Weekly Challenges

Create an image that represents your dream house. You might sketch, paint, or collage your dream house. Use this activity as a creative way to dream about the future.

Think of something, an object or a person, for example, and write down as many similes as you can think of. Then collect these similes into a poem.

Happy New Year! What are you most looking forward to in this next year? Write about what New Year’s means to you.

Make an image of your town or city, or a place you would like to live in. 

Think about the last thing that made you smile. Write about this in any form you’d like.

Robots operate on code—sets of zeros and ones that make them function. In poetry or prose, write a piece inspired by robots, and feel free to play with those zeros and ones!

Create (or photograph) your own snowflakes. If you are photographing snowflakes, are you taking photos of the snowfall or taking photos of individual snowflakes?

Imagine you are your favorite animal for a day. What would you do? Write from this perspective.

If you had one doorway that could take you anywhere, where would it be? What would the door look like? Where could you find the door? Describe it.

Imagine your dream sky. Is it more than just blue? Create this dream sky in your preferred medium.

Do you speak another language? If so, try your hand at writing a poem in it. Share your poem and a translation of it in English as well. 

We keep lots of things behind locks. Imagine a character who keeps personal and quirky things behind imaginary locks. Write a poem or story about this character. Would the world be a more beautiful place if they shared their quirks with everyone?