Weekly Challenges

Write a poem using a forest as a metaphor for either confusion or indecision.

What is one thing you think everyone should do at least once in their life? Write from your own experience or research. 

Find a piece of writing you like on YWP. Create a piece of art — a drawing, a photo, a painting — based on that piece. Include a link to the piece that inspired you.

Write a fictional piece that includes the words, "It's you." Think intrigue, suspense, mystery.

Creative people need time to think, time to slow down and do nothing at all. Give yourself permission to be lazy – if even for just one day this summer. If you're inspired, write about it. If not, enjoy the freedom of doing nothing.

Let's celebrate the color yellow. In photos or paintings, focus on this sunshiny, summertime color.

Dusk in summer can be beautiful. Take photos or create a painting inspired by that time of day when light turns to darkness.

Write a poem with two stanzas about your favorite childhood character. The first stanza should be about what you thought of the character as a child, and the second what you think of them now. 

What makes up your identity and your life? Tell us who you are. Start almost every line with "I'm from."

Write a single line of poetry, then construct an entirely new poem around that line using slight variations: words added, words removed, words rearranged.

You are weaving a beautiful fabric to make into a garment for yourself. Your loom can weave with any substance you wish: the sneeze of an ant, the roar of a river, the fog of London. What would you include in your fabric, and why?

Create a photo that gives a sense of wide, open space, such as the view from a mountaintop, or looking out across a lake, ocean, or farmer's field.