The creative writing competition gives students the opportunity to explore the future on an individual basis.

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Students learn to thoroughly research a real world issue and then imagine possible outcomes of future actions or events. Writers develop a creative, futuristic narrative to entertain and inform readers. The Creative Writing program strives to help students enlarge, enrich, and make more accurate their image of the future, while refining their writing skills.

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Although scenarios must be related to one of the future problem solving topics, writers do not need to be members of a problem solving team. The scenario students create must be 1,500 words or less and set a minimum of 20 years in the future.