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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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Start your story with a character looking closely at something, or someone. They can't quite decide if what they're looking at is natural, or man-made.

– 51 stories

Set your story in a post office.

– 36 stories

A mysterious letter is delivered to your character's home. It's not addressed to them, but they can't resist peeking...

– 62 stories

Write a story about a pair of pen pals.

– 26 stories

Write an epistolary story set during a major historical event. The event may be the subject of the letters directly, or be referenced in the background.

– 30 stories

Write a story in the form of a letter, or multiple letters back and forth.

– 143 stories

End your story with two characters reconciling.

– 47 stories

Set or begin your story in a room lit by the flickering flames of the fireplace.

– 69 stories

Write a story involving a friendship with an adorable animal.

– 50 stories

Begin your story with a librarian searching for something.

– 70 stories

Write a story starring an octogenarian who’s more than meets the eye.

– 66 stories

Write a story that includes someone saying, “We’re not alone.”

– 86 stories

Make a mysterious message an important part of your story.

– 39 stories

Write a story about a character who is trying to share groundbreaking news, but isn’t being taken seriously.

– 29 stories

Write about a character who has to grapple with something completely alien to them.

– 44 stories

Set your story after aliens have officially arrived on Earth.

– 95 stories

Start your story with someone walking into a gas station.

– 50 stories

Write a story about someone getting lost, but discovering something they didn’t expect along the way.

– 34 stories

Write a story about someone going on a life-changing journey.

– 56 stories

Write about two strangers who are both heading to the same destination and agree to do a long distance drive together.

– 32 stories

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