**The Prompt** 

Pulitzer Prize winning author Barbara Kingsolver finishes the thought, “_And the most you can do is live inside that hope. Not admire it from a distance but live right in it, under its roof.”_

Hopeis the active thing that built what we are doing right here. Under its roof, we invite human artists to reflect and make things with life-giving creativity. Hope is a place to ponder ideas of purpose, to examine our lives, and to imagine how our place in the world might even change the world. It helps us see what we’re meant to see and resist the distortions and distractions that don’t belong inside our hope.

There is a be still quality to figuring out one’s hope. Living right in it is an exercise of craft and character. As we nurture, suffer and celebrate in hope, we come to find that we need it as much as it needs us to be truly alive.

As artists, how can we, at _the very least figure what we hope, and at most, live inside that hope. Not admire it from a distance but live right in it, under its roof_, and create?

  
**We want the prompt to spark the imagination and not tell you what to do. If you need direction, consider these steps:**

1. Read (The prompt)
2. Reflect (Take a walk, ponder, imagine)
3. Respond (Engage. Create art that relates to the prompt)

The target audience, tone, and medium is up to you – We look forward to receiving your entry!

🥇 1st place $15,000

🥈 2nd place $8,000

🥉 3rd place $4,000

**🏆** People's choice\* $3,000

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