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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!

75 contest entries /
35 stories

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Closes at 23:59 - Feb 27 EST

Set your story on (or in) a winding river.

– 122 stories

Set your story within a window of opportunity, when a character finally has the chance to do something.

– 143 stories

Write about someone finally making their own choices.

– 202 stories

Write a story in which a character justifies an argument with: “Because I said so.”

– 96 stories

End your story with someone finally conceding to another’s point of view.

– 96 stories

Start your story with someone accepting a dare.

– 183 stories

Write a story about someone sticking to a course of action even when it’s clearly wrong.

– 180 stories

Write about a reluctant party-goer who ends up being the star of the show.

– 105 stories

Write about a character stumbling upon a library book that changes the course of their life, for better or worse.

– 205 stories

Write about a character who meticulously catalogs everything in their life, until something disrupts their system.

– 59 stories

Start your story with a stern librarian scolding two characters for making noise in the library.

– 113 stories

Write a story in which an endangered species (of plant or animal) plays a central role.

– 93 stories

Write a story where one person is trying to say goodbye but keeps getting interrupted.

– 152 stories

Start your story with a character taking a leap of faith.

– 151 stories

Write about someone who’s spent a whole year planning a big prank, and now they’re finally ready to pull it off.

– 75 stories

Set your story in a major city that your character has a love-hate relationship with.

– 150 stories

Write a story in the form of a top-ten list.

– 113 stories

Write about a young nobleman whose greatest wish is to become an Olympic long jumper.

– 20 stories

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

– 402 stories

Write about a person who collects superhero comics.

– 88 stories

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