October 26 – November 9, 2022 Writing Prompt “Doorway”
Theme: Doorway Required Elements: a little girl Word Count: 1200
Theme: Doorway Required Elements: a little girl Word Count: 1200
Theme: Ocean The setting must be on or near the ocean. On a ship, in a high rise looking out…
Theme: Dominoes A story in which cause and effect are quite central to the plot. Perhaps something bad ends up…
Theme: Fox Forest Required Elements: leaves from a tree singing Word Count: 1,200 Description: Legend says Fox Forest is named…
Theme: The Dance Required Elements: a drink a dance partner a non-dance place, i.e. a place you wouldn’t normally dance….
Theme: Bottled Emotions You live in a world where you can buy bottled emotions. Required Elements: bottles Word Count: 1,200
Theme: Last Line Contest Requirements: Your story must end with the line, “As night became day, he started to understand…
Theme: Culture Clash The story should contain a misunderstanding due to either a language barrier or cultural differences. Requirements: a…
New post publishing soon. The writer suggesting this week’s prompt, requested we change the theme from “The Misunderstanding” to “Culture…
This 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…
Theme: Revenge The line “you ruined me, I plan on returning the favor” must appear somewhere in the story itself….
Theme: Something Wicked This Way Comes Many writers draw their inspiration from art or images. There are so many different…
Theme: The Gift of Ancestors Requirements: Your story must begin with the line, “It was in my great-grandfather’s time…” The story centers…
Theme: Somewhere Else. A character has to be in (or go to) a place quite different from their normal environment….
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.
Dialogue Prompt: two people are chatting in a café/restaurant/bar/park etc, they are discussing a recent broken heart. How did they…
Theme: A Hard Time You must use the line: “it was a hard time for most of us…” It must…
Christmas Writing Prompt: Reindeer Baby. 1200 word count, Story Requirements: A live reindeer.
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.
1200 word limit First Line Writing Prompt “I know this is going to sound crazy but…”
Halloween Prompt: “The Not Haunted Home for Sale.” 1200 word count, Story Requirements: A pumpkin or pumpkin(s).
1st line contest: “Sometimes some things are better left unsaid.” *The first line can be finite as above, or there…
Theme: The Shadows Story Requirements: You must include the following in your story: 1. A Wall 2. An article of…
Theme: It’s all in the genes (in any sense or context – not a required phrase). Story Requirements: None Word…
1200 word Flash Fiction First Line Contest, the story must start with the line: “She was five when she accidentally swallowed her name.”.
Theme: The Book That Set the World on Fire Many writers draw their inspiration from art or images. There are so…
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.”
Theme: What’s really going on?
Strange events have taken place, at home, work, a restaurant, anywhere you choose, that doesn’t make sense. What’s really going on?
Theme: The Girl in the White Dress Many writers draw their inspiration from art or images. This one captivated me,…
Theme: A Christmas Miracle. Stories must end with the line: “With that, he/she walked into the snowstorm, never looking back.”. (Does…
Theme: Something Strange The story must start with: (I)(He)(She)(They)(We)(It)(A Name)(The) … knew there was something strange…” Requirement: NO spaceships in…
Theme: The lighthouse On a dark and stormy night a visitor arrives at the lighthouse. Required Elements: Crashing Waves (actual…
Theme: Return (any meaning) Any genre or style, but has to have a happy/upbeat ending. Must use these four words directly: ‘suit,…
Theme: Travel You take a trip to any location you choose. Describe the scenery, the people, and the social system in…
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.”.
Theme: This post is for stories related to the contest theme: “What’s in the Attic”. Story Requirements: An elderly man…
Theme: This post is for stories related to the contest theme: “Fence”. 1. a physical barrier either existing or in…
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
This will be our final contest of 2017. We would like to thank all of you who have participated, and…
Theme: This post is for stories related to the contest theme: “Stuck in an Elevator”. Story Requirements: You are stuck…
Theme: This post is for stories related to the contest theme: “tragedy”. Story Requirements: completely open to writers interpretation. Word…
Theme: This post is for stories related to the contest theme: “The Letter”. Story Requirements: A teacher finds a letter in…
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.
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.
This post is for stories related to the Contest theme: “Clouds”. The clouds can be storm clouds, chem trails,…
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.
This post is for STORIES related to the Contest theme: “A Fresh Start.” The link to the LinkedIn Comment Thread…
This post is for STORIES related to the Contest theme: “A Christmas Tale.” The link to the LinkedIn Comment Thread…
This post is for STORIES related to the Contest theme: “The Day After.” Your story must take place after some…
This post is for STORIES related to the Contest theme: “Irreconcilable Differences”. The link to the LinkedIn Comment Thread can…
The LinkedIn Comment Thread can be found here.
(The LinkedIn discussion thread can be found here. This post is for stories only.) What childhood would be complete without…