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'Mountains of Strength'
Thank you to everyone who donated so generously to our Annual Appeal, and for the messages of support and encouragement for the YWP community, such as this one: "We're sending you mountains of strength and abundant appreciation for everything!"
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Tomorrow Project: January 2026 Award
Congratulations to Goldenrose, the January 2026 award winner in YWP's monthly Tomorrow Project contest!
