#224: Night Owls and Early Birds
I’ve never been much of a night owl. I can stay up late, but always live to regret it the next day, and you’re unlikely to ever find me burning the midnight oil. Instead, if there’s something urgent to attend to, I’d rather do it in the quiet calm of a pre-dawn morning.
It’s interesting how, as a species, our preferences vary so wildly in this regard. Some of us are up and moving before the rest of the world has even rubbed the sleep from their eyes, while some of us rarely are awake during daylight hours. Two people’s waking windows may only overlap at dawn and dusk, before going their separate ways. This week’s prompts are a celebration of the night owls, the early birds, and anything in between.
This week's prompts
Start your story with someone saying “I can’t sleep.”
Dramatic
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87 stories
Write a story about someone pulling an all nighter.
Fiction
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35 stories
Stories
“Live at the Five Spot” by Marty B
Submitted to Contest #224
“Crepuscular” by Louise Rock-West
Submitted to Contest #224
“Passing Ships in Parallel Lives” by Sarah Martyn
Submitted to Contest #224
“Soon” by Eric St. Pierre
Submitted to Contest #224
“The New New World” by Josephine Harris
Submitted to Contest #224
“Covert Exploration” by JR Lane
Submitted to Contest #224
“Whose Girl?” by Kaitlyn Wadsworth
Submitted to Contest #224
“The Humming Cicada” by Jorge Soto
Submitted to Contest #224
“Freddy the Frog” by Janet Severn
Submitted to Contest #224
“Clara and Joshua” by Kate Hughes
Submitted to Contest #224
“George Hides from a Shark” by Story Time
Submitted to Contest #224
“The Masked Trumpeter” by Siegfried Pueblitz
⭐️ Shortlisted for Contest #224
The Masked Trumpeter A cloudless night like this Can set the spirit soar...
“Dreams & Nightmares” by Jack Keenan
Submitted to Contest #224
“Our boy” by Becca Jane
Submitted to Contest #224
“Our Son” by Andrew Gibbons
Submitted to Contest #224
$250
Prize money
285
Contest entries
136
Stories
Ended on 23:59 - Nov 17, 2023 EST
Won by Mallory Jones 🏆
Title: Goldfish
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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