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Programs

The programs below are all exclusive to teens and widely known and vetted by YPW staff.

  • SUNHOUSE Summer Writing Mentorship (virtual)

  • Iowa Young Writers’ Studio (has a virtual option)

  • Kenyon Young Writers Workshop (has a virtual option)

  • Adroit Journal Summer Writing Mentorship (virtual)

  • Kelly Writers’ House (UPenn)

  • Sewanee Young Writers’ Conference

  • Emerson Pre-College

  • Incandescent Studio (virtual)

  • Juniper Summer Writing Institute (UMASS Amherst)

  • Ellipses Writing Workshops (virtual)

  • Reynolds Young Writers’ Workshop

  • Bard College at Simon’s Rock Young Writers Workshop

  • Between the Lines

  • 92NY Young Writers’ Workshop

  • CSSSA

  • The Young Writers’ Institute 

Contests

The programs below are all exclusive to teens and widely known and vetted by YPW staff.

  • Foyle Young Poets

  • Young Poets Network Misc Contests (themed, same organization as Foyle)

  • Teen Sequins

  • YoungArts (US only)

  • Bennington

  • NCTE Humanities

  • Adroit Prizes

  • Nancy Thorp

  • Leonard L. Milberg

  • Patricia Grodd (sophomores and juniors only)

  • Djanikian Scholars

  • Scholastic Art & Writing (a.k.a the Alliance of Young Artists & Writers) (US only)

  • Sandy Crimmins National Prize for Poetry - Philadelphia Stories

  • Virginia B. Ball

  • Columbia College Chicago

  • Gannon University

  • River of Words Art and Poetry

  • One Teen Story

  • Pulitzer Fighting Words

  • Breakbread Literary Villena Aldama Art & Writing Contest

  • Write the World People’s Contest

  • Marymount Manhattan Poetry Prize

  • Smith College High School Poetry Prize

  • Rider University High School Writing Contest

  • COUNTERCLOCK Emerging Writers’ Awards in Poetry and Prose

  • Poetry Society of Virginia Student Contest

  • $1,000 for 1,000 Words

  • Princeton University’s 10 Minute Play Contest

  • Jacklyn Potter Young Poets Competition

  • National Flash Fiction Day Youth Competition 

  • Narrative Magazine High School Poetry Contest

  • Roanoke Review Eco Poetry

  • Ringling College Storytellers of Tomorrow

  • 1455 Literary

  • Polyphony Lit Contests

  • Piedmont Institute Communications

  • BOAT Ocean Awareness

  • NSHSS Creative Writing

Litmags

The litmags below are all exclusive to teens and widely known and vetted by YPW staff.

  • Foyle Young Poets

  • Young Poets Network Misc Contests (themed, same organization as Foyle)

  • Teen Sequins

  • YoungArts (US only)

  • Bennington

  • NCTE Humanities

  • Adroit Prizes

Presses

The presses below are all exclusive to teens and widely known and vetted by YPW staff.

  • Bottlecap Press

  • Kith Books

  • Fifth Wheel Press

  • Ghost City Press

  • Driftwood Press

  • Half-Mystic Press

  • Whittle Micropress

  • Bull City Press

  • Riverglass Books

  • VIBE (Violet, Indigo, Blue, Etc.)

  • Finishing Line Press

  • Green Linden Press

  • Seven Kitchens Press

  • Moon City Press

  • Fjords Books

  • Gasher Books

  • Querencia Press

  • Alternating Current Press

  • Grub Street Press

  • Wolfson Press

  • Tupelo Press

  • Small Harbor Publishing

  • Ugly Duckling Press

  • JAKE Books

  • House of Anansi Press (Canada)

  • Metatron Press (Canada)

  • Four Way Books

  • BOA Editions

  • Split Lip Press

  • Alien Buddha Press

  • CLASH Books

  • Deep Vellum

  • Malarkey Books

  • Prismatica Press

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