$10,000 meme prize
The $10K Existential Hope Meme Prize:
A celebration of creativity, optimism, and big-picture thinking.
Overview
The Existential Hope Meme Prize brought together creators from across the internet to share inspiring, uplifting, and forward-looking memes and short-form media.
The goal of the prize was to spark hope and excitement about humanity’s future, particularly our ability to overcome existential risks, imagine positive trajectories for civilization, and highlight the innovations and collective actions that could help get us there.
After reviewing submissions from around the world, one standout entry was selected as the winning meme and awarded the $10,000 prize.
2025 Winner: "Voices from 2099" by JellyfishDAO
Gallery of Finalists
About the competition
Format
The prize accepted meme images or GIFs, short videos (under 2 minutes), and short written formats such as X threads or infographics.
Theme
Submissions focused on hopeful visions of the future or big-picture ideas—such as overcoming existential risks, positive technological trajectories, global cooperation, and optimistic visions of humanity.
Rules
All submissions were required to be original work or used with permission, publicly accessible for judging, and shared organically without paid promotion. Creators retained ownership of their work while granting permission for credited use in prize-related materials. The prize was open worldwide to individuals, teams, and organizations, with entrants required to be 18+ (or have parental/guardian permission). The submission deadline was November 23, 2025.
Judging criteria
Entries were evaluated on clarity and appeal, optimism grounded in plausibility, creativity and shareability, and potential to spread widely regardless of the creator’s existing audience.
