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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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You looked out the window and, not for the first time, thought about how wrong the weather forecast had been.

– 146 stories

"Just say it," you silently reminded yourself. You knew you'd regret it if you didn't.

– 215 stories

As you check your mail, you notice a letter that makes you stop in your tracks.

– 211 stories

Write a story about someone who has just finished writing their first story/book.

– 131 stories

Write a story about someone returning to their craft after a long hiatus.

– 185 stories

Write a story about an author who has just published a book.

– 88 stories

Write a story that takes place in a writer's circle.

– 68 stories

Write a story about someone experiencing a lightbulb moment of writing inspiration.

– 139 stories

Write a story about change.

– 161 stories

Write a story about inaction.

– 106 stories

Write a story about community.

– 63 stories

Write a story about activism.

– 45 stories

Write a story about solidarity.

– 53 stories

Write a story that starts by establishing its setting in a different time period — without explicitly stating what that period is.

– 114 stories

Write a story that starts with a character-revealing something unusual about themselves.

– 141 stories

Write a story that starts with someone returning from a trip.

– 111 stories

Write a story that starts with a life-changing event.

– 170 stories

Write a story that starts with two characters saying goodbye.

– 248 stories

Write a story about an unlikely friendship.

– 110 stories

Write a story about an average day turned upside down by an unexpected visitor.

– 111 stories

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