Weekly Challenges

Make an image that represents how thinking feels using your preferred medium. 

Create an image that is made up entirely of swirls. 

In prose or poetry, write a piece about transformation, whether it be about butterflies or about yourself.

Create an image of your ideal beach. 

Write a short memoir of the highlights of your past week. This could be a few paragraphs, a creative nonfiction piece, or a list. Try it, and see how you feel. 

An abecedarian is a poem that utilizes the alphabet to begin each line. It challenges you to think of new words to incorporate into your writing, and often leads to unexpected places. Try your hand at writing an abecedarian. 

As the seasons change, so does everything around us, and the autumn foliage is perhaps the most beloved sight of fall. Capture this change from your perspective in your preferred medium.

Personify anything (for instance, like summer turned into a person) and write about what their life is like. 

Write about your favorite sweater and what it means to you. 

In poetry or prose, write from the perspective of a pumpkin that is about to be carved for Halloween. 

Paint an image solely using shades of blue. 

Take photos, sketch, or paint one of your favorite places. Try to capture the essence of what makes this place so special to you.