Writing Contest Winner: Maya Faulstich!
Winter
By Maya Faulstich
Glitter
Not the microplastic kind, the kind that is made
by beams of sunshine
Reflecting off of prisms in the snow
I may shiver in the cold
but the chill invigorates me
Dust
Not the kind that sweeps from planes of sand, the kind that is made
by snow gathering itself in the trees
And when there comes a breeze,
It lifts and sprinkles all around me,
Shivery confetti
Let's throw a party
There’ll be pompoms of snow
Fortresses of snow
Tiny little masterpieces melting in a millisecond on my finger of snow
Adrenaline rush
or
Sit in the wonder
how it transforms the world around me
how it quiets
how it protects
If ever I am trapped inside my room
Trapped inside my house
Trapped inside my mind
I only have to look outside
Where the sky reaches far beyond my eye
Where little red berries scatter themselves
And little brown birds stop by
the world is stripped down to its barest state
For this short time
I am alive
Art Contest Winner: Regan Sullivan!
Untitled
By Regan Sullivan
Mix Media
There will be a YAWP sponsored Art & Writing contest at least once/year. Work needs to be submitted by the due date, after which it is reviewed by the editors, who choose the top five pieces based on the rubric below. A professional artist and writer are selected to be our contest judges. All submissions are sent anonymously to judges, who also use the rubric below to select the contest winners.
There is a prize for both the art and writing winner.