News & Events
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Thank you for your support!
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!
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Welcome YWP Intern Alex!
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!
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Vermont Summer Program Opportunity
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.
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Color Contest Winners
Congratulations to our four winners of the Pop Up Color Contest who found the light in dark December!
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State of Union Contest
Vermont Writers: Don't miss Sen. Bernie Sanders' annual State of the Union contest! Deadline: Jan. 14, 2025
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It's YWP's Annual Appeal: Support our Nonprofit!
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.
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YWP's Resources: 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 lists of writing and visual arts contests curated for YWP by Alumni Advisor Sam Aikman!
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Photo Workshop: Camera Settings
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.
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Autumn Contest Results
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."
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Post-Election: YWP Community Responds
Post-election, the YWP community responds in writing, art, and support for each other.
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Anthology 15!
Congratulations to our 75 published writers and artists!
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YWP Artist Wins Illustration Contest
Congratulations to YWP's Evvi Tower-Pierce, 17, of East Burke, VT, whose illustration "Womane, Mother" was selected to illustrate a poem by Vermont Youth Poet Laureate Harmony Devoe on a commemorative broadside print.