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Writing Prompts

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 someone making a vision board.

– 17 stories

Write a story about an unconventional holiday tradition.

– 50 stories

Write about a cynical character realizing they do have something to celebrate after all.

– 47 stories

Set your story at a work holiday party,

– 35 stories

Write a story that takes place over the eight nights of Hannukah.

– 5 stories

Write a story about a family (biological or found) coming together for Christmas.

– 44 stories

Write a story about a character who struggles to translate their thoughts and feelings into words and action.

– 51 stories

Lost in a foreign city where they don’t speak the language, your character uses a translation app to get around, but constantly runs into problems.

– 9 stories

Write about someone who is slowly forgetting their mother tongue or losing their language.

– 22 stories

Set your story in a meeting where a professional interpreter takes some liberties, with major consequences.

– 11 stories

Write a story about two or more characters who don't speak each other's language (literally or metaphorically), but still find a way to communicate.

– 54 stories

Set your story in a magical bookshop.

– 45 stories

Write a story told from the point of view of an animal.

– 48 stories

Cast a magician (a real one, or a party entertainer) as your story’s protagonist.

– 24 stories

Start your story with someone witnessing magic from a hiding place.

– 50 stories

Write a story involving a magical potion — which may or may not work.

– 58 stories

Write a story that includes someone saying, “Thank you for that.”

– 46 stories

Write about a professional who is called back to serve their community after retirement.

– 16 stories

Write about a character who discovers something while raking leaves in their neighborhood.

– 39 stories

Write a story about someone who volunteers to read for others at the local library, and how it impacts their community.

– 22 stories

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