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Challenges
Future Fragments Challenge Winners
The Future Fragments Challenge prompted you to envision the world in 2050, exploring hope, innovation, or the unexpected future within the Futurism community. Creators were tasked with imagining how technological advancements, cultural shifts, or human resilience might shape society, crafting narratives that inspired readers to dream of what could be. Whether reimagining Earth’s future, venturing into space, or discovering new forms of connection, these stories painted vibrant pictures of humanity’s potential evolution.
By Vocal Curation Team12 months ago in Resources
The Soundtrack of Your Year Challenge Winners
The Soundtrack of Your Year Challenge invited writers to reflect on the defining moments of their year through the music that accompanied them and share those stories in the Beat community, complete with music embeds from Spotify, YouTube, and beyond. Whether it was the song that played during moments of quiet reflection, the melody that lifted their spirits on their happiest days, or the playlist that provided strength during challenges, participants crafted narratives that highlighted how music is more than background noise—it’s the soundtrack to our lives. By weaving together their personal soundtracks, these stories showed how each song represented a chapter of growth, resilience, and joy.
By Vocal Curation Team12 months ago in Resources
Echoes of the Year’s Lesson Challenge Winners
The Echoes of the Year’s Lessons Challenge invited you to reflect on the profound moments that defined your 2024 and publish them in the Motivation community. Whether it was a challenge that tested their resolve, an unexpected victory, or a realization that shifted their perspective, participants crafted stories that inspired us to view the year with a fresh lens. These stories became mirrors of personal growth and beacons of encouragement for others as we move forward into 2025.
By Vocal Curation Teamabout a year ago in Resources
Tales of Hearth Challenge Winners
Winter holds moments of shared warmth and comfort that echo through literature and memory alike. For the Tales of Hearth Challenge, we invited writers to capture that timeless feeling through a story that reminds us why the chill outside makes the warmth inside all the more precious and submit to the Families community.
By Vocal Curation Teamabout a year ago in Resources
Frosted Verse Challenge Winners
Winter’s first frost transforms the world into something magical. For the Frosted Verse Challenge, we prompted poets to capture that fleeting beauty—the shimmer on branches, the silence of dawn, and the arrival of winter.
By Vocal Curation Teamabout a year ago in Resources
Letters of Gratitude Challenge Winners
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By Vocal Curation Teamabout a year ago in Resources
Sky-ku Challenge Winners
We apologize for the slight delay in announcing the winners—some of our team got a little too inspired by the changing skies and caught the seasonal sniffles. But we’re back and thrilled to share the poetic treasures you’ve crafted.
By Vocal Curation Teamabout a year ago in Resources
Spooky Micro Challenge Winners
Happy Halloween to all who celebrate! 🎃 For this challenge, we asked you to start with one chilling rule — “don’t open the door” — and you delivered stories filled with suspense, unexpected twists, and a touch of the uncanny that made our spines tingle. We are pleased to announce the winners of this spooky challenge below. (We'll keep our notes short to maintain the integrity of these micro plots!)
By Vocal Curation Teamabout a year ago in Resources
Represented Challenge Winners
Representation matters. Whether it’s in a movie, a song, or a book, seeing yourself reflected in the media can be life-changing. When someone finally sees their identity reflected on screen or in print, it can feel like coming home. For LGBTQ+ folks especially, these glimpses of representation can validate years of questioning and struggle. And for allies, these stories open windows into experiences different from their own, starting to build bridges of understanding.
By Vocal Curation Teamabout a year ago in Resources
Sensational II Challenge Winners
‘We wore that summer as perfume’ runs the final line of Ava Mack’s winning poem for our Sensational II Challenge, ‘Fifteen’. One of the toughest aspects of any kind of writing is ‘sticking the landing’, to borrow a term from gymnastics, and Mack’s lovely little poem does just that, keeping to our rubric but adding the flourish of a perfect closing image.
By Vocal Curation Teamabout a year ago in Resources
Unreliable Challenge Winners
A little while ago, we gave you an update on our thoughts regarding the use of AI content when it came to entering challenges. Spoiler alert, we don’t approve. But when it comes to using the idea of AI to create a really original and thoughtful story for one of our challenges? Bingo, we’ve got a winner. Congratulations to Matthew Fromm for How May I Assist You Today? — a story which channels the essential unreliability of a chatbot and in doing so gets to a father’s lonely heart. And — as it happens, Matthew’s work as a Vocal creator has just been noted by Vocal Social Society! We’re delighted to note this conjunction, and you can read Heather Hubler’s excellent interview with him on Vocal.
By Vocal Curation Teamabout a year ago in Resources
