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Best Middle School 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!

78 contest entries /
35 stories

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Closes at 23:59 - Feb 27 EST

Start your story with someone being given a book recommendation.

– 33 stories

Write a story about someone struggling to swallow some harsh (but fair) constructive criticism.

– 25 stories

Format your story in the style of diary entries.

– 52 stories

Start your story with someone having their height marked on a door frame.

– 36 stories

Write a story that involves a character donating a box of clothes which have been outgrown.

– 49 stories

Write about a character who gets called an Einstein ironically.

– 18 stories

Set your story on a baseball field.

– 39 stories

Start your story with someone stepping outside their comfort zone.

– 58 stories

Set your story in a confectionery shop.

– 39 stories

Write about someone going on a search for a specific type (or brand) of chocolate.

– 24 stories

Write a story about a character practising a speech in front of the mirror. What are they preparing for?

– 38 stories

Write about two characters’ different perspectives of the same past event.

– 36 stories

Write a story inspired by a piece of music (without using any lyrics).

– 39 stories

Write your story from the perspective of an outsider watching something or someone change.

– 45 stories

Write about a clique that dominates your story’s social scene.

– 17 stories

Write a story where something magical happens when it starts to rain.

– 53 stories

Write about a group of friends who hope to use their combined skills to better the world.

– 16 stories

A mundane ability suddenly becomes a superpower. Write about someone or something affected by this.

– 26 stories

Start your story with a character saying, “Are you coming tonight?”

– 237 stories

Start or end your story with two characters sitting down for a meal.

– 262 stories

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