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Best Teens Writing Prompts

Join (probably?) the world's largest writing contest. Flex those creative muscles with weekly writing prompts.

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This week's contest:
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Once Upon a Place with Sarah Jaffe

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Write about someone who always comes to the aid of others.

Teens – 108 stories

Write a story that ends in the past.

Teens – 68 stories

Write a story that begins and ends with someone looking up at the stars.

Teens – 387 stories

Write a story about someone posting a video on social media that goes viral.

Teens – 54 stories

Write a story about a character making a big change.

Teens – 65 stories

Write a story about two best friends.

Teens – 73 stories

Write a story about a character experiencing independence for the first time.

Teens – 59 stories

Write about the moment a child (of any age) first comes to view a parent as a three-dimensional human being, and not just a parental figure.

Teens – 23 stories

Your Pinterest fail didn't only look nothing like the picture, you were pretty sure you just heard it talk.

Teens

A "good witch" and a "bad witch" meet for lunch. What do they talk about?

Teens

Write a story that blurs the line between the protagonist's reality and their dreams.

Teens

Write a story about someone at a shopping mall. Use only their stream of consciousness to tell the story.

Teens

Write a story about a mundane day. Use only your prose to make it exciting.

Teens

Write a story with a Character versus Technology conflict. Think of Humanity vs. robots in I, Robot.

Teens

Write a story with a Character versus Supernatural conflict. Think of Humanity vs. ghosts in Ghostbusters.

Teens

Write a story with a Character versus Society conflict. Think of Katniss Everdeen vs. The Capitol in The Hunger Games.

Teens

Write a story with a Character versus Nature conflict. Think of Mark vs. Mars in The Martian.

Teens

Write a story with a Character versus Character conflict. Think of Elizabeth Bennet vs. Mr. Darcy in Pride and Prejudice.

Teens

Write a story about an isolated village that has had no contact with the outside world and the inhabitants' response to an unexpected arrival.

Teens

Write a story about a writer writing a story, and the strange events that unfold when there's a knock at the door that interrupts them at the end of the first paragraph.

Teens

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