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

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Write a story that includes someone saying, “You can’t run forever.”

– 64 stories

Write about a character who suddenly cannot run anymore.

– 42 stories

Make a race an important element of your story.

– 43 stories

Write a story in which a character is running away from something, literally or metaphorically.

– 117 stories

Start your story with one or two characters going for a run.

– 35 stories

Set your story in a place that’s frozen in time — literally or metaphorically.

– 51 stories

Start or end your story with someone saying, “We have all the time in the world.”

– 67 stories

Write about someone taking advantage of some unexpected free time.

– 30 stories

Write a story about someone who wishes they could turn back time.

– 67 stories

Write a story about someone whose time is running out.

– 109 stories

Set your story during a month of drought — whether literal, or metaphorical.

– 35 stories

Set your story in a bar that doesn’t serve alcohol.

– 61 stories

Write a story in the form of diary entries, written by someone who has set themselves a month-long challenge.

– 49 stories

Your character, having abstained from their worst vice (big or small), finds new clarity.

– 48 stories

Write a story about a character participating in Dry January.

– 33 stories

Write a story about someone looking for a sign in a dark sky.

– 52 stories

Write a story about someone who has been tasked to keep a flame burning, surrounded by total darkness.

– 83 stories

Write a story about someone witnessing — or trying to witness — a celestial phenomenon.

– 38 stories

Write a story set in a world with a dying sun, or where light is a scarce resource.

– 61 stories

Set your story during polar night.

– 34 stories

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