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. 1, 2025 to be considered for the Tomorrow Project Contest prizes and publication. 

CONTEST DETAILS 


 

  • Visual Art

    Democracy & Ethics – Visual Art

    Using the medium of your choice, interpret the concept of democracy. Consider President Abraham Lincoln's "government of the people, by the people, for the people." You can take a realistic photograph or create an imaginative illustration. 

  • Writing

    Trump Tactics

    Trump's tactics have been compared to everything from childish tantrums to authoritarian intimidation and cruelty. How is this affecting America and our relations with each other and other nations?

  • Writing

    Sentence

    If all collective knowledge was destroyed, except for one brief but informative sentence, what would you like the world to know?

  • Writing

    Human Rights – Writing

    Consider how rights are diminishing for LGBTQ+ people, women, Native Americans, people of color, people with disabilities, and other historically marginalized groups. Write about the impact this has on you, your friends & family, your community.

  • Writing

    Martin Luther King

    "Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that." Respond to this message from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., in 1963.

  • 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. 
  • Writing

    The Declaration of Independence

    "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." July 4, 1776

  • 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