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Our “1,000 Words” writing prompts take a picture – beautiful, wacky, abstract, or otherwise – and ask the writer to write whatever comes to mind. Fiction … Read More “1,000 Words: No thanks”
Pick three scenes from your manuscript and rewrite them from the other character’s point of view. How do the dynamics in the scene change … Read More “NaNoWriMo writing prompt: How the other side sees it”
A person fakes his own death and has started a new life incognito…but then crosses paths with an old friend. What does he … Read More “November writing prompt: Unmasked”
After the Fall Short Story Contest
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Write a 2,000-word fictional short story using any nuance, definition, or understanding of the word “fall.”
Grand prize: $1,000 and publication in our magazine
