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Best Christmas 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

Better in Color

96 contest entries /
58 stories

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Closes at 23:59 - May 01 EST

Write about a character who won’t (or can’t) shop for the holidays.

– 25 stories

Write about a character who’s stuck in a shopping mall.

– 27 stories

Write about someone giving or receiving a gift.

– 48 stories

Set your story at a talent show.

– 7 stories

Write about Christmas Day from Rudolph's perspective.

You hate Christmas and think Scrooge is the most misunderstood character of all time.

Every year around Christmas, Satan accidentally gets thousands of letters from children writing to Santa. This year, however, he gets a letter that makes him sit up and take notice.

It's the coldest Christmas Eve in history, and a poor family is out of coal for the furnace. The only child in the family has 24 hours to get on the naughty list.

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