BEST SCIENCE FICTION WRITING PROMPTS
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This week's contest:
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38 stories
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Write about a character whose dreams are portals to other worlds.
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55 stories
Write a story about a team tunneling down into the centre of a planet.
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7 stories
Set your story in a world living with the consequences of a climate apocalypse.
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135 stories
Write about an android just trying to blend in with their human companions.
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224 stories
Your character has just realized the app they’ve been developing has become self-aware. How do they react?
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74 stories
Write a space adventure story that features a visit to an alien marketplace.
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125 stories
Write about a character putting something into a time capsule.
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143 stories
Write about a character preparing to go into stasis for decades (or centuries).
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108 stories
Write a post-apocalyptic story that features zombies.
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179 stories
Write a story about someone who travels to the future, and isn’t happy about how they’ve been remembered.
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131 stories
Every year, one person is sent to the moon. This year, though you hid in terror, it is your turn to enter the rocket.
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125 stories
Two people who thought they were the last people left on Earth end up meeting by chance.
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Your fingers tensed around the object in your pocket, ready to pull it out at a moment's notice.
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44 stories
Write a story about an adventure in space.
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28 stories
Write a story about a road trip taking place 300 years from now.
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18 stories