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This week's contest:
Win $250
Something Wicked This Way Comes
144 contest entries /
69 stories
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Closes at 23:59 - Nov 22 EST
Start your story with the line ‘Back in my day…’
Adults
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28 stories
Write about a character who yearns for something they lost, or never had.
Angst
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111 stories
Set your story in a silent house by the sea.
Dystopian
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61 stories
Write a story that involves eavesdropping.
Fluff
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34 stories
Write a story inspired by a piece of music (without using any lyrics).
Middle School
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39 stories
Start your story with a character saying “Listen, …”
Valentine's Day
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57 stories
Start your story with an unusual sound being heard.
Horror
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41 stories
Set your story during a sudden change of season.
Fall
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26 stories
Write your story from the perspective of an outsider watching something or someone change.
Middle School
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45 stories
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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70 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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49 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
