Set your story at a global fashion event — or a carnival ball.

Posted in High School on Oct 25, 2022

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“Invitation To A Dream” by Melinda Madrigal

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"Miss Brianna Logan, you are cordially invited to this years annual Carnival Ball. The theme for the Ball is bright colors." I'm here in Rio for the first time to experience Carnival and I get invited to the most extravagant Carnival Ball. Am I reading this correctly. I'm invited to the hottest party in the entire world. I don't have the words to explain. Me Brianna Logan invited to the Carnival Ball. Wow, this is so cool. Now I just have to figure out what to wear. The theme for the ball is bright colors. I have to come up with the mo...

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“The Three Anns'” by Marty B

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“... walking down the runway, she unzipped and dropped her flowing black cape to expose her outfit, a vinyl, deep red asymmetrical top over a white long dress- she looked like a wet, used tampon!” The girls almost spit out their drinks laughing at Hannah's story of a runway look gone wrong. All three women were doing their best to ignore the celebrities and glamorous fashion elite at the NY Fashion Week event happening just on the other side of the velvet ropes at the restaurant. Not able to score a ticket, they were...

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“The Masquarade” by Ben Montalbano

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“I despise people,” I said.“Glad you’re here,” replied Charles, my favorite acquaintance. My gaze lifted from the town car floor to meet azurite eyes peering through a purple glitter mask. “You look ridiculous,” I told him. “And, the mask only covers a small portion of your freckles.”“You look great,” Charles responded.My mask was red with a feathered ring from my hairline, down around my temples, and to the tip of my nose. I had been convinced by Charles to accompany him to the Artists of Chicago Masquerade Ball. He wore his nicest tux...

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“An Evening of Fashion” by Carmen Ella

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The Fashion Club Hall of Fame was considering inviting new members into their elite high society fashion forum. Elite fashions from yesteryear were all in attendance. A simple white dress, was in attendance, scrawled with a message in red that could only be called TTR. The owners of the dresses "could not be found" to join this meeting; just the fashions and clothes, themselves. TTR was the first dress to arrive and sat at a shiny glass boardroom table. Also expected to arrive was a Pink Pantsuit that insists on be...

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“Pretty Stranger” by Erika Fisher

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Glitter shimmered across the ballroom, falling like sugar. The sprinkles of gold made the people glisten. The carnival ball had begun. Esmeralda had made it. Eighteen and free, this moment was a dream come true. While there was dancing inside, there was playing outside. All the rides were as grand as the chandeliers inside the ballroom. Esmeralda wanted so much to ride the carousel, to be able to careen along with the glossy figurines. Like the ones trapped inside her snow globes back home. Bubbles floated in the air like polka dots, deco...

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Set your story at a global fashion event — or a carnival ball.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 20 stories

“Invitation To A Dream” by Melinda Madrigal

“The Three Anns'” by Marty B

“The Masquarade” by Ben Montalbano

“An Evening of Fashion” by Carmen Ella

“Pretty Stranger” by Erika Fisher

🌟 Similar prompts

Write a story where a particular piece of clothing appears three times.

Write about a character who wakes up in someone else’s clothes — or utterly weird apparel they don’t recognize as their own.

Think of an item of clothing from your childhood, and write a story inspired by that.

Write about a character who decides to give themselves, or someone else, a fashion makeover.

Contest #145

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Contest entries

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