Those sound like nice themes, actually. I didn't mean conformity as in with social norms or mores and all that boring stuff, though. Maybe my phrasing was confusing, but by "write in conformity with" I meant "writing an entry in conformity with the theme". In other words, I'd like to avoid themes that may be limiting or overly specific/specialised or difficult to write about in general, because―how do I say this without sounding like an elitist douchebag?―I'd rather have low barrier to entry for the contest than high expectations.
SPAAAAAAAAACE may be nice, but it may be pretty limiting? Like, what would you write about with regards to SPAAAAAAAACE other than science fiction (and maybe politics)? Or maybe it could be made more generic and also account for "outer realms" in the fantasy sense, but that may be pretty similar with last round's theme ("an imaginary journey"). I agree that seasonal themes are nothing if not expectable, but "wish" sounds pretty attractive, too. Do you think I could go with that? (Would you go along with that?)