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Write the three pieces I have committed to doing (performances already scheduled); put together a portfolio and apply for PhD study in composition; get a piece performed in a foreign country (suprisingly, Iceland may be the most likely); write more chamber music; get stuff recorded. This may sound more like a 'to do' list than a series of resolutions; that's because at a technical level my long-term aims in composition remain the same every January 1st.

To prevent these prize winning composers and their works to be forgotten I think a directory of winning pieces should be opened or all winning works become "major works" so people will hear them more frequently. What do you think?

None of the above will present any problems as long as the player is of a high technical standard. To be honest, if you are really interested in answering these kinds of questions the best thing you can do is to learn a stringed instrument yourself (NOT the guitar), failing that, make friends with string players, go to recitals and orchestral concerts. There is no substitute for first-hand knowledge and experience.

In such cases you use left hand pizzicatos, usually using open strings and putting a plus above the notehead.

Serial music is OLD. You're belief that it's a current trend is a testament to how little you know on the matter. Guys like Babbitt and Wuorinen were/are remnants of a tradition that lost out in 1960s. You have a lot of learning to do, it's important that you understand the historical significance of this development in the beginning of the 20th century, unless you're satisfied with sounding uneducated and presumptuous whenever the matter might come up.And no: 'tonalism' is not the 'main' aspect of music. Nothing is the 'main' aspect of music.

You definitely don't need images in relation to a piece of music, and you don't need movie-like scenarios to go with them, whether on a screen, or just in the mind. Some music lends itself to that medium ... other styles of music don't. People definitely enjoy visual stimulation with their music, though: music videos are ridiculously popular for a reason.