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This week's contest:
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The Five Stages
59 contest entries /
39 stories
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Closes at 23:59 - Jun 21 EST
Write about a character, animal or human, who is reborn as something totally different.
High School
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42 stories
Start your story with “Today’s the day I change.”
Teens
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54 stories
Write about someone whose busiest night of the year is Halloween.
Halloween
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26 stories
Set your story at the boundary between two realms.
Halloween
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72 stories
Write about a missing person nobody seems to know or remember.
Thriller and Suspense
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49 stories
Start your story with the words “Everything was ready for the ritual.”
Horror
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50 stories
Write a story that centers around a parking permit.
Fluff
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11 stories
Start your story with someone being forbidden from doing something.
Dark
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44 stories
Write about a character breaking a rule, but for good reason.
Teens
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39 stories
Write a story where a device goes haywire.
Science Fiction
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29 stories
Write about a character who feels like they're cut off from something.
Angst
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55 stories
Set your story in a town disconnected from the rest of the world.
Dystopian
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36 stories
One moment your character is talking on the phone with a friend, and the next, the connection is lost. Write a story about what follows.
Thriller and Suspense
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42 stories
Set your story at a talent show.
Christmas
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7 stories
Write a story that involves sabotage.
Dark
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19 stories
Write about someone grappling with an insecurity.
Narrative
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38 stories
