# Young Writers Society

> Young Writers Society (YWS) is a free online writing community and forum where writers share stories, poetry, and chapters and receive feedback. Founded in 2004.

## Primary sections

- [Home](https://www.youngwriterssociety.com/): Community dashboard, daily activity, and featured writing
- [Works](https://www.youngwriterssociety.com/works): Browse published literary works (poetry, prose, scripts, and more)
- [Forums](https://www.youngwriterssociety.com/forums): Discussion boards, writing prompts, and community threads
- [Greenroom](https://www.youngwriterssociety.com/greenroom): Review exchange and literary feedback
- [People](https://www.youngwriterssociety.com/people): Member profiles and community walls
- [Clubs](https://www.youngwriterssociety.com/clubs): Writing groups and club pages
- [Events](https://www.youngwriterssociety.com/events): Contests, challenges, and community events
- [Search](https://www.youngwriterssociety.com/yws_search): Site-wide search across works, forums, and members

## Information pages

- [About](https://www.youngwriterssociety.com/about): Mission, history, and community overview
- [FAQ](https://www.youngwriterssociety.com/faq): Common questions for new and returning members
- [Terms of Service](https://www.youngwriterssociety.com/tos): Site rules and membership terms
- [Privacy Policy](https://www.youngwriterssociety.com/privacy_policy): Privacy and data practices
- [Contact](https://www.youngwriterssociety.com/contact): Reach the YWS team

## Machine-readable discovery

- [API catalog](https://www.youngwriterssociety.com/.well-known/api-catalog): RFC 9727 linkset with search and feed APIs (OpenAPI specs, docs, status)
- [Search OpenAPI](https://www.youngwriterssociety.com/openapi/yws-search.json): Site search parameters
- [Feed OpenAPI](https://www.youngwriterssociety.com/openapi/yws-feed.json): Syndication feed parameters
- [Sitemap](https://www.youngwriterssociety.com/sitemap.xml): XML sitemap index
- [RSS feed](https://www.youngwriterssociety.com/feed): Forum and site RSS/Atom (when enabled)

## Usage notes for agents

- Most literary works and forum threads are public and indexable; account-specific areas (UCP, PMs, drafts) require login.
- Respect [robots.txt](https://www.youngwriterssociety.com/robots.txt) for crawler and AI bot policy (`Content-Signal`: site default `ai-train=no, search=yes, ai-input=no`; answer-engine crawlers may use `ai-input=yes`).
- Prefer canonical extensionless URLs (e.g. `/about`, `/works`, `/forums`) over legacy `.php` paths.