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

Respond to any of the challenges below for monthly prizes, publication, and exhibits.

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Thank you to everyone who contributes outstanding poetry, commentary, photography, painting, and more to The Tomorrow Project!

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  • Writing

    Canada's Strategy

    Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney received a standing ovation in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 20 when he called on fellow smaller nations to join together for a more cooperative, resilient world to counter the rupture in the international order.

  • Visual Art

    Human Rights – Visual Art

    How do you celebrate and stand up for human rights through art? In photography, painting, sketching, digital art, or another medium of your choice, send a powerful message through your art.

  • Writing

    In Minneapolis

    Renee Nicole Good was fatally shot by an ICE agent in Minneapolis on Jan. 7. Will there be "Justice for Renee?" as the protest signs demand? What are your thoughts about this tragic incident and ICE's presence in U.S. cities?

  • Writing

    JFK-Civil Rights

    "Today we are committed to a worldwide struggle to promote and protect the rights of all who wish to be free."

    — President John F. Kennedy, June 11, 1963 

  • Writing

    Venezuela

    What is your opinion on the Trump administration's decision to attack Venezuela, apprehend its president, and "run" the country? 

  • 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 1963 message from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., as it relates to America today.

  • Writing

    Emancipation Proclamation

    On Jan. 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, declaring freedom for enslaved Black people in the rebelling states. It didn't end slavery across the nation, but it began a new day for freedom. Consider the impact.

  • Writing

    Gender Identity

    Vermont's Champlain Valley School District is one of 18 educational entities under federal investigation for allowing students to play on the sports team that aligns with their gender identity. 

  • Writing

    Sentence

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

  • Visual Art

    Peace on Earth

    If we are to have peace on earth, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., said, "Our loyalties must transcend our race, our tribe, our class, and our nation; and this means we must develop a world perspective." Illustrate Dr. King's words in any medium.

  • 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. Write about it!