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

The Rule of Thirds is a foundational principle in photography and other visual arts that helps create balanced and visually engaging compositions. Join YWP Alumni Advisor Kevin Huang for this online workshop. 

Rule of Thirds Workshop

NEW at YWP: Write and create art that explore the issues of today – with hope and solutions for tomorrow. Challenges, cash prizes, publication, and exhibits!

Iris Robert, YWP alumna, intern, and book lover, shares some of her recent finds with us. For February, Iris, eyesofIris on YWP, reviews "Autobiography of Red" by Anne Carson.

YWP intern Alex Bregy shares his passion for writing in these informative online workshops.

In writing or visual art, respond to the challenge: What does it mean to be a teenager in America in 2025? 

Meet authors and publishing experts. This conference, sponsored by Saint Mary's College, Notre Dame, IN, is offered virtually by Zoom (March 1) and in-person at the college (Feb. 22).

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! 

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

Vermont Writers: Don't miss Sen. Bernie Sanders' annual State of the Union contest! Deadline: Jan. 14, 2025

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.