YWP’s hub of inspiration: All our challenges are here!
Challenges
Weekly
Visual Art
Deadline
Cityscape
Design a futuristic cityscape that incorporates the natural world or sustainable technology.
Writing
Deadline
Deprivation
Write about a character who feels they are cut off from something. How does this deprivation affect the way they go about their life?
Writing
Deadline
Reverie
You’re sitting by your window, head in hands, thinking about anything but tomorrow’s test. Suddenly, you see something out of the corner of your eye that snaps you out of your reverie.
Great Artists
Visual Art
Bunny Harvey
Walks in rural Vermont helped inspire these dreamy abstract landscape paintings.
Visual Art
Ted Walsh
Recipe for a striking painting? Limited color palette, a spare style, and the gorgeous play of light and shadow.
Visual Art
Claude Monet
How did the Impressionist movement get its name? It started with this painting by Claude Monet and an art critic's insult.
Great Writers
Writing
Toni Morrison
In Black History Month, we honor Toni Morrison, the first Black woman to be awarded the Nobel laureate in literature, gained worldwide acclaim for her unvarnished exploration of Black identity in America. Have you read her work?
Writing
John Keene
Words matter. John Keene has a poem about that.
Writing
Naomi Shihab Nye
"Before you know what kindness really is, you must lose things," writes poet Naomi Shihab Nye.
Online Workshops
Visual Art
Photo Workshop: The Rule of Thirds
A foundational principle of photography and other visual arts is the rule of thirds. It helps create balanced and visually engaging compositions. Join YWP Alumni Advisor Kevin Huang for this online workshop.
Writing
Wondrous Writers: Editing - Polishing your Writing
This workshop explores key elements of editing that will make your story stronger.
Writing
Writing Workshop: Free Verse Poetry
Free verse is freeing! You can write any way you like, break lines wherever you decide, and end a poem whenever you want.
Contests
Visual Art
Deadline
Climate and Our Earth - Visual Art
Create art that explores the many impacts of the climate crisis and celebrates the wonders and beauty of Earth. Find inspiration in YWP Alumni Advisor Sam Aikman's series of visual art prompts.
Writing
Deadline
Climate and Our Earth - Writing
The Earth is in crisis. Dig deep, YWP, and write about it with YWP Alumni Advisor Sam Aikman. Find "both the heavy and the hopeful, the worried and the appreciative, the challenged and the uplifted ... to create!"
Opinion & Commentary
Writing
Resistance
Resistance is bubbling up in the first weeks of the Trump administration. What are you seeing and thinking?
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Writing
Hope & Resilience
Poetry steps in where uncertainty and chaos take root. Poetry lifts us up and moves us forward with determination. Explore these poems of hope and resilience. If you are inspired, share your own.
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Writing
Protests Begin
Americans are starting to rally against the Trump administration in a grassroots effort to build a national movement. Read about it. Write about it.
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