#118: Metamorphosis
Whichever way you look at it, fall is a season of change. The trees are changing color, the waking hours are getting shorter, and the days are growing colder. It also happens to be Halloween, meaning we might need to gear up for some spooktacular supernatural transformations too… if you believe in that sort of thing!
Whether your characters are enjoying the crunch of fallen leaves, or undergoing a creepy metamorphosis of their own, we hope this week’s prompts help you get the best out of fall this year.
🥇 Winner
“beneath the quaking aspen” by Myia Melendy
🏆 Winner of Contest #118
⭐️ Shortlisted
“Wink” by Raymond Warters
⭐️ Shortlisted for Contest #118
“The Bonfire” by Bethany Garner
⭐️ Shortlisted for Contest #118
This week's prompts
Start your story with “Today’s the day I change.”
Teens – 54 stories
Write about a character, animal or human, who is reborn as something totally different.
High School – 42 stories
Write your story from the perspective of an outsider watching something or someone change.
Middle School – 45 stories
Set your story during a sudden change of season.
Fall – 27 stories
Stories
“beneath the quaking aspen” by Myia Melendy
🏆 Winner of Contest #118
“Middknight's Cavalry” by Alex Sultan
Submitted to Contest #118
“Where You and I Meet” by Beth Jackson
Submitted to Contest #118
“Maybe Someday” by Tommie Michele
Submitted to Contest #118
“Wink” by Raymond Warters
⭐️ Shortlisted for Contest #118
“The Forest” by Renda Hanson
Submitted to Contest #118
“Incurable Vanishing” by S. Thomson
Submitted to Contest #118
“Circle of Life” by Diya Dhir
Submitted to Contest #118
“The Hawk” by Ramona Scarborough
Submitted to Contest #118
“Metamorphosis of a Former Beauty Queen” by Peggy Gerber
Submitted to Contest #118
“Maxim and the Ring” by O.R. Corporon
Submitted to Contest #118
“The Bonfire” by Bethany Garner
⭐️ Shortlisted for Contest #118
“Falling Leaves of Autumn” by Danny G
Submitted to Contest #118
“Morning” by Michael Heavener
Submitted to Contest #118
“Autobiology” by Kendall Defoe
Submitted to Contest #118
$250
Prize money
206
Contest entries
140
Stories
Ended on 23:59 - Nov 05, 2021 EST
Won by Myia Melendy 🏆
Title: beneath the quaking aspen
Submissions must be between 1,000 - 3,000 words and will be approved and published on Reedsy Prompts within 7 days of the contest closing.
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