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109 contest entries /
59 stories
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Write a story about someone pulling an all nighter.
Fiction
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35 stories
Start your story with someone saying “I can’t sleep.”
Dramatic
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87 stories
Write about a student reporter uncovering a university scandal.
Mystery
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22 stories
Write a story in which a jaded academic makes an unexpected, rash decision.
Angst
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41 stories
Write about two rival academics pursuing the same grant.
Character
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14 stories
Start your story with a student discovering a hidden room in a university library.
Mystery
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77 stories
Write a story that includes someone saying, “You’ve got this.”
Dialogue
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53 stories
Write a story about a character who finds guidance in an unlikely place.
Dramatic
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81 stories
Write about a mentor whose methods are controversial.
Character
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22 stories
Write about a character who has a love/hate relationship with their mentor.
Character
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36 stories
Start your story with a student on their first day of apprenticeship.
Teens
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18 stories
Set your story in a world where contacting the dead is as easy as making a phone call.
Halloween
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35 stories
Write a story where ghosts and the living coexist.
Halloween
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69 stories
Write a story about someone trying to raise the dead.
Halloween
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49 stories
Write a story about someone who is haunted. Whether by a ghost or something else is up to you.
Halloween
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137 stories
Write a story from a ghost’s point of view.
Halloween
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133 stories
