The stone and the river
They said to think about who you are
And who you want to be
After camp
And I thought
What if I don’t know
The changes I want to happen to me?
What if change
Is best
Faced like the wind
Young Writers Project
The Daily Read
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Love and Loss: a Sentence on Humanity
Hope is what guided us through our constant cycle of creation and destruction, of love and hate, and of our hearts and our minds.
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Even If
sing even if you sing badly; dance even if you dance horribly; write even if you write terribly; love even if you are bad at it.
Gallery
Spotlight
The Tomorrow Project: A YWP Writing & Art Contest
This summer, write and create art for The Tomorrow Project, a series of writing and visual art challenges that explore the issues of today – with hope and solutions for tomorrow. Cash prizes, publication, and exhibits!
Challenges
Visual Art
Deadline
Travel
Traveling this summer? Take us with you! Share photos!
Visual Art
Deadline
Lines
Without lifting your pencil, create an abstract line drawing of a pet, a person, or an object of any kind.
Writing
Deadline
History
If you could go back to any time in history, even just to experience it for a day, which period would you choose?
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!
Writing
Human Rights – Writing
Consider how rights are diminishing for LGBTQ+ people, women, Native Americans, people of color, people with disabilities, and other historically marginalized groups. Write about the impact this has on you, your friends & family, your community.
Writing
Martin Luther King
"Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that." Respond to this message from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., in 1963.
News & Events
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YWP Survey
Thank you to everyone who has responded to our survey on YWP! We've received really positive responses and some great ideas! If you missed it, we'd still like to hear from you! Log in to take the survey!
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Help Create Weekly Challenges for 2025-26
YWP Writers and Artists: We're getting our Weekly Challenges ready for the next school year and we'd love your inspiration!
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Try the Quiz
This spelling quiz was created by Jacques Bailly, Scripps National Spelling Bee's pronouncer – and YWP board member – and published in The Washington Post, May 27, 2025. Try it!
