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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 about someone who discovers a mysterious object in their home.

– 115 stories

Write a story about the relationship between a parent and a child that spans several years.

– 122 stories

Write a story about transformation.

– 171 stories

Write a story that ends with one character waiting for the arrival of another.

– 198 stories

Write a story that ends by circling back to the beginning.

– 213 stories

Write a story that ends with a character asking a question.

– 258 stories

Write a story that ends in the past.

– 68 stories

Write a story that ends with the narrator revealing a secret.

– 159 stories

Write about an animal who causes a huge problem.

– 99 stories

Write a story featuring an animal who subverts expectations (like a snuggly tiger, or something more magical, like a literal fish out of water).

– 67 stories

Write about an animal who goes on a journey.

– 67 stories

Write about an animal species that doesn't exist in real life — an alien, new discovery, imaginary creature — it's up to your interpretation!

– 144 stories

Write about an animal who changes a person's life (for better or worse).

– 229 stories

Write a story about someone turning to a friend in a time of need.

– 133 stories

Write a story inspired by this quote from Ally Condie: "Growing apart doesn't change the fact that for a long time we grew side by side; our roots will always be tangled. I'm glad for that."

– 159 stories

Write a story about one event from the different perspectives of multiple friends.

– 121 stories

Write a story about friends who wind up on a misadventure.

– 98 stories

Write a story about two people who meet and become instant friends.

– 105 stories

Two people who thought they were the last people left on Earth end up meeting by chance.

– 147 stories

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

– 386 stories

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