CATEGORIES:
1. WRITING – Fiction or nonfiction, poetry, prose, songs, commentary, etc.
2. VISUAL ART – Photography, painting, drawing, etc.
Participants are welcome to post multiple times in either or both categories.

ENTRANTS:
For teens from anywhere, ages 13-18, who have accounts with Young Writers Project. (Account sign-up is easy and free on youngwritersproject.org.)

PRIZES IN EACH CATEGORY:
GOLDEN BIRCH (1st) $150; SILVER MAPLE (2nd) $100; COPPER BEECH (3rd) $75 
A panel of judges from YWP's contest partner and sponsor, Branch Out Burlington!, will award prizes and certificates to the top three in each of the two categories. Honorable mentions will also be recognized. 

PUBLICATION: 
The top three submissions from each category and honorable mentions will be published in YWP's digital magazine, The Voice, in April 2022, on the Branch Out Burlington! website, and with YWP's media partners. They may also be included in YWP's annual anthology.

DUE DATE:
Entries will be accepted until Feb. 28, 2022. 

TO SUBMIT:

• Work must be original and not published elsewhere.
• Log in or sign up for a YWP account on youngwritersproject.org. Go to the contest challenge: Lifeline, and click "Respond" to post writing, photos, art, video, audio, etc. All submissions will be collected through this challenge. Remember to include a title and category, and SAVE. 
• For more information on how to submit work on YWP, go to How the YWP Site Works.

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THANK YOU TO CONTEST SPONSOR: Young Writers Project wishes to thank Branch Out Burlington! (BOB!) for sponsoring and helping to organize this contest, assembling the panel of judges and researching the challenge, including the attached fact sheet. Branch Out Burlington! is a volunteer organization based in Burlington, VT that has been planting, protecting, and promoting trees in Vermont since 1996. https://branchoutburlington.org