WEEKLY WRITING PROMPTS
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This week's contest:
Win $250
Something Wicked This Way Comes
129 contest entries /
60 stories
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Write a story about a wedding photographer.
Valentine's Day
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31 stories
Start your story with somebody taking a photo.
Adventure
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75 stories
Write a story involving a friendship between two different species.
Vampire
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44 stories
Write about a trip to see a natural sight that’s usually only ever seen in photos.
Adventure
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9 stories
Start or end your story with a person buying a house plant.
Fluff
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63 stories
Write about a character who loves cloud gazing.
Fluff
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55 stories
Set your story in the woods or on a campground.
Summer
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82 stories
Write about somebody who likes to work in silence.
Dialogue
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25 stories
Write a story that includes one character reading aloud to another.
Dialogue
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30 stories
Write about a character on the hunt to solve a mystery who uses their local library (or librarian) as a source of information.
Thriller and Suspense
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25 stories
Start your story with someone being given a book recommendation.
Middle School
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33 stories
Write about a character named after one of our contest’s judges.
Fiction
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12 stories
Set your story in the lowest rated restaurant in town.
Fluff
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52 stories
Write a story about someone struggling to swallow some harsh (but fair) constructive criticism.
Middle School
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26 stories
Start your story with someone receiving a one-star review.
Dark
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52 stories
Write about someone who critiques things for a living, or acts like they do.
Character
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35 stories
Write a story inspired by a memory of yours.
Nonfiction
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90 stories
Write a story that involves a flashback.
Fiction
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71 stories
End your story with total oblivion.
Horror
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24 stories
