ChallengeUS
Future Leaders
Competition
Summer 2025
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Summer 2025 Results
This contest cycle is now closed. Thank you to everyone who submitted!
Winners
MAY 26
Contest Open
AUGUST 1
Contest Close
$500
Top Cash Prize
Prompt: Summer 2025
As we journey along the 21st century, the challenges facing countries all over the world are only becoming more complex. However, with every challenge comes the opportunity to imagine something better. What’s one thing you hope your country accomplishes by the year 2050? What steps need to be taken to realize your vision?
Categories
Participants are welcomed and encouraged to submit entries to multiple divisions (creative writing, analytical writing, and speech) in order to maximize chances at winning. However, winning contestants will only be awarded 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place in ONE division.
Creative Writing
Entries might include personal narratives, reflections, stories, poems, written speeches, memoirs, and other personal essays that address the prompt while showcasing the writer’s critical thinking, personal expression, and storytelling abilities. The emphasis is on originality, personal voice, and engaging the reader with thoughtful insight as well as emotional depth.
Analytical Writing
Entries might include argumentative essays, research papers, literature reviews, case studies, and other forms of academic writing that uses sources and citations to drive key insights. Submissions are expected to present well-researched, evidence-based essays that address the prompt. The emphasis is on logical reasoning, structured analysis, and the ability to support answers to the prompt with facts, examples, or data.
Speech
Entries might include any form of verbal speech or presentation submitted in a video form. Speakers are welcomed to use creative and/or analytical techniques in their speech submission. Visual aids are permitted but the emphasis will be on effective verbal communication while providing unique perspectives, ideas, and insights addressing the prompt.
