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
Read moreTheme: Foul Play The rest is up to you. Required Elements: None Word Count: 1,200
Read moreTheme: Opera Your story must include the line: “What do you have against Opera houses?” Required Elements: An Opera Valentine’s
Read moreTheme: Pushing Boundaries Pushing the boundaries of the protagonists comfort zone. Required Elements: none Word Count: 1,200 A note from
Read moreTheme: Enduring Love It’s what really matters. The people we have in our lives when we need to talk to
Read moreTheme: The Vow of the Peacock Word Count: 1,200 As with many holiday traditions, most New Year’s resolutions have religious
Read moreTheme: A Christmas Conundrum Word Count: 1,200 It’s Christmas Eve. Somehow two enemies end up lovers by Christmas morning. The
Read moreTheme: 20th Class Reunion Story must start with “The interrogation room door opened …” Word Count: 1,200 Requirements: Must be
Read moreA 1 week Halloween prompt revolving around the end result of a superstition that’s come true.
Read moreTheme: Culture Clash The story should contain a misunderstanding due to either a language barrier or cultural differences. Requirements: a
Read moreNew post publishing soon. The writer suggesting this week’s prompt, requested we change the theme from “The Misunderstanding” to “Culture
Read moreThis 30 day bonus contest will allow 2,500 words.
Winter Love – Winter is the only time two lovers can be together.
Theme: Memories Conjured The protagonist is painting an image of what he/she thought was fictional, but it suddenly triggers forgotten
Read moreTheme: An Unusual Summer Story must start with “What was quite unusual this summer …” Word Count: 1,200
Read moreTheme: Revenge The line “you ruined me, I plan on returning the favor” must appear somewhere in the story itself.
Read moreTheme: Beneath the Sea The sentence: “Oh darling, you should never trust a {insert humanoid water creature mermaid/water sprite/rusalki/water nymph/Poseidon
Read moreTheme: Something Wicked This Way Comes Many writers draw their inspiration from art or images. There are so many different
Read moreTheme: Somewhere Else. A character has to be in (or go to) a place quite different from their normal environment.
Read moreTheme: 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.
Read moreTheme: Line Inclusion. The line “what’s wrong with you people?” must appear somewhere in the story itself. Word Count: 1,200
Read moreDialogue Prompt: two people are chatting in a café/restaurant/bar/park etc, they are discussing a recent broken heart. How did they
Read moreTheme: A Hard Time You must use the line: “it was a hard time for most of us…” It must
Read moreTheme: New Beginnings It doesn’t have to have anything to do with the new year/decade necessarily. Word Count: 1,200
Read moreChristmas Writing Prompt: Reindeer Baby. 1200 word count, Story Requirements: A live reindeer.
Read more1200 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.
Read more1200 word limit First Line Writing Prompt “I know this is going to sound crazy but…”
Read moreHalloween Prompt: “The Not Haunted Home for Sale.” 1200 word count, Story Requirements: A pumpkin or pumpkin(s).
Read morePrompt: “I see and hear you.” A beautiful blind woman, shy and scared to leave the house, falls for the
Read morePrompt: “Power Couple” One man, one woman. On top of the world. Something happens that threatens to burn it all
Read more1st line contest: “Sometimes some things are better left unsaid.” *The first line can be finite as above, or there
Read moreTheme: It’s all in the genes (in any sense or context – not a required phrase). Story Requirements: None Word
Read more1200 word Flash Fiction First Line Contest, the story must start with the line: “She was five when she accidentally swallowed her name.”.
Read moreTheme: The Book That Set the World on Fire Many writers draw their inspiration from art or images. There are so
Read moreTheme: 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.
Read moreWhich 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.”
Theme: 1st line contest The story must start with: “It was a dark, stormy night.” These words will NOT count towards
Read moreTheme: Jail. Must include these three sentences somewhere in the story: “Well this is a nice change of scenery.” “It’s
Read moreTheme: The Girl in the White Dress Many writers draw their inspiration from art or images. This one captivated me,
Read moreTheme: New Year’s Eve Stories must take place on New Year’s Eve, the rest is up to you. Story Requirements: Glitter
Read moreTheme: A Christmas Miracle. Stories must end with the line: “With that, he/she walked into the snowstorm, never looking back.”. (Does
Read moreTheme: Sports. Expound, satirically perhaps, on your favorite sport. Word Count: 1,200
Read moreTheme: The lighthouse On a dark and stormy night a visitor arrives at the lighthouse. Required Elements: Crashing Waves (actual
Read moreTheme: Loss. It can be loss of something precious to you in your life, person, object, position in society or
Read moreTheme: The Refugee. Any context. Required Elements: a choice. Word Count: 1,200
Read moreThe 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.
Read more1200 word bonus flash fiction contest “But you promised…”, a character has to break a promise they made years ago to a loved one.
Read moreThis 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.
Read more1200 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
Read more1500 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).
Read more1200 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.”.
Read more1200 word Flash Fiction Contest “Socks”. The story must end with the words, “never again” and must include image, motif, and/or symbol of SOCKS.
Read moreTheme: This post is for stories related to the contest theme: “Murder at Midnight”.
Story Requirements: completely open to writers interpretation.
Word Count: 1,200
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.
Read moreTheme: This post is for stories related to the contest theme: “tragedy”. Story Requirements: completely open to writers interpretation. Word
Read moreA “just for fun” writing prompt to get your creativity going.
The prompt is “Train Station” and can be up to 2,000 words.
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.
Read moreTheme: This post is for stories related to the contest theme: “snakes”. Story Requirements: Can be singular or plural, but
Read moreThis post is for stories related to the contest theme: “The Crow & The Owl”. Participants must write a story
Read moreCan 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.
Read moreNew 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.
Read moreThis post is for STORIES related to the Contest theme: “Dreamcatcher.” The link to the LinkedIn Comment Thread can be
Read moreThis post is for STORIES related to the Contest theme: “A Christmas Tale.” The link to the LinkedIn Comment Thread
Read moreThe LinkedIn Comment Thread can be found here.
Read moreThe LinkedIn Comment Thread can be found here.
Read moreThe LinkedIn Comment Thread can be found here.
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