Values: Kindness - Writing

Tomorrow Project Contest

hugging a cat

Values: Kindness - Writing

Tell a story, real or imagined, in poetry or prose, in which kindness plays a starring role.

[Illustration by cedar, YWP archive]


TOMORROW PROJECT CONTEST DETAILS: 

  • Open to teens, 13-19, who have a YWP account. (It's free to join!)
  • ​Must be original work and not published elsewhere. No AI.
  • No limit to number of submissions.
  • Each submission will be considered for the Tomorrow Project's six grand prizes of $250 to be awarded when the first phase of the project is completed in October 2025.
  • Prize winners and honorable mentions will also be published in The Voice.

Questions? Contact Susan Reid, YWP Executive Director: Reid@YWP on the site, or by email: sreid@youngwritersproject.org

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Submissions

  • Neighbors

    The little boy

    his little red raincoat

    I remember my little purple raincoat

    it used to feel so big.

     

    His grandma

    her black raincoat

    trowel in hand

    I remember my grandma teaching me gardens

  • Family

    I was a kitten

    Alone in the woods

    With no one to help me

     

    I was a dog

    Running at the beach

    With no one to watch me

     

    I was a human

    Kind and caring

    I saw a dog