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Something Wicked This Way Comes
111 contest entries /
57 stories
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Write about someone seeking an oasis in a desert — whether literally, or figuratively.
Dramatic
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37 stories
Set your story during a drought.
Thriller and Suspense
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72 stories
Start your story with a character accepting a bribe.
Adults
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48 stories
Write a story that includes someone saying, “It’s not fair.”
Middle School
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72 stories
Write a story about a character who is trying to become a better person.
Middle School
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42 stories
Write a story where the law plays an important role.
High School
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24 stories
Write about a character with questionable morals.
Dark
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41 stories
Start your story with a couple sharing a cigarette in a parking lot.
Adults
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66 stories
Write about somebody looking for love on a reality TV show.
Romance
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18 stories
Write about a character who discovers the grass isn't actually greener on the other side.
Middle School
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44 stories
Write about someone deliberately trying to make somebody else envious.
Dark
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25 stories
Write a story about a pathological liar.
Dark
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38 stories
Start your story with a character or a narrator saying, “Don’t you remember?”
Middle School
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59 stories
Write about false news coverage of an important event.
Nonfiction
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17 stories
