#245: Heavenly Bodies
On Monday, a total solar eclipse will pass directly over North America. Dubbed a "Great American Eclipse", huge areas of the continent will be plunged into darkness for four minutes. Miss it, and you'll have to wait another 20 years to see the next one.
Just like the millions of people who will watch on Monday, we've been looking up at the sky and asking questions about what we see since time immemorial. We've explained the movements of celestial bodies through myth, science, and ritual, and shaped our lives around them. This contest's prompts are inspired by this week's astronomical event, and the way objects trillions of miles away can impact us here on Earth.
This week's prompts
Set your story during a total eclipse — either natural, or man-made.
Fiction
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72 stories
Write a story in which a character navigates using the stars.
Adventure
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24 stories
Stories
“Silence” by Fern Everton
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“The Lost Tales of Anerudo: A Rogue Moon” by Shelby Noyes
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“Hypellaen” by Linda Boden
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“The Weekly Eclipse” by Caroline Sugar
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“The Dark Sister” by Michael Robinson
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“Power Play” by John Markestad
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“The tomb of the eclipsed” by Gavin Clifton
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“Shadow” by Jonathan Todd
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“Evil under the Moon” by Paul Simpkin
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“Bittersweet” by Amanda Stogsdill
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“Pillars of Creation” by Liam Cochran
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“Always Nothing and Always Darkness” by Hailey Chan
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“The Day Ununit Blinded Her Sister” by Eloise Luxart
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“The Virgin and the Scales” by William Derby
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“Lack of Soul to Lack of Light” by Emily Venglar
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$250
Prize money
223
Contest entries
89
Stories
Ended on 23:59 - Apr 12, 2024 EST
Won by Olivier Breuleux 🏆
Title: Everything is Connected
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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