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Challenges
Weekly
Visual Art
Deadline
Hands
When working on their artistic abilities, people often focus on representing the human body, and hands are a challenging aspect of the body to draw. Sketch (or photograph) hands. Do they tell a story?
Writing
Deadline
Interior
Write a poem that is based around the word interior. How many different ways can you use the word? How many different meanings can you think of? What images does it conjure up?
Writing
Deadline
Island
You've taken yourself on a solo getaway to a remote island for two days. Imagine what it would be like and describe the experience.
Tomorrow Project
Writing
Giving
'Tis the season. Imagine if the generosity and gratitude of the giving season defined our everyday world. Do you have an uplifting story, fiction or nonfiction, that captures the essence of the season?
Visual Art
Peace on Earth
If we are to have peace on earth, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., said, "Our loyalties must transcend our race, our tribe, our class, and our nation; and this means we must develop a world perspective." Illustrate Dr. King's words in any medium.
Writing
Leader
What makes a good leader? What are their essential qualities? What is their impact on others?
Great Artists
Visual Art
Jacob Lawrence
During the civil rights movement in the mid-1950s, this leading Black artist re-examined early American history through radical art.
Visual Art
Jeffrey Gibson
Native American artist combines an abundance of color with messages of freedom, human rights, and struggle.
Visual Art
Jenny Holzer
This neo-conceptual artist's "Truisms," shown here in a 1982 Times Square exhibit, still resonates today.
Great Writers
Writing
C.D. Wright
"Poetry is a necessity of life," this prolific American poet said. "It is a function of poetry to locate those zones inside us that would be free, and declare them so."
Writing
George Orwell
If you haven't read George Orwell yet, now would be a good time.
Writing
Rachel Carson
This pioneering conservationist is considered one of the finest and most influential writers of the environmental movement.
Online Workshops
Visual Art
Photo Workshop: Lighting
Lighting can make or break a photo. It can determine an image's overall quality and impact. Respond to YWP Alumni Advisor Kevin Huang's Photo Workshop 2: Lighting with your own creations.
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.
Visual Art
Photo Workshop: Color
Color is vital to photography, conveying emotions, setting the mood, and enhancing the overall visual impact of an image. Respond to YWP's Photo Workshop: Color with your own creations.
Opinion & Commentary
Writing
Wonder
What is something that makes you stop and wonder.
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Writing
Sen. Bernie Sanders' Annual Essay Contest
Vermont high school students: Write an essay about the state of the union for the Congressional Record. Deadline: Jan. 12, 2026.
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Writing
YWP is ...
In a sentence or two, what does YWP mean to you? What impact does it have on your life? We'd love to pass your comments along to the good people whose donations keep YWP running! Please tell us so we can tell them! YWP is ...
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