September 2022 Winners

My piece is about some of the struggles that me and countless other trans people experience on a daily basis. It belongs in the justice section of the writing challenge ...

My entry relates back to the required submission criteria of hope, as I talk about towards the end of the poem my hope for the next generation, and how I ...

I chose the category Hope because it is one that I have a lot of experience with. My sister is two years older than me and one year sober from ...

This story brings me back to elementary school. With all the discussion about how teachers are being treated by parents and administrators, I wanted to try and see the perspective ...

My entry is about the recent overturning of Roe V. Wade. On the canvas, there is a television playing a news coverage of a protest fighting against the overturning. The ...

In this artwork, I aspire to instill a feeling of hope; as although the figure is presented with limited categories to force themself into, they still chose to be themself. ...

A watercolor piece about the mental health of soldiers and veterans.

My entry depicts a group of women known as the “Harvard Computers” who worked at the Harvard Observatory for a man med Edward Charles Pickering. In 1877, Pickering became the ...

My artwork shows a group of Asians protesting to get justice for them, you can see in the middle picture I have a picture frame of a woman, she is ...

In this artwork, I aspire to instill a feeling of hope; as although the figure is presented with limited categories to force themself into, they still chose to be themself. ...

My entry is about the recent overturning of Roe V. Wade. On the canvas, there is a television playing a news coverage of a protest fighting against the overturning. The ...

This idea goes way back to when I was in a bad state of mind. I was not in a good position to do anything because of my mentality. Everything ...

My entry depicts a group of women known as the “Harvard Computers” who worked at the Harvard Observatory for a man named Edward Charles Pickering. In 1877, Pickering became the ...

My artwork shows a group of Asians protesting to get justice for them, you can see in the middle picture I have a picture frame of a woman, she is ...

My poem is an example of how many of us go through extremely difficult times and continue to have the question, “Why should we go on? What is holding me ...

My entry is about someone who feels lost in their own negativity and self-hate. Most of this stems from their fear of people and their expectations of who you should ...

My entry is about journaling, and the positive impacts it can have on someone. Journaling is a very useful coping strategy, and in doing it you can creative positive and ...

My submission is a poem about reading, reading has always helped me ever since I can remember. Using my head and imagination for reading helps me get out of any ...

My entry is a poem that explains my mental state before and after music and the positive impact it can have on someones life. During the start of my poem, ...

With this piece, my goal was to show a runner escaping a cluster of chaotic things. Running has been my “anchor” over the past few months, so I decided to ...

My entry is a hand sewn plushy of a beige snail. it has a zipper embedded in its muted jade green shell which hides a colorful florescent pocket of life ...

When I saw the “Find your Anchor” monthly prompt, I thought about how much I enjoyed listening to music when I felt down. I thought of the song “Sunday Best” ...

In this piece music is my anchor. Intricate melodies help me find the light when I feel stuck in the dark. Music gives me hope. Hope that whatever problem I ...

My painting “Recovering” is about my anchor. Last year after coming back to school and getting involved with several school activities, I had some problems with mental health- overthinking stuff, ...

My drawing is about how my house gets loud,plus my head turns into a storm of scribble and all I think of is WHY!.Then I put on my head phones ...

My drawing is me with headphones on and music notes around me, and in the background I drew scribbles with darkness but the darkness is not entering my area. The ...

Desert Willow students wanted to bring awareness to suicide prevention

My entry/drawing shows me hanging out with my friends. When I hang out with my friends I truly do feel my happiest. I feel that this relates back to the ...

My digital drawing shows my anchors. It’s me listing to music while holding up a picture that I drew. Also, my mom and her boyfriend are behind me, supporting me.

A small description about my submission is actually my 6 month female German shepherd named summer. My submission relates back to the required content submission criteria because summer my German ...

My entry is about my friends and how I enjoy hanging out with them. My submission relates back to the required content because my video shows my anchor.

My submission shows what life is like when you find yourself living in the moment instead of worrying about the before and after, your purpose, and the little things that ...

My submission is a short video mainly about boxing and why it anchors me in so many ways. I talked about why I love the sport of boxing a lot.

Our entry was about how finding you anchor could the little things in life, you just have to find them. This relates to the required content because it is a ...

Our entry is a psa style video that demonstrates, when someone is feeling down friends or family will be there to help you up.

We focused the short song around the topic of “Finding Your Anchor” and through all the complications and hardships, we got it done. This is our product, imperfections and all.

Many feel that there is no hope in the future, and that they can’t find an anchor for themselves. I just want to share that there is a hope, and ...

This video shows two students who are going through tough experiences that they can’t handle on their own. When they meet each other everything calms and they use each other ...

Whenever I feel down or lonely, I find comfort in my friends. I like feeling the comfort that I get when I am surrounded with familiar faces. That is why ...

A guy is struggling with grades and mental health gets offered to run for the track team and enjoys it, ultimately finding his anchor.