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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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Write a story that begins with someone's popsicle melting.

– 256 stories

Write about a few people spending a long-overdue weekend away at a cottage.

– 122 stories

You are the only one in the supermarket during a blizzard. Feeling creeped out, you decide to leave, when suddenly you find a baby abandoned on the floor.

– 197 stories

"Come with us,” two burly men in gray suits say, grabbing you by the arm and handcuffing you. “You know what you did.” But you have no idea.

– 110 stories

You thought he was dead, but there he is, right in front of you on the street, smiling at you.

– 410 stories

Every year, one person is sent to the moon. This year, though you hid in terror, it is your turn to enter the rocket.

– 124 stories

Twenty minutes before you are about to get married, you find your mother and your fiancé kissing passionately.

– 112 stories

Write a story about someone who's haunted by their past.

– 252 stories

Write about someone who returns as an adult to a place they last visited as a child.

– 235 stories

Write a story that involves a mystery — it doesn't need to be crime-related, it should just include something that remains unexplained until the end.

– 203 stories

Write about someone who has a superpower.

– 146 stories

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

– 402 stories

Write a story about a summer afternoon spent in a treehouse.

– 303 stories

Write a story told entirely through one chase scene.

– 141 stories

Write a story about a person experiencing pre-performance jitters.

– 162 stories

Write a story about an argument that seems to be about one thing, but is actually about another.

– 121 stories

Write a story about a proposal.

– 210 stories

Write a story about two strangers chatting while waiting for something.

– 196 stories

Write a story about a relationship where one person is always running late and the other is constantly kept waiting.

– 107 stories

Write a story about waiting — but don't reveal what's being waited for until the very end.

– 323 stories

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