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Best Adventure Writing Prompts

Join our ongoing contests and win up to $1,500. Flex those creative muscles with these writing prompts.

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This week's contest:
Win $250

Tension, Twists, and Turns with WOW!

98 contest entries /
48 stories

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You confront the monster you’ve spent many long years hunting. Except they’re not exactly what you thought they’d be…

– 43 stories

Write a story about someone going on a life-changing journey.

– 56 stories

Write a story about someone undertaking a long, dangerous journey.

– 39 stories

Set your story in a desert town.

– 51 stories

Write about someone finding a treasure in an unexpected place.

– 50 stories

Set your story in New York, where someone’s been waiting for your character.

– 38 stories

Start your story with a character being led somewhere by a stray cat.

– 107 stories

Write about a character who’s climbing a mountain, whether internal, external, or both.

– 58 stories

Write a story that hinges on the outcome of a coin flip.

– 67 stories

Lost in a foreign city where they don’t speak the language, your character uses a translation app to get around, but constantly runs into problems.

– 9 stories

Cast a magician (a real one, or a party entertainer) as your story’s protagonist.

– 24 stories

Coming up with a gift idea was the easy part — getting your hands on it is another thing entirely.

– 21 stories

Your character is about to embark on the journey of a lifetime. The story takes place during a long-haul flight, with an open return-date. What happens?

– 10 stories

Write a story where someone decides to take the long way home.

– 36 stories

Start your story with somebody taking a photo.

– 73 stories

Write about a trip to see a natural sight that’s usually only ever seen in photos.

– 9 stories

Write about a hero or a villain deathly afraid of doing their job.

– 37 stories

Write about a skier who accidentally strays off-piste.

– 30 stories

Begin your story with a character crashing into something (or someone) while skiing.

– 29 stories

Start your story with the line, “You wanna do something fun?”

– 41 stories

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