A Bird for an Hour
If I were
a bird for an hour,
what fate
might await
me?
Would I go so high,
be one with the sky
or
would I be slain
Young Writers Project
The Daily Read
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There's More To Being
The mangled materials that make us are not defined by the components,
they are not defined by the ideas or the movements.
They are what they are,
pieces to create a greater whole.
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opening night thoughts
We both have short hair,
We could probably measure the inches,
Down to the centimeters, and the millimeters,
And it'd be the same length.
Gallery
Spotlight
Autumn '24 Contest
Convey the ephemeral beauty of fall in the literary genre or visual art medium of your choice. Contest deadline: Friday, Oct. 25.
Challenges
Visual Art
Deadline
Time
Time: No matter how badly we wish to slow its steady march, march on it does. Communicate the concept of time in any form it takes.
Writing
Deadline
Vows
Write the vows for a character’s wedding day. Do you tell the love story of the pair? Wax romantic about their quirks and qualities?
Writing
Deadline
Dreaming
Would you know if you were dreaming right now? How? Write about the experience of dreaming or daydreaming in poetry or prose.
Writing
Deadline
Autumn '24: Writing
Autumn is a season of transitions and contrasts, beginnings and endings. In poetry or prose, fiction or nonfiction, make this ephemeral season come to life.
Visual Art
Deadline
Autumn '24: Visual Art
Illustrate autumn as you see it – in the artistic medium of your choice. Consider a traditional aspect or try an abstract interpretation.
Writing
Headlines
News headlines can be distressing. Do you ignore? Discuss? Take action? Write about the way you or others around you respond to recent news.
News & Events
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Anthology 15 is here!
Congratulations to our 75 published writers and artists!
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YWP Artist Wins Illustration Contest
Congratulations to YWP's swimspotter whose illustration "Womane, Mother" was selected to illustrate a poem by Vermont Youth Poet Laureate Harmony Devoe on a commemorative broadside print.
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Book Review: "Women Talking" by Miriam Toews
Iris Robert, YWP alumna, intern, and book lover, shares some of her recent finds with us. For October, Iris, eyesofIris on YWP, reviews "Women Talking" by Miriam Toews.
