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Across Time and Space with Laurie Chittenden
24 contest entries /
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Closes at 23:59 - Aug 29 EST
Write an open-ended story in which your character’s fate is uncertain.
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90 stories
Start your story with the lines: “The room is unfamiliar. I don’t know how I got here.”
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106 stories
Set your story in a place where the weather never changes.
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44 stories
Start or end your story with a breeze brushing against someone’s skin.
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69 stories
Start or end your story with someone being soothed by a hug or words of comfort.
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46 stories
Set your story in a café, garden, or restaurant.
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65 stories
Start or end your story with a character making a cup of tea for themself or someone else.
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180 stories
Write a story about a cherished heirloom that has journeyed through multiple generations.
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47 stories
Write a story about someone who must fit their entire life in a single suitcase.
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110 stories
Write a story in which someone time-travels 25 years or more into the past.
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72 stories
Write a story from the POV of a now-defunct piece of technology.
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80 stories
Center your story around an unexpected guest who changes a traditional get-together.
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38 stories
Center your story around a character spending their first holiday alone.
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65 stories
Write a story about someone’s first Christmas after a major life change.
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52 stories
Write a story about two characters who surprisingly end up spending a holiday or event together.
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50 stories
Write a story that starts and ends in the same place.
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74 stories
Write a story set in a world of darkness where light is suddenly discovered.
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40 stories
Write a story where a character relives the same event over and over again.
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31 stories
