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Best Romance Writing Prompts

Join our ongoing contests and win up to $1,500. Flex those creative muscles with these writing prompts.

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This week's contest:
Win $250

Better in Color

88 contest entries /
50 stories

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Write about a first date that surprises both people, but in different ways.

– 160 stories

Write a love story about an older couple who’ve been together since they were teenagers.

– 168 stories

Write about two people reconnecting after a rough patch in their relationship.

– 245 stories

Write about someone who gets proposed to five times on Christmas Eve.

– 167 stories

Write a romance where your character falls in love with the last person they expected to.

– 191 stories

Write about two people who run rival bakeries, but fall in love during their town’s annual holiday festival.

– 136 stories

Write a romance where the characters pretend to be dating each other in order to win a reality show.

– 70 stories

Write a romance that involves one partner saving the other from a fire.

– 153 stories

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

– 135 stories

Write a story from the different perspectives of two people meeting for a blind date.

– 128 stories

Write a story about high school sweethearts coming across one another after many, many years apart.

– 283 stories

Write a story about summer love — the quarantine edition.

– 130 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 a relationship where one person is always running late and the other is constantly kept waiting.

– 107 stories

Write a story about someone falling in love for the first time.

– 80 stories

Write a sweeping romantic tale of two lovers who must overcome the horror of being hunted by an unseen foe.

– 85 stories

Write a short story about someone searching for the perfect gift for their partner.

– 59 stories

Write a story that involves love at first sight.

– 87 stories

Write a story about unrequited love.

– 58 stories

Write a story about two people in a long-distance relationship, driving to a location mid-way between both their cities.

– 23 stories

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