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Challenges
Weekly
Writing
Deadline
Snow
Write about how snow — the first snow, falling snow, heaps of snow, any kind of snow — makes you feel. Quiet, calm, happy, nostalgic?
Visual Art
Deadline
You
How do you see yourself? Make a drawing, a collage, a painting, or use any other preferred medium of art to celebrate yourself.
Writing
Deadline
Cinquain
A cinquain is similar to a haiku, being written in only five lines and restricting the number of syllables you can use. Write about anything that comes to mind, but make sure it’s in the form of a cinquain.
Tomorrow Project
Writing
ICE
There are families in our communities who are afraid to leave their homes because of the immigration crackdown by ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement). Write about what you're seeing and reading!
Visual Art
Contrast
Contrasting colors, shapes, designs can make dramatic art. In photography or another artistic medium, illustrate a sense of contrast.
Writing
Life gifts
"Little, nameless, unremembered, acts of kindness and of love." Can you think of a time, person, or place that brings William Wordsworth's words to life for 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
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
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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