WHAT'S YOUR OPINION?
There's a lot going on in the world. By expressing your opinion and sharing your commentary with YWP, you can begin to make sense of things, build a connection with others, and work toward positive change.
Our list of opinion challenges will keep growing along with the year's news and events. Your responses may be published in YWP's digital magazine and annual anthology and with our Vermont media partners. Your opinion matters! Find out more about opinion & commentary.
[Illustration by Tess LaLonde, YWP]
Writing
Donald Trump was found guilty May 30 of falsifying business records to cover up a sex scandal that threatened his 2016 presidential campaign. Trump is now a convicted felon. He is also the presumptive 2024 Republican nominee for president. Thoughts?
Writing
Help YWP create inspiring challenges for writing or visual art. Think about what makes an interesting prompt and share your idea with us!
Writing
Some schools across the U.S. are banning cellphones, not just limiting their use. State legislatures, including Vermont, Kansas, and Oklahoma, are considering "phone-free schools" legislation. How would a cellphone ban at school affect your life?
Writing
Vermont Writers: Seven Days and its magazine Kids VT are looking for poems or short stories with a summer theme to publish in an upcoming issue. Deadline: May 21, 2024
Writing
April is National Poetry Month! Write a poem. Introduce us to a poet you love. Describe the impact that poetry – your own and others' – has on your life.
Visual Art
Photograph, draw, or paint a favorite tree, in the context of your appreciation of nature's power.
Writing
Mother Earth! Let's celebrate everything we love about this beautiful, fragile, extraordinary planet!
Writing
What is something that makes you stop and wonder.
Writing
Imagine a young person, your age, living in Ukraine today or in a new land where they were forced to flee the Russian invasion of their country. Write about them or to them. What is their life like as war drags on?
Writing
Are you in the path of the total solar eclipse? Write about the experience!
Writing
On International Women's Day, March 8, and every day spread the word: Invest in Women: Accelerate Progress! Write about an experience, share a tribute to a woman you admire, give women a shout-out!
Writing
What does peace look like? Paint a picture in words.