#191: Sakura
Spring is finally here! In Japan, the season is famously marked by the mass blooming of cherry blossoms, also known as sakura, an event so beautiful it attracts tourists from all over the world. Due to its impressive yet short-lived blooming, the flower symbolizes the fascinatingly transient nature of life — but it’s also associated with a message of renewal, and hope for the future.
To celebrate the new season, this week’s prompts are inspired by cherry blossoms and the feelings they evoke year after year 一 we hope they’ll bloom into great stories!
This week's prompts
Start your story with your character(s) going to buy some flowers.
Spring
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78 stories
Write about a character who is starting to open up to life again.
Character
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68 stories
Write a story about a character who’s late to witness a special event.
Funny
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25 stories
Make Japan (or Japanese culture) an element of your story.
Narrative
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37 stories
Write a story that includes someone saying, “I feel alive.”
Dialogue
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68 stories
Stories
“The Ballad of Keryll and Krystan” by Anita M Shaw
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“Smoke and Lukewarm Coffee” by Marco Blasco
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“It's Okay” by Fhionna Mac
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“With the Mother” by Alex Blackburn
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“ The killing of 1988 An Unsolved Murder Horror Story” by Mary Martin
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“The Coroner” by Christine Bialczak
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“Sweet Criminal of Mine” by Hala El Solh
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“Carmen” by Riley Willsey
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“On my way to get Cherry Blossoms ” by Tweety Promo
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“SOMEONE ENTERED A FLOWER SHOP” by Carole Wilbur
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“Kyoto's Light” by Latoya Edwards
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“Calla Flowers” by Nancy Hibbert
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“Essential Oil of Rose” by Shim H
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“We Walk Left Of What Is Holy” by Jessica Bailey
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“Memories with Death” by Sophie Greenhalgh
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$250
Prize money
276
Contest entries
170
Stories
Ended on 23:59 - Mar 31, 2023 EST
Won by Pari Ghodsi 🏆
Title: Lilies
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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