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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 post-apocalyptic story triggered by climate change.

– 134 stories

Write a post-apocalyptic story that features zombies.

– 177 stories

Write a funny post-apocalyptic story.

– 110 stories

Set your story in a small town where everyone is suspicious of newcomers.

– 135 stories

Write a story that feels lonely, despite being set in a packed city.

– 230 stories

Set your story in a place with extreme weather, but don’t use any weather-related words to describe it.

– 68 stories

Write about a character arriving in a place unlike anywhere they’ve ever been.

– 198 stories

Write about a couple who have just moved to a place that one person loves, and the other hates.

– 135 stories

Write about a family who decides to camp out in the back yard during a power outage.

– 111 stories

Write a story about someone feeling powerless.

– 283 stories

Write about a character who’s stuck in an elevator when the power goes out.

– 251 stories

Write a story where the power goes out on a spaceship or submarine.

– 86 stories

Write about someone who purposefully causes a power outage.

– 145 stories

Write a story that starts with someone writing their will — one they know people won’t like.

– 183 stories

Write a story about someone who travels to the future, and isn’t happy about how they’ve been remembered.

– 131 stories

Write a story about someone breaking a long family tradition.

– 170 stories

Write a story about someone who’s famous for something they never actually did.

– 119 stories

Write a humorous story about the descendant of someone remembered for an insignificant act.

– 71 stories

Write a story about an established group of people welcoming (or not welcoming) a new face into their midst.

– 126 stories

Write a story about two people meeting during unusual circumstances and becoming fast friends.

– 225 stories

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