Tomorrow Project Challenges

Moon reflected on dark water

"Between Peace and Light" by Vivien Sorce, YWP

Create writing and art that explore the issues of today – with hope and solutions for tomorrow. 

Respond to any of these writing and visual art challenges by Oct. 31, 2025 to be considered for The Tomorrow Project's cash awards and publication. 

CONTEST DETAILS 


 

  • Writing

    Climate and Our Earth - Writing

    The Earth is in crisis. Dig deep, YWP, and write about it with YWP Alumni Advisor Sam Aikman. Find "both the heavy and the hopeful, the worried and the appreciative, the challenged and the uplifted ... to create!"

  • Writing

    Autocracy

    Is America becoming an autocracy – with an administration that shuts down dissent and uses military force against protests, and a Republican Congress that falls in line out of fear

  • Writing

    The Impact

    How are Trump's tactics (they have been compared to everything from childish tantrums to authoritarian intimidation and cruelty) affecting America and our relations with each other and other nations?

  • Writing

    Democracy

    Democracy is being tested. What can we the people do to hold onto it?

  • Writing

    Work Goes On

    "The work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die." Write, inspired by the eloquent and often-quoted speech by Democratic Sen. Edward Kennedy in 1980. 
  • Visual Art

    Values: Kindness - Visual Art

    Kindness and empathy are powerful forces. Look around you. Where do you find kindness? In the artistic medium of your choice, share your discoveries. 

  • Writing

    Resistance

    Resistance to the Trump administration is growing in America. What are you seeing? What are you thinking? 

  • Writing

    Immigration Raids

    Protesters gathered in cities across the United States in solidarity with the Los Angeles protests against the Trump administration’s immigration raids and deployment of the National Guard and Marines.

  • Visual Art

    The Value of Communities - Art

    Have you ever moved? How did it feel to be temporarily community-less? How did you go about building your new communities? Show us this feeling or process in your art.

  • Writing

    Springsteen: "Righteous Power"

    Bruce Springsteen speaks out against the "corrupt, incompetent and treasonous" Trump administration. And he offers hope that "we'll survive this moment." Respond to Springsteen's message, delivered May 14 to an audience in Manchester, England.