#257 Shakespeare
He's the writer who requires no introduction. Probably the world's most famous playwright and poet, Shakespeare's tragedies, comedies, and sonnets have been studied and performed for the last 400 years. You'll be hard pressed to find someone who wasn't forced to read 'Sonnet 18' in English class, or to appear in a regrettable high school production of Romeo and Juliet. But he's a mainstay of our literary education for a reason. His writing is ubiquitous and seminal, and there's really no overstating the influence Shakespeare has had on art, literature, and even our day-to-day speech.
It's almost unbelievable that, in the hundreds of short story contests we've hosted, we've never dedicated one to the Bard himself — and so, this week is the week...
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This week's prompts
Write your story in the form of a script, complete with stage directions.
Narrative
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33 stories
Write a story in which a case of mistaken identity plays a pivotal role.
Funny
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22 stories
Write a story about a tragic hero.
Dramatic
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56 stories
Set your story during rehearsals for a production of a Shakespeare play.
High School
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29 stories
Stories
The Silicon Throne: A Modern Retelling of Hamlet
Submitted to Contest #257