deep valley Young Writer & Artist Competition

Students age 7-18 qualify for the competition, no matter where you live!
Entry forms will be available for the 2026 YWAC on Feb. 1, 2026.
Cash awards will be presented for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place in each age category.
The winners will receive a copy of the YWAC Anthology in which their work will be published.

Young Writer Competition

2026 YWC

Theme: ________

Entry Form will be available to download Feb. 1, 2026

Entries accepted Feb. 1- Apr. 30, 2026

Young Artist Competition

2026 YAC

Illustrate a scene from your favorite book

Entry Form will be available to download Feb. 1, 2026

Entries accepted Feb. 1- Apr. 30, 2026

YWAC Awards

2024 YWAC Anthology

The works of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners of the 2024 YWAC are published in an Anthology available to download here.

Author and professor of Creative Writing

Ann
Rosenquist Fee

Executive Director, Arts Center of St. Peter