October 26 – November 9, 2022 Writing Prompt “Doorway”
Theme: Doorway Required Elements: a little girl Word Count: 1200
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Contest
1st Line Writing Prompt “Ocean”
Theme: Ocean The setting must be on or near the ocean. On a ship, in a high rise looking out
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Writing Prompt “Dominoes”
Theme: Dominoes A story in which cause and effect are quite central to the plot. Perhaps something bad ends up
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Writing Prompt “Fox Forest”
Theme: Fox Forest Required Elements: leaves from a tree singing Word Count: 1,200 Description: Legend says Fox Forest is named
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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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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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Last Line Contest “Night Becomes Day””
Theme: Last Line Contest Requirements: Your story must end with the line, “As night became day, he started to understand
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Writing Prompt “Culture Clash”
Theme: Culture Clash The story should contain a misunderstanding due to either a language barrier or cultural differences. Requirements: a
Read moreWriting Prompt “The Misunderstanding”
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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Writing 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.
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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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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Writing 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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Writing Prompt “The Gift of Ancestors”
Theme: The Gift of Ancestors Requirements: Your story must begin with the line, “It was in my great-grandfather’s time…” The story centers
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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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Writing 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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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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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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Writing Prompt “Reindeer Baby”
Christmas Writing Prompt: Reindeer Baby. 1200 word count, Story Requirements: A live reindeer.
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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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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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Writing Prompt “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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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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Writing Prompt “The Shadows”
Theme: The Shadows Story Requirements: You must include the following in your story: 1. A Wall 2. An article of
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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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First Line Writing Prompt “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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Writing Prompt “The Book that set the World on Fire”
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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First Person Writing 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.”
Writing Prompt “What’s Really Going On?”
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?
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Writing Prompt “The Girl in the White Dress”
Theme: The Girl in the White Dress Many writers draw their inspiration from art or images. This one captivated me,
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Writing Prompt “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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Writing Prompt “Something Strange”
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
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Writing Prompt “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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Writing Prompt “Return”
Theme: Return (any meaning) Any genre or style, but has to have a happy/upbeat ending. Must use these four words directly: ‘suit,
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Writing Prompt “Travel”
Theme: Travel You take a trip to any location you choose. Describe the scenery, the people, and the social system in
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Writing Prompt “The Harbor”
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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Writing Prompt “What’s in the Attic”
Theme: This post is for stories related to the contest theme: “What’s in the Attic”. Story Requirements: An elderly man
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Writing Prompt “Fence”
Theme: This post is for stories related to the contest theme: “Fence”. 1. a physical barrier either existing or in
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Writing Prompt “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
Writing Prompt “Elements”
This will be our final contest of 2017. We would like to thank all of you who have participated, and
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Writing Prompt “Stuck in an Elevator”
Theme: This post is for stories related to the contest theme: “Stuck in an Elevator”. Story Requirements: You are stuck
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Writing Prompt “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 “The Letter”
Theme: This post is for stories related to the contest theme: “The Letter”. Story Requirements: A teacher finds a letter in
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Last Line Writing Prompt “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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Writing Prompt “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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Writing Prompt “Clouds”
This post is for stories related to the Contest theme: “Clouds”. The clouds can be storm clouds, chem trails,
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Writing Prompt “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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Writing Prompt “A Fresh Start”
This post is for STORIES related to the Contest theme: “A Fresh Start.” The link to the LinkedIn Comment Thread
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Writing Prompt “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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Writing Prompt “The Day After”
This post is for STORIES related to the Contest theme: “The Day After.” Your story must take place after some
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Writing Prompt “Irreconcilable Differences”
This post is for STORIES related to the Contest theme: “Irreconcilable Differences”. The link to the LinkedIn Comment Thread can
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Writing Prompt “The Main Character is Physically Impaired”
The LinkedIn Comment Thread can be found here.
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Writing Prompt “Chance Encounter”
The LinkedIn Comment Thread can be found here.
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Writing Prompt “A Change of Mind”
The LinkedIn Comment Thread can be found here.
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Writing Prompt “Book Title”
The LinkedIn Comment Thread can be found here.
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Writing Prompt “The owlet led me to…”
The LinkedIn Comment Thread can be found here.
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Writing Prompt “Fairy Tale Redoux”
(The LinkedIn discussion thread can be found here. This post is for stories only.) What childhood would be complete without
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Writing Prompt “Desert”
The LinkedIn Comment Thread can be found here.
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