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 “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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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 “Superstition”
A 1 week Halloween prompt revolving around the end result of a superstition that’s come true.
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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 “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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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 “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 “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 “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 “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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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 “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 “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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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 “Impulse Buy”
Theme: Impulse Buy An impulse buy leads to a life changing event. Word Count: 1,200
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Writing Prompt “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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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 Trunk”
Theme: First Line Prompt. Your story must begin with the following 27 words: She lifted the hood of the trunk, bracing
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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 “But You Promised”
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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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 “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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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.
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 “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 “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 “It’s been a long time since I drank champagne…””
The LinkedIn Comment Thread can be found here.
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Writing Prompt “Discovery”
The LinkedIn Comment Thread can be found here. This post is for STORIES related to the theme “Discovery – of
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Writing Prompt “Fear”
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 “Unwanted Gifts”
The LinkedIn Comment Thread can be found here.
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Writing Prompt “Desert”
The LinkedIn Comment Thread can be found here.
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Writing Prompt First Line Contest: “It Was The Most Beautiful…”
The LinkedIn Comment Thread can be found here.
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Writing Prompt “Valentine’s Day Love Advice”
The LinkedIn Comment Thread can be found here.
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Writing Prompt “Could it have ended any better?”
The LinkedIn Comment Thread can be found here.
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