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In writing or visual art, respond to the challenge: What does it mean to be a teenager in America in 2025? 

Vermont writers: You could become the 2025 Vermont Youth Poet Laureate!

Meet authors and publishing experts. This conference, sponsored by Saint Mary's College, Notre Dame, IN, is offered virtually by Zoom (March 1) and in-person at the college (Feb. 22).

Thank you to everyone who stepped up to support our Annual Appeal! Your donations helped us reach our goal to receive a $10,000 matching grant from our generous anonymous donor!

Alex Bregy, a junior at Bennington College, is joining YWP as our winter intern with an online series of writing workshops under the banner, Wondrous Writers. See his first workshop in the series on Story Elements – Back to the Basics! 

Applications are open for the Governor’s Institutes of Vermont residential summer programs. Vermont students in grades 9-11 are invited to apply at GIV.org.

Congratulations to our four winners of the Pop Up Color Contest who found the light in dark December!

Vermont Writers: Don't miss Sen. Bernie Sanders' annual State of the Union contest! Deadline: Jan. 14, 2025

Donate to YWP and double your gift! A generous, anonymous donor is offering a $10,000 matching grant. All new and increased donations qualify for the match. 

A camera is a tool that captures light and transforms it into an image. To achieve this, you need to understand and control three key settings: aperture, shutter speed, and ISO. Join YWP Alumni Advisor Kevin Huang for this online workshop.

Congratulations to our Autumn '24 Writing and Art Contest winners! The contest sparked a remarkable 190 responses to the challenge to "convey the ephemeral beauty of fall in the literary genre or visual art medium of your choice."