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…
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: A Christmas Conundrum Word Count: 1,200 It’s Christmas Eve. Somehow two enemies end up lovers by Christmas morning. The…
Theme: Last Line Contest Requirements: Your story must end with the line, “As night became day, he started to understand…
A 1 week Halloween prompt revolving around the end result of a superstition that’s come true.
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…
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: Beneath the Sea The sentence: “Oh darling, you should never trust a {insert humanoid water creature mermaid/water sprite/rusalki/water nymph/Poseidon…
Theme: Chaos Requirement: No Requirements Word Count: 1,200
Theme: Something Wicked This Way Comes Many writers draw their inspiration from art or images. There are so many different…
Theme: A plan gone horribly wrong. Requirement: Story should include a Top Hat and an Astrological Sign. Word Count: 1,200
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.
Theme: Line Inclusion. The line “what’s wrong with you people?” must appear somewhere in the story itself. Word Count: 1,200
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…
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.
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…
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: Impulse Buy An impulse buy leads to a life changing event. Word Count: 1,200
Theme: 1st line contest The story must start with: “It was a dark, stormy night.” These words will NOT count towards…
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: First Line Prompt. Your story must begin with the following 27 words: She lifted the hood of the trunk, bracing…
Theme: Return (any meaning) Any genre or style, but has to have a happy/upbeat ending. Must use these four words directly: ‘suit,…
Theme: Wedding. Must contain- Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue. Word Count: 1,200
Theme: Travel You take a trip to any location you choose. Describe the scenery, the people, and the social system in…
1200 word bonus flash fiction contest “But you promised…”, a character has to break a promise they made years ago to a loved one.
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: “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…
A “just for fun” writing prompt to get your creativity going.
The prompt is “Train Station” and can be up to 2,000 words.
Theme: This post is for stories related to the contest theme: “The Service”. Story Requirements: could be military service, could…
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 Comment Thread can be found here.
The LinkedIn Comment Thread can be found here. This post is for STORIES related to the theme “Discovery – of…
(The LinkedIn discussion thread can be found here. This post is for stories only.) What childhood would be complete without…
The LinkedIn Comment Thread can be found here.
The LinkedIn Comment Thread can be found here.
The LinkedIn Comment Thread can be found here.