Portrait of a Man Looking Back
He can see kids glowing in the kitchen,
Hands sticky with sweet gossip,
Bright, beautiful little selves smudged by the window that he,
A cracked old statue has broken his hands and fingers by banging on,
Young Writers Project
The Daily Read
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One Rope
From the moment you are born you enter into a world outside of all that is safe and cozy. Thrust upon lands. Joining a world of thought known only when you are at peace with your being.
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The War Anomaly
“Tho’ Nature, red in tooth and claw / With ravine, shriek’d against / his creed—” - Lord Alfred Tennyson
Yes, you are a Man!
You, sir, are no beast, so
Gallery
Spotlight
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!
Challenges
Writing
Deadline
Mixtures
A mixture is created by adding multiple different ingredients together to make one beautiful, unified thing. In prose or poetry, write about a mixture.
Visual Art
Deadline
Country
If you were to create your own country, what would it look like? Draw a map of it. Is it just humans, or are there magical/mythical beings as well?
Visual Art
Deadline
Change
Is the snow starting to melt? Photograph and document the changes you can see in nature, capturing spring’s arrival at its earliest.
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."
Visual Art
Picture Peace
What does peace look like? In the medium of your choice, in whatever way you wish to convey it, picture peace.
Writing
Hero
Who is your hero and why?
News & Events
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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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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!"
