#120: Nostalgia
Do you ever get a warm, fuzzy feeling when eating a favorite childhood meal or meeting up with an old friend? On the other hand, maybe you’ve revisited something you were nostalgic for, only to find it wasn’t quite what you remembered. Or perhaps you’ve found yourself longing for a time before you were even born...
This week’s prompts encourage you to write around the bittersweet feeling of nostalgia, and imagine the different ways your characters might confront memories from the past.
This week's prompts
Write about a character who yearns for something they lost, or never had.
Angst
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111 stories
Start your story with the line ‘Back in my day…’
Adults
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28 stories
Write about two characters’ different perspectives of the same past event.
Middle School
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36 stories
Start your story with a character looking through an old family photo album.
Fluff
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44 stories
Stories
“We Have to Move” by David Ader
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“Escape from the Yukon” by John Minnaar
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“Rose-Colored Memory” by Debra Birdwell Winkler
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“My First Fish” by Janis Van Meter
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“My twinflame bruise” by Valentina Nigrinis
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“Learning to Swim” by Todd Crickmer
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“Center of the Universe” by Gerald Lanning
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“Overdue Beginning” by Mariah Heller
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“In the Darkness, the Light of Freedom” by Robin G. White
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“Mother and Her Lilies” by Mela Rzepka
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“The Photograph” by Carolina Garcia
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“My Dear Papa” by Sean Sorce
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“R.T.G.” by Dale Newman
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“Different Dimensions” by Linda Steven
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$250
Prize money
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Contest entries
164
Stories
Ended on 23:59 - Nov 19, 2021 EST
Won by Rebecca Loften 🏆
Title: Meditation
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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