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Challenges
Weekly
Visual Art
Deadline
Plant
Paint, photograph, or draw a still life of a plant. How does the light hit this plant? Think about how you would like to portray this plant to bring out its best qualities.
Visual Art
Deadline
Sunshine
Create an image that evokes the feeling of relaxing in the sunshine. What does this experience feel like?
Writing
Deadline
Tomorrow Project
Visual Art
Community & Housing-Visual Art
Illustrate the concepts of home, community, and inclusion.
Writing
Empathy
In poetry or prose, describe the experience of giving or receiving empathy.
Writing
Emancipation Proclamation
On Jan. 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, declaring freedom for enslaved Black people in the rebelling states. It didn't end slavery across the nation, but it began a new day for freedom. Consider the impact.
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
Deadline
Sen. Bernie Sanders' Annual Essay Contest
Vermont high school students: Write an essay about the state of the union for the Congressional Record.
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Writing
Wonder
What is something that makes you stop and wonder.
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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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