Past Contests

What does it mean to be a teenager in America in 2025? Responses can be abstract, literal, symbolic, interpretive, realistic – whatever best conveys your message. Due: Feb.28, 2025

What does it mean to be a teenager in America in 2025? How would you describe your daily life? When and where do you most feel like your true self? Where do you find inspiration? What keeps you awake at night? What brings you joy? Due: Feb.28, 2025

In the short, dark days of December, make it a mission to find vibrant colors around you and share your discoveries in photography, painting, or another medium of your choice. Due Dec. 22, 2024.

Autumn is a season of transitions and contrasts, beginnings and endings. In poetry or prose, fiction or nonfiction, make this ephemeral season come to life. Due Oct. 25, 2024.

Illustrate autumn as you see it – in the artistic medium of your choice. Consider a traditional aspect or try an abstract interpretation.  Due Oct. 25, 2024.

Vermont Artists: Illustrate a poem by Vermont Youth Poet Laureate Harmony Belle Devoe to be created as a broadside print. The winning submission will receive $200, and a commemorative print. Due Aug. 30, 2024.

Call to Writers: What will Vermont be like in 2050? In poetry or prose, your submission will be considered for publication in a book about the state's future. Due May 15, 2024.

Share your favorite pieces of visual art! Let your unique style shine. You choose the theme and the medium! Due April 15, 2024.

Share your best creations! What have you been working on lately? What inspires you? You choose the theme and the genre! Due April 15, 2024.

Tell a winter story in short descriptive or narrative poetry or prose. Selected pieces will be presented by Vermont Stage performers at the annual Winter Tales production in Burlington in December 2025! Due March 28, 2025

In the genre of your choice, write about fall, conveying the meaning of the season from your own unique and creative perspective. Due Oct. 15, 2023.

In any artistic medium, share your interpretation of fall – anything from the splendor of the New England hillsides to the lumbering yellow school bus. Due Oct. 15, 2023.