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Best Dystopian 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

Comic Relief

184 contest entries /
90 stories

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Closes at 23:59 - Apr 17 EST

Set your story in a town that’s teetering on the edge of something dark, literally or metaphorically.

– 50 stories

Your character, by chance or habit, peers through a telescope. They see something unusual — what is it?

– 52 stories

Set your story in a silent house by the sea.

– 61 stories

Set your story in a town disconnected from the rest of the world.

– 36 stories

Set your story in a roadside diner.

– 59 stories

Write about someone who’s lived on a tropical island their whole life and is leaving it for the very first time.

– 83 stories

Start your story with a major news event breaking — one that will change the world forever.

– 155 stories

Write a post-apocalyptic romance.

– 196 stories

Write a story about an abandoned town.

Write a story about a character who is certain the world is going to end today.

You spot a shooting star and making a wish. Only the star looks like it's getting bigger and bigger. Suddenly you realize it's actually falling straight to earth.

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