Tomorrow Project Challenges

Faces by Vivien Sorce
"Faces" by Ice Blink, YWP

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

Thank you to everyone who participated in the first phase of The Tomorrow Project! 

Congratulations to our award winners, who are announced here and published in the November issue of The Voice. 

PHASE 1 AWARDS

The Tomorrow Project continues with Phase 2!

YWP writers and artists are invited to join us for monthly contests, new challenges, and opportunities for publication and exhibits!

Respond to any of the challenges below for monthly prizes, November to May.

CONTEST DETAILS

  • 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?

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  • Democracy is being tested. Can it hold?

    Writing

    Democracy

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

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  • Hands

    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. 

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  • Hands touching

    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. 

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  • Illustration of woman and waves of energy

    Writing

    Resistance

    Across America, there is resistance to the Trump administration's policies. What are you seeing? What are you thinking? 

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  • Protesters face law enforcement in protest against immigration raids

    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.

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  • 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.

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  • Bruce Springsteen at Manchester, UK concert May 14, 2025

    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.

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  • Writing

    Happening Here ...

    One of the most chilling incidents in the Trump administration's immigration crackdown happened in broad daylight on a Massachusetts street when masked agents arrested Tufts University student Rümeysa Öztürk. Follow her story.

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