April 29 – May 12, 2021 Writing Prompt “The Dance”
Theme: The Dance Required Elements: a drink a dance partner a non-dance place, i.e. a place you wouldn’t normally dance.
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Author: Carrie Zylka
April 15 – April 28, 2021 Writing Prompt “Noir”
Theme: Noir noun a genre of crime film or fiction characterized by cynicism, fatalism, and moral ambiguity. Classic noir features
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April 08 – April 21, 2021 1st Line Writing Prompt “The Car on the Roof”
Theme: The Car on the Roof Your story must start with: “I still want to know how you managed to
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April 1 – April 14, 2021 Writing Prompt “Silence”
Theme: Silence Required Elements: none Word Count: 1,200
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March 18 – March 31, 2021 Writing Prompt “Emotions in a Bottle”
Theme: Bottled Emotions You live in a world where you can buy bottled emotions. Required Elements: bottles Word Count: 1,200
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March 3 – March 17, 2021 Writing Prompt “Foul Play”
Theme: Foul Play The rest is up to you. Required Elements: None Word Count: 1,200
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February 10 – March 3, 2021 Writing Prompt “Opera”
Theme: Opera Your story must include the line: “What do you have against Opera houses?” Required Elements: An Opera Valentine’s
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January 27 – February 10, 2021 Writing Prompt “Pushing Boundaries”
Theme: Pushing Boundaries Pushing the boundaries of the protagonists comfort zone. Required Elements: none Word Count: 1,200 A note from
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January 13 – January 27, 2021 Writing Prompt “Enduring Love”
Theme: Enduring Love It’s what really matters. The people we have in our lives when we need to talk to
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December 30, 2020 – January 13, 2021 Writing Prompt “The Vow of the Peacock”
Theme: The Vow of the Peacock Word Count: 1,200 As with many holiday traditions, most New Year’s resolutions have religious
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Bonus: December 9 – December 23, 2020 Story Prompt “Christmas Lovers”
Theme: A Christmas Conundrum Word Count: 1,200 It’s Christmas Eve. Somehow two enemies end up lovers by Christmas morning. The
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December 3 – December 16, 2020 First Line Prompt “20th Class Reunion”
Theme: 20th Class Reunion Story must start with “The interrogation room door opened …” Word Count: 1,200 Requirements: Must be
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Halloween Prompt October 22 – October 29, 2020 – Superstition
A 1 week Halloween prompt revolving around the end result of a superstition that’s come true.
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DEADLINE EXTENDED!! October 1 – October 21, 2020 Writing Prompt “Culture Clash”
Theme: Culture Clash The story should contain a misunderstanding due to either a language barrier or cultural differences. Requirements: a
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New post publishing soon. The writer suggesting this week’s prompt, requested we change the theme from “The Misunderstanding” to “Culture
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Bonus: September 9 – October 7, 2020 Short Story Fiction Contest Prompt “Winter Love”
This 30 day bonus contest will allow 2,500 words.
Winter Love – Winter is the only time two lovers can be together.
September 3 – September 16, 2020 Writing Prompt “Memories Conjured”
Theme: Memories Conjured The protagonist is painting an image of what he/she thought was fictional, but it suddenly triggers forgotten
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August 20 – September 2, 2020 First Line Prompt “An Unusual Summer”
Theme: An Unusual Summer Story must start with “What was quite unusual this summer …” Word Count: 1,200
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DEADLINE EXTENDED!! July 16 – August 5, 2020 Writing Prompt “Revenge”
Theme: Revenge The line “you ruined me, I plan on returning the favor” must appear somewhere in the story itself.
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Bonus: July 9 – July 29, 2020 Flash Fiction Contest Prompt “Beneath the Sea”
Theme: Beneath the Sea The sentence: “Oh darling, you should never trust a {insert humanoid water creature mermaid/water sprite/rusalki/water nymph/Poseidon
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Bonus: June 24 – July 9, 2020 Flash Fiction Contest Image Prompt “Something Wicked This Way Comes”
Theme: Something Wicked This Way Comes Many writers draw their inspiration from art or images. There are so many different
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May 14 – May 27, 2020 Writing Prompt “Somewhere Else”
Theme: Somewhere Else. A character has to be in (or go to) a place quite different from their normal environment.
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Bonus: May 6 – May 20, 2020 Flash Fiction Contest Image Prompt “Black Feathers”
Theme: Black Feathers
Many writers draw their inspiration from art or images. There are so many different stories that could be told from this one detailed picture.
Use this image as inspiration for your story, it can be the image as a whole, a single part of it or several elements inside the image itself.
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April 30 – May 13, 2020 Writing Prompt What’s Wrong With You People?
Theme: Line Inclusion. The line “what’s wrong with you people?” must appear somewhere in the story itself. Word Count: 1,200
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February 13 – February 26, 2020 Writing Prompt “Heartbreak”
Dialogue Prompt: two people are chatting in a café/restaurant/bar/park etc, they are discussing a recent broken heart. How did they
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January 30 – February 12, 2020 First or Last Line Writing Prompt “A Hard Time”
Theme: A Hard Time You must use the line: “it was a hard time for most of us…” It must
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January 2 – January 15, 2020 Writing Prompt – New Beginnings
Theme: New Beginnings It doesn’t have to have anything to do with the new year/decade necessarily. Word Count: 1,200
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Christmas Writing Prompt: December 11 – December 18, 2019 Reindeer Baby
Christmas Writing Prompt: Reindeer Baby. 1200 word count, Story Requirements: A live reindeer.
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November 14 – November 27, 2019 Writing Prompt “Outer Space”
1200 word count: A story set in space, either on Mars or the international space station; must feature gold in some way, with a possibility of no return.
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October 31 – November 13, 2019 First Line Writing Prompt “I know this is going to sound crazy but…”
1200 word limit First Line Writing Prompt “I know this is going to sound crazy but…”
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Halloween Writing Prompt: October 22 – October 30, 2019 “The Not So Haunted Home for Sale”
Halloween Prompt: “The Not Haunted Home for Sale.” 1200 word count, Story Requirements: A pumpkin or pumpkin(s).
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Bonus: October 10 – October 24, 2019 Writing Prompt “I see and hear you”
Prompt: “I see and hear you.” A beautiful blind woman, shy and scared to leave the house, falls for the
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October 3 – October 16, 2019 Writing Prompt “Power Couple”
Prompt: “Power Couple” One man, one woman. On top of the world. Something happens that threatens to burn it all
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August 22 – September 4, 2019 Writing Prompt “Sometimes some things are better left unsaid.”
1st line contest: “Sometimes some things are better left unsaid.” *The first line can be finite as above, or there
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July 25 – August 7, 2019 Writing Prompt “It’s all in the genes”
Theme: It’s all in the genes (in any sense or context – not a required phrase). Story Requirements: None Word
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June 27 July 10, 2019 Flash Fiction First Line Contest “What’s in a Name”
1200 word Flash Fiction First Line Contest, the story must start with the line: “She was five when she accidentally swallowed her name.”.
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May 30 – June 12, 2019 Flash Fiction Contest “The Book that set the World on Fire – Image Inspired Prompt”
Theme: The Book That Set the World on Fire Many writers draw their inspiration from art or images. There are so
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May 2 – May 15, 2019 Flash Fiction Contest – Dialogue Prompt “River Discussion”
Theme: Dialogue Prompt “River Discussion”
Two figures argue about six {insert whatever monetary item you like) they found down by the river.
Monetary items may be anything i.e. six gold coins, six rupees, six one hundred dollar bills, six silver chests full of riches. Whatever you want.
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April 18 – May 1, 2019 Flash Fiction Contest – First Person Prompt “The Man in Black”
Which character will you be? First person writing prompt:
A little girl is sitting on a train next to a man in black. “What do you do mister?” She asks him.
Taking off his sunglasses with a faint smile, he says, “I make bad people go away.”
February 28 – March 13, 2018 Flash Fiction Contest “Dark and Stormy”
Theme: 1st line contest The story must start with: “It was a dark, stormy night.” These words will NOT count towards
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February 14- February 27, 2018 Flash Fiction Contest “Jail”
Theme: Jail. Must include these three sentences somewhere in the story: “Well this is a nice change of scenery.” “It’s
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January 3 – January 16, 2019 Flash Fiction Contest “The Girl in the White Dress – Image Inspired Prompt”
Theme: The Girl in the White Dress Many writers draw their inspiration from art or images. This one captivated me,
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December 20, 2018 – January 2, 2019 Flash Fiction Contest “New Year’s Eve”
Theme: New Year’s Eve Stories must take place on New Year’s Eve, the rest is up to you. Story Requirements: Glitter
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December 6 – December 19, 2018 Flash Fiction Contest “A Christmas Miracle”
Theme: A Christmas Miracle. Stories must end with the line: “With that, he/she walked into the snowstorm, never looking back.”. (Does
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CONTEST EXTENDED!! November 15 – December 5, 2018 Flash Fiction Contest “Sports”
Theme: Sports. Expound, satirically perhaps, on your favorite sport. Word Count: 1,200
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October 18 – October 31, 2018 Flash Fiction Contest “The Lighthouse”
Theme: The lighthouse On a dark and stormy night a visitor arrives at the lighthouse. Required Elements: Crashing Waves (actual
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July 26 – August 8, 2018 Flash Fiction Contest “Loss”
Theme: Loss. It can be loss of something precious to you in your life, person, object, position in society or
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June 28 – July 11, 2018 Flash Fiction Contest “The Refugee”
Theme: The Refugee. Any context. Required Elements: a choice. Word Count: 1,200
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May 31 – June 13, 2018 Flash Fiction Contest “Quarantine”
The theme for this contest is Quarantine. Use it however you like, but someone, or something, must have been, is, or will be in quarantine. The word count: 1,200.
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May 24 – June 6, 2018 Flash Fiction Contest “But You Promised” (Bonus)
1200 word bonus flash fiction contest “But you promised…”, a character has to break a promise they made years ago to a loved one.
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May 4 – May 16, 2018 Flash Fiction Contest “Styx”
This post is for stories related to the contest theme: “Styx”. Take the viewpoint of the bidder, take the viewpoint of the main character, take the viewpoint of the victim (if she’s an assassin or death reaper), just have fun with it.
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March 29 – April 12, 2018 Flash Fiction Contest “Deadly Sin”
1200 word Flash Fiction Contest “Deadly Sin”, the theme must incorporate any one of the seven deadly sins; Gluttony, Sloth, Greed, Envy, Lust, Wrath or Pride. Story must be in fable form with a moral ending
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March 21 – April 4, 2018 Flash Fiction Contest “White Horse” (Bonus)
1500 word bonus flash fiction contest “White Horse”, the story must include a woman of high/noble/royal birth and a white horse (can be literal or theoretical).
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March 7 – March 21, 2018 Flash Fiction Contest “The Harbor” (Bonus)
1200 word Flash Fiction Contest “The Harbor”, the story must start with the paragraph: “It was dark. Not pitch black, but some gray darkness that barely allowed shapes to form. All I could smell was the tang of seaweed, all I could hear was the breaking of waves.”.
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March 1 – March 14, 2018 Flash Fiction Contest “Socks”
1200 word Flash Fiction Contest “Socks”. The story must end with the words, “never again” and must include image, motif, and/or symbol of SOCKS.
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January 4 – January 17, 2018 Flash Fiction Contest “Murder at Midnight”
Theme: This post is for stories related to the contest theme: “Murder at Midnight”.
Story Requirements: completely open to writers interpretation.
Word Count: 1,200
SECOND DEADLINE EXTENTION! October 26 – November 22, 2017 Flash Fiction Contest “Post Apocalyptic”
Flash Fiction Contest “Post Apocalyptic”, a writing prompt with required elements and a specific word count. These writing prompts help us hone our craft and keep us fresh.
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September 14 – September 27, 2017 Flash Fiction Contest “Tragedy”
Theme: This post is for stories related to the contest theme: “tragedy”. Story Requirements: completely open to writers interpretation. Word
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Writing Prompt “Train Station”
A “just for fun” writing prompt to get your creativity going.
The prompt is “Train Station” and can be up to 2,000 words.
Bonus Flash Fiction Last Line Contest “Unexpected”
Last line flash fiction contest. Submit a story in this bonus 30 day contest for your chance to win either a Starbucks or a Kindle Gift Card.
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July 6 – July 19, 2017 Flash Fiction Contest “Snakes”
Theme: This post is for stories related to the contest theme: “snakes”. Story Requirements: Can be singular or plural, but
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(DEADLINE EXTENDED!!) May 25 – JUNE 14, 2017 Flash Fiction Contest “The Crow & The Owl”
This post is for stories related to the contest theme: “The Crow & The Owl”. Participants must write a story
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April 20- May 3, 2017 Flash Fiction Contest “The Elephant In The Room”
Can you write a short story about the “Elephant in the Room”? An English-language metaphorical idiom for an obvious problem or risk no one wants to discuss, or a condition of groupthink no one wants to challenge.
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February 16 – March 8, 2017 Flash Fiction Contest “Time”
New short story contest theme: “Time”.
Anything to do with time. A watch maker; a clock tower; time travel; a historical era, the essence of a musical arrangement; a pocket watch; a deadline, (as in a limited time), a rare opportunity (one-time only). Etc., etc.
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January 19 – February 1, 2017 Flash Fiction Contest “Dreamcatcher”
This post is for STORIES related to the Contest theme: “Dreamcatcher.” The link to the LinkedIn Comment Thread can be
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December 15, 2016 – January 4, 2017 Flash Fiction Contest “A Christmas Tale”
This post is for STORIES related to the Contest theme: “A Christmas Tale.” The link to the LinkedIn Comment Thread
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Story Thread: October 20 – November 2, 2016 Flash Fiction Contest “Chance Encounter”
The LinkedIn Comment Thread can be found here.
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Story Thread: September 22 – October 5, 2016 Flash Fiction Contest “Book Title”
The LinkedIn Comment Thread can be found here.
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Story Thread: Jul 21 – Aug 3, 2016 Flash Fiction Contest “Forgotten Deity”
The LinkedIn Comment Thread can be found here.
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