The West Wind
The West Wind is a banker in a smart navy suit and a tie. His dress shoes clack on the pavement; he’s got someplace to be, always someplace to be, rushing to the sidewalk, the subway, the elevator, checking his gold Rolex watch.
Young Writers Project
The Daily Read
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nostalgia
I want to go back to that simpler time,
Where we ran through fields and played in dirt,
When we had an abundance of time,
Where we created worlds out of sticks and rocks and leaves.
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10/23
Today was a fairly good day. I love myself. I love my life. Read this next time you're in anguish. I'm watching October slip by like fall leaves on a dead tree. I need to find something else to do besides watching the time pass. I have no energy.
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Spotlight
YWP Resources: New Publication & Contest Opportunities!
Are you looking to submit your work to contests for a chance to win prizes or to publications such as journals and anthologies? Check out our updated lists of writing and visual arts contests for 2025-26 curated for YWP by Alumni Advisor Sam Aikman.
Challenges
Visual Art
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Silhouettes
Create an image that is made out of dark silhouettes on a light background. Will your silhouettes be people, plants, animals, or something else?
Writing
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Android
If you were half-human and half-robot, what kind of robot would you want to be? Write about this as a short story, or whatever form you prefer.
Writing
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Halloween
Write a short story about something spooky, or candy-filled, or costume-filled, happening on Halloween.
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
No Kings
Did you go to a No Kings event on Oct. 18? Share your experience!
Visual Art
No Kings-Oct. 18
Are you going to a No Kings protest in your area on Saturday, Oct. 18? If you are, take photos and share them with YWP!
News & Events
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YWP Writers Share Their "Words in the Woods"
Beautiful day on Sept. 20 on top of Mt. Philo for Vermont Humanities' Words in the Woods series featuring Young Writers Project. Nine YWP writers came from across Vermont to read their poetry!
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Anthology 16 is published!
Congratulations to our 66 published writers and artists! The cover art, "Nature Girl," is by Amelia Van Driesche, of Burlington, VT, who has been with YWP since she was in middle school. Amelia created this piece in her senior year of high school.
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Bennington College Hosts High School Writing Awards
This prestigious writing competition is open to writers in grades 9–12. Cash prizes and scholarships. No fee to enter. Submissions due Nov. 1.
