Young Writers Project: Esra Anzali & Narges Anzali

Young Writers Project is an independent nonprofit that engages students to write, helps them improve, and connects them with authentic audiences in newspapers, before live audiences, and online. YWP also publishes an annual anthology and The Voice, a digital magazine with YWP’s best writing, images, and features. More info: youngwritersproject.org or contact YWP at [email protected] or (802) 324-9538.This month, we present General Writing responses. It’s been a yearMaybe it’s been a year.I know … (read more)

MUHS essayists win two top prizes in NAACP

RUTLAND — Middlebury Union High School students won two of the top three prices in a regional NAACP essay contest. February’s Black History Month educational outreach by the Rutland Area NAACP has shown considerable impact on local schools and students, w … (read more)

MUHS’ Anzali wins national library contest

WEYBRIDGE — Weybridge resident Narges Anzali, a ninth-grader at Middlebury Union High School, has been selected as the winner of the inaugural National Library Legislative Day Teen Contest. The NLLD Teen Contest is a joint venture between the Vermont Libr … (read more)

Young Writers Project: Narges Anzali, Andrew Knight & Davie Joy Holzhammer

Young Writers Project is an independent nonprofit that engages students to write, helps them improve, and connects them with authentic audiences in newspapers, before live audiences, and online. YWP also publishes an annual anthology and “The Voice,” a di … (read more)

Young Writers Project: Vivian Ross & Narges Anzali

Young Writers Project is an independent nonprofit that engages students to write, helps them improve, and connects them with authentic audiences in newspapers, before live audiences, and online. This month, writers were asked to respond both a general wri … (read more)

Young Writers Project: Rebecca Orten & Narges Anzali

Young Writers Project is an independent nonprofit that engages students to write, helps them improve, and connects them with authentic audiences in newspapers, before live audiences, and online. YWP also publishes an annual anthology and “The Voice,” a di … (read more)

Poetry: To all the people who hate Muslims

Do I scare you? They call it Islamophobia after all. Do I scare you? Does my family scare you? Let me give you a summary of us, in case you didn’t really know us all that well.   Me, Standing at about 5 foot 2 inches, With big, bushy, fuzzy hair And a pen … (read more)