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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 about a character making fall decorations out of construction paper.

– 45 stories

Start your story with the line, “By the time I stepped outside, the leaves were on fire.” (Whether this is a literal fire is up to you.)

– 323 stories

Set your story in a coffee shop that’s just introduced a new line of autumnal drinks.

– 158 stories

Write about a character putting something into a time capsule.

– 139 stories

Write about a character preparing to go into stasis for decades (or centuries).

– 108 stories

Write about two characters on the verge of a life-changing event, but one has rigged the outcome.

– 90 stories

Write about a character who’s had their future foretold from birth — but isn’t sure if they believe it.

– 152 stories

Write about a character who can suddenly only “remember” their future, not their past.

– 129 stories

Write about a character who’s obsessed with an era they never lived through.

– 99 stories

Write about a character discovering something new about their past that changes how they remember an important moment.

– 138 stories

Write about a character who smells something familiar and is instantly taken back to the first moment they smelled it.

– 217 stories

Write about a character who goes to — or purposefully avoids — their high school reunion.

– 139 stories

Write about a character passing down their favorite childhood toy to a new generation.

– 122 stories

Write a post-apocalyptic romance.

– 196 stories

Write a post-apocalyptic thriller.

– 143 stories

Write a post-apocalyptic story triggered by climate change.

– 134 stories

Write a post-apocalyptic story that features zombies.

– 176 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

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