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Challenges
Weekly
Visual Art
Deadline
Night
Depict your own interpretation of the night sky. What you show is up to you: the moon, the stars, other planets; lightning bugs, skyline silhouettes, the world bathed in shadow.
Writing
Deadline
Proud
Pause a second to think about what you are most proud of in life, whether a single moment or a prolonged effort. How has the experience shaped you?
Writing
Deadline
Stuck
Write about two or more characters trapped in an elevator, waiting in a dead-still traffic jam, or otherwise temporarily stuck together. Do they find humor or stress in the situation?
Great Artists
Visual Art
Jenny Holzer
This neo-conceptual artist's "Truisms" message in Times Square in 1982 resonates today.
Visual Art
Tomokazu Matsuyama
Tomokazu Matsuyama combines Eastern and Western art history, pop culture, graffiti, and more to create his magical, mystical paintings and sculptures.
Visual Art
Bunny Harvey
Walks in rural Vermont helped inspire these dreamy abstract landscape paintings.
Great Writers
Writing
E.E. Cummings
An avant-garde poet who experimented with language in daring new ways.
Writing
Pablo Neruda
This Chilean poet, diplomat, senator began publishing under a pen name because his father discouraged him from writing poetry. Neruda went on to win the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Writing
Toni Morrison
In Black History Month, we honor Toni Morrison, the first Black woman to be awarded the Nobel laureate in literature, gained worldwide acclaim for her unvarnished exploration of Black identity in America. Have you read her work?
Online Workshops
Visual Art
Photo Workshop: The Rule of Thirds
A foundational principle of photography and other visual arts is the rule of thirds. It helps create balanced and visually engaging compositions. Join YWP Alumni Advisor Kevin Huang for this online workshop.
Writing
Wondrous Writers: Editing - Polishing your Writing
This workshop explores key elements of editing that will make your story stronger.
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.
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
Deadline
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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Writing
National Protest
Across the nation, people are mobilizing against the Trump-Musk agenda. Did you attend one of the April 5 rallies? Share your experience!
Hands Off!
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Writing
Leadership on the Left
Resistance to 'crisis:' Sen. Cory Booker spoke out against the Trump administration at a marathon speech of more than 25 hours on the Senate floor. This follows the "Fight Oligarchy" tour of Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
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