YWP News

Visit Burlington City Hall to see an exhibit of YWP's award-winning writing and art during Fair Housing Month.

A new project at YWP to create writing and art that explore the issues of today – with hope and solutions for tomorrow. Challenges, cash prizes, publication, and exhibits. Go to the contest challenges page:

 Tomorrow Project Contest

What does it mean to be a teenager in America in 2025? Find out in The Voice!

Iris Robert, YWP alumna, intern, and book lover, shares some of her recent finds with us. For April, Iris, eyesofIris on YWP, reviews "Bunny" by Mona Awad.

Vermont writers: You could become the 2025 Vermont Youth Poet Laureate!

Thank you to everyone who stepped up to support our Annual Appeal! Your donations helped us reach our goal to receive a $10,000 matching grant from our generous anonymous donor!

Alex Bregy, a junior at Bennington College, is joining YWP as our winter intern with an online series of writing workshops under the banner, Wondrous Writers. See his first workshop in the series on Story Elements – Back to the Basics! 

Applications are open for the Governor’s Institutes of Vermont residential summer programs. Vermont students in grades 9-11 are invited to apply at GIV.org.

Congratulations to our four winners of the Pop Up Color Contest who found the light in dark December!

Donate to YWP and double your gift! A generous, anonymous donor is offering a $10,000 matching grant. All new and increased donations qualify for the match. 

Congratulations to our Autumn '24 Writing and Art Contest winners! The contest sparked a remarkable 190 responses to the challenge to "convey the ephemeral beauty of fall in the literary genre or visual art medium of your choice."