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Something Wicked This Way Comes
114 contest entries /
57 stories
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Write a story where a character is experiencing parallel realities.
Science Fiction
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65 stories
Write about two characters arguing over how a past event happened.
Sad
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34 stories
Set your story in a kids’ playground, or at a roundabout.
Kids
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44 stories
Write about a character who is pathologically ambivalent, until something shakes them up.
Narrative
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33 stories
Write a story that includes a character using the phrase “swings and roundabouts.”
Thanksgiving
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37 stories
Start your story with a character facing a situation that isn't awful, but isn't great.
Middle School
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34 stories
Write a story featuring an element of time-travel or anachronism.
Science Fiction
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68 stories
Write a story about someone who feels increasingly irrelevant.
Sad
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57 stories
Start your story with someone saying, “We’re running out of time.”
Middle School
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77 stories
Write about a character who settles disputes for a living (a judge, mediator, school counselor, etc).
Middle School
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36 stories
Write a story that includes the line “I can’t believe we’re arguing over this.”
High School
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60 stories
Write about a character trying to heal an old rift.
Sad
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43 stories
Write a story about a character learning to stand up for themselves.
Character
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48 stories
Write a story about someone whose job is to make miracles happen, literally or figuratively.
Middle School
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42 stories
Set your story in an oracle or a fortune teller’s parlor.
Fantasy
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66 stories
Write about a character whose life changes for the better.
Middle School
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47 stories
