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

    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. 
  • 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. 

  • Writing

    Resistance

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

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Writing

    Founders

    How do you think the founding fathers would view the nation today? How do you view it?

  • Visual Art

    Climate Rollbacks

    Capture the natural beauty of spring and summer in the artistic medium of your choice to illustrate what is being threatened under the environmental rollbacks of the Trump administration.

  • Writing

    Liberty

    The Statue of Liberty, originally called "Liberty Enlightening the World," has stood as a symbol of freedom and hope since its dedication in 1886. And now? What is the message the U.S. is sending the world?