January 26 – February 8, 2023 Writing Prompt “Dead”
A new writing prompt, the theme is “Dead” and the required elements are: fire, cracking a code, two characters who are related.
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October 26 – November 9, 2022 Writing Prompt “Doorway”
Theme: Doorway Required Elements: a little girl Word Count: 1200
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August 11 – August 31, 2022 Writing Prompt “War Paint”
Theme: War Paint It can be a reference to makeup, a Halloween costume, or facepaint that represents a warring clan.
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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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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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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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Writing Prompt “Foul Play”
Theme: Foul Play The rest is up to you. Required Elements: None Word Count: 1,200
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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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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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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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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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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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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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June 2 – July 15, 2020 Writing Prompt “Chaos”
Theme: Chaos Requirement: No Requirements Word Count: 1,200
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Writing Prompt “A Plan Gone Horribly Wrong”
Theme: A plan gone horribly wrong. Requirement: Story should include a Top Hat and an Astrological Sign. Word Count: 1,200
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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 “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 “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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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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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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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 “Impulse Buy”
Theme: Impulse Buy An impulse buy leads to a life changing event. Word Count: 1,200
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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 “Sports”
Theme: Sports. Expound, satirically perhaps, on your favorite sport. Word Count: 1,200
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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 “Wedding”
Theme: Wedding. Must contain- Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue. Word Count: 1,200
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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 “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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Writing Prompt “Eclipse”
1200 word bonus flash fiction contest “Eclipse”, the story must include a secret.
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Writing Prompt “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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Writing Prompt “White Horse”
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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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 “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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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 “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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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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Writing Prompt “The Service”
Theme: This post is for stories related to the contest theme: “The Service”. Story Requirements: could be military service, could
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Writing Prompt “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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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 “Chance Encounter”
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 “Forgotten Deity”
The LinkedIn Comment Thread can be found here.
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Writing Prompt “Invasion”
The LinkedIn Comment Thread can be found here.
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