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This week's contest:
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Journeys from Home
77 contest entries /
68 stories
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Write a story about activism.
Nonfiction
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45 stories
Write a story about solidarity.
Nonfiction
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53 stories
Write a story that starts by establishing its setting in a different time period — without explicitly stating what that period is.
Historical Fiction
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114 stories
Write a story that starts with a character-revealing something unusual about themselves.
Character
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142 stories
Write a story that starts with someone returning from a trip.
Character
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111 stories
Write a story that starts with a life-changing event.
Novel
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174 stories
Write a story that starts with two characters saying goodbye.
Character
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248 stories
Write a story about an unlikely friendship.
Kids
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113 stories
Write a story about someone who discovers a mysterious object in their home.
Kids
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118 stories
Write a story about transformation.
Nonfiction
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172 stories
Write a story that ends by circling back to the beginning.
Short Story
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214 stories
Write a story that ends with a character asking a question.
Narrative
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260 stories
Write a story that ends in the past.
Teens
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68 stories
Write a story that ends with the narrator revealing a secret.
Mystery
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161 stories
Write about an animal who causes a huge problem.
Middle School
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99 stories
Write about an animal who goes on a journey.
Kids
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69 stories
