Glimpse
It is a wandering
sort of day
(wandering mind
wandering feet
wandering eyes)
before I find the camera.
It looks old enough
that I wonder
how it still works.
Young Writers Project
The Daily Read
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the fleeting moment on the bus during which i spied a dead thing and a raven
lines on the road paralyze me redefine me reignite a sort of otherworldly longing in me orange blurs into yellow blurs into black lines blink in and out of a parallel existence / red was never a factor in this but you could never chalk red into yo
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Reflections of a Tired Girl
I am an enigma; forever stepping in front of mirrors attempting to angle myself in the perfect position to be loved; always making myself smaller than I seem in order to be seen.
Gallery
Spotlight
What is Ekphrastic Poetry?
If you love art and you love words, this online workshop by YWP Intern Sam Aikman is for you!
Challenges
Writing
Deadline
Forest
Write a poem using a forest as a metaphor for either confusion or indecision.
Writing
Deadline
Once
What is one thing you think everyone should do at least once in their life? Write from your own experience or research.
Visual Art
Deadline
Illustrate
Find a piece of writing you like on YWP. Create a piece of art — a drawing, a photo, a painting — based on that piece. Include a link to the piece that inspired you.
Visual Art
Deadline
VT Youth Poet Laureate Illustration Contest
Vermont Artists: Illustrate a poem by Vermont Youth Poet Laureate Harmony Belle Devoe to be created as a broadside print. The winning submission will receive $200, a copy of the broadside, and the opportunity to experience the printing process.
Writing
Deadline
Best of Fall
We know, we know! It's summer and we love it! Why think about fall? Well, here's a challenge from Vermont newspaper Seven Days: Describe fall in beautiful detail or explore the "back-to-school" experience – for publication in an upcoming issue.
Writing
Kamala Harris
With Vice President Kamala Harris stepping in where President Joe Biden left off, how do you see the presidential race now?
News & Events
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YWP Intern Sam Aikman Offers Online Workshops
Sam Aikman, a longtime member of the YWP community and now a creative writing major at Pratt Institute in New York, is leading a series of online writing workshops on our website this summer! Check out her first one on Prose Poetry here!
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Prose Poetry Workshop
Let your creativity flow with YWP Intern Sam Aikman's summer series of poetry workshops!
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Sawyer Fell joins YWP Alumni Advisors
Kaede Sawyer Fellows – Sawyer Fell on YWP – is YWP's newest Alumni Advisor!
