Young Writers Society

Hey everyone! It is time to announce the winners of the August Free Verse competition. Sorry for any delay. The results have been released a little later this month because of RevMo and other YWS site events. Let's jump right into the winners!



First place goes to the amazing @AdagioK with an unnamed poem! Thank you for your incredible poem. The repetition and depth was fantastic!

Second place goes to @fatherfig with 'but my blood is not golden'! I love how well you used the theme. Your poem was so vivid and gorgeous

Third place goes to @DavieB with 'The Self Less Angel'! Phenomenal work!! I loved how much description you had and it felt like yo were really telling us a story.

If you would like to join as a judge for September, please PM @EllieMae for details! We would love to have you join our judging team!

I should write poetry

Do you want to receive quality, in-depth reviews on your poetry? In the midst of RevMo, the mod team is hosting a special poetry based reviewing event for committed poets, wanting to write and receive in-depth and quality reviews.

What is the event?

For this event, you will submit one of your poems to be reviewed. This can be a work you have published on YWS previously, or a new one that you publish for this event. You will be assigned to leave two quality and in depth reviews on two other poems that have been submitted for the event. In return, you will also receive two in-depth reviews on your poem, from other participants.

What exactly is an in depth and quality review?

This is a review that is written after closely reading the poem, analyzing the content the best you can, and should include impressions, critiques, compliments, quotes, and follow an organized structure. It should be long enough to include and cover all of these points. It is not a review that is written in a few minutes, rather it is something that takes time and effort, basically- the best review you can write! Reviews written with AI are considered Review Spam and are not allowed.

You will receive your asssigned poems to review on September 15th. Your two reviews must be submitted by September 27th.

How do I sign up?

Sign ups will be open from September 1st to 14th and there is a limit of 12 spots available. To sign up, please send a security deposit of 1000 points to PoetryBot. Once you complete your two reviews for the event, you will get all of these points returned to you, if you don't complete your reviews, you will not receive the points back. Also, by September 12th, please PM @EllieMae with a link to the poem that you would like to have reviewed. It must be published on YWS.

If you have any questions, please reply to this post, or PM. one of the event organizers, @EllieMae, @alliyah, or @OrabellaAvenue.

Wow, can you believe that it is nearly September already? The August Free Verse Competition flew right by, which means that it is time to announce our next months contest! This month, we are going to do something a little bit different. Instead of only giving a sentence or phrase as a prompt, we will be finding inspiration through an image and a question! The prompt for this month is...

I hope that you can find inspiration in this image and questions. All poems can be submitted here! Remember, you can submit up to five poems, you can collab with other writers, and you can submit poems in any text or visual/audio format! This contest will be open from August 30th until September 21st.

Do you want to be a judge? Do you have an idea for next months prompt? Do you have an idea for how we can improve the club? We would love to have your help! Please PM @EllieMae. Judges can still submit poems

Happy September, happy writing, and happy weekend!! Winners from the August contest will be announced in the next week.

2 more days!! Get those poems in!! Also, please PM @EllieMae if you would like to help judge this month!!

Five days left to submit for this months contest!!

Question for all Free Verse club members

Moving forward, would you prefer 1) we continue to have monthly prompts be phrases or questions or text quotes, 2) prompts be visuals, such as images or videos or songs, or 3) prompts be a combination of both text and visuals?

Just wondering if visual prompts would intrigue anyone, or if you would prefer to keep them text based. We could always try it and see how it goes! But I want to hear what you guys want most.

Hello again, poetry writing friends! The time has come to announce the prompt for the August 2024 Free Verse competition! The competition will be open from August 1-21st in your timezone. All poems can be submitted in the contest thread.

This months prompt will be...

This is a line from The Merchant of Venice, a play by William Shakespeare. It is from Act 2 Scene 7 (feel free to read more of the actual scene, it is lovely!). This quote talks about how everything beautiful on the surface may not be as lovely on the inside. But where can we find true gold? And how can we know it is true? Well, that's for you to ponder and write about this month



I would also like to let you know that I am working on a revised and more detailed judging rubric that will be implemented this month and for all future competitions moving forward. This rubric will include more detailed judging criteria and explanations to ensure that all judges are united in their critiques. If you would like to be a judge this month, please contact @EllieMae, as well, feel free to contact me with any questions or comments. Judges can still submit poems to the contest.

Hello everyone! After a fantastic and busy month filled with RP month activities, Camp NaNo, and lots of poetry writing, the month has finally come to an end. I am here to announce the winners of the July 2024 Free Verse competition!!

First of all, a big thank you to @WeepingWisteria, @KateHardy, @OrabellaAvenue, and @redcarnation who were incredible judges this month. And thank you to @chrysanthemumcentury for helping me run things this month while I travelled *round of applause*

And thank YOU to everyone who submitted! Let's jump right into the results!

Third place goes to...



Second place goes to...



First place goes to...



And congrats to our two runners up...



Some quotable quotes from this month:

Flip a coin if you must; time is ticking
you can’t erase your footsteps, you really
can only keep walking, and hope
oblivion is a patient guest.

(i hate to admit it, but without them i am lost like hansel and gretel but no stones or pebbles will ever save me.)

You are the dead bird. The small bites of soil and bacteria take you away. You are a part of the soil. You have given your remaining strength to the plants which are to grow among the footsteps you leave behind.

Fantastic work to everyone who participated! If you want to be a judge or help run the contest, please contact @EllieMae!! I look forward to reading your wonderful poems this coming month

Hello everyone! The July Free Verse Contest is ending tonight, at midnight in your timezone. (Friends who are already on the 22nd, I'll give you an hour because it'd be unfair :3)

Hello poets and friends alike! It is the time of the month where we announce the Free Verse prompt! As always, you can submit up to 5 poems to a competition, in the submission thread!

If you are interested in judging for this round of Free Verse, please reach out to @EllieMae! Us judges always enjoy more company, and it's great to help out. You can still post poems as a judge too!

This contest is open from July 1st through 21st.

Now without further ado, our July prompt is...



Have fun!

Fantastic work to everyone who submitted a chicken poem to the June contest! Poems are being judged by our amazing judges and results will be posted in the next week Thanks everyone!

The June Free Verse competition closes at the end of today (June 21st)! Submit your poems by the end of tonight if you are wanting to join Remember, chicken poetry!!! *chicken noises*

can i use a poem i've written before?

3rd place goes to...


2nd place goes to...


And the 1st place winner of the May Free Verse competition is...


Not to forget our runner up (4th place):

Quoteable quotes from this months poems:

From Fallen by @fatherfig:

nothing tempts a sinner
more than a warm loving place to stay
Lucifer doesn't ask my birth gender

From Logic Vs Passion by @JazzElectrobass

(In this age kids explore what's around them
they use all their five senses
they'll wander into a bear's den so you better hold'em
because there's no kidding about a hospital's expenses)

From The Key by @Coffeewriter

Life was blissful but I was blind.

This month, we had 13 entries to the free verse competition! A huge shoutout to everyone who submitted poems and to our amazing judges, @OrabellaAvenue and @herbalhour!! Did you miss the competition but still want to join? Check out the June 2024 contest thread to submit poems. The prompt is chicken poetry! Badges for all participants and our winner from the May contest will be awarded soon.