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Challenges
Weekly
Visual Art
Deadline
Fall Leaves
As the seasons change, so does everything around us, and the autumn foliage is perhaps the most beloved sight of fall. Capture this change from your perspective in your preferred medium.
Writing
Deadline
Personification
Personify anything (for instance, like summer turned into a person) and write about what their life is like.
Writing
Deadline
Sweater
Write about your favorite sweater and what it means to you.
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
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.
Writing
James Baldwin
The words of writer and civil rights activist James Baldwin are as relevant to America today as they were during his lifetime.
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.
Contests
Writing
Deadline
Tomorrow Project
A series of writing and visual art challenges that explore the issues of today – with hope and solutions for tomorrow. Challenges, cash prizes, publication, and exhibits!
Opinion & Commentary
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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Writing
Tomorrow Project: Opinion Writing and Art
Write and create art about democracy, human rights, our communities, and the planet.
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Writing
Summer Memory
Share a summertime memory in poetry or prose. A favorite place, a funny experience, a realization, insight, inspiration, or something that just says summer to you.
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