CHALLENGES & COMPETITIONS
Choose a prompt below to participate in the contest.
Proud to Write Contest Prompts
1. I told you I didn't want to do this.
2. Your protagonist found a pebble believed to be magic. A week later, it was a cobble. A week after that, it was a boulder.
3. A writer becomes obsesses with writing stories about a college professor.
4. Your antagonist meets someone who gives them something that will change their life forever.
5. Some day, your ship will come in and with your luck, you'll probably be at the airport.
6. Your protagonist is a compulsive liar.
7. Old sandman himself crept in and refused to stay out of my head.
8. The dream keeper kept your dream. There's only one way to get it back.
9. We arrive late at night. Driving there was okay, until this happened.
10. When your protagonist went to bed, it was 2022. She woke up in 1925 Harlem.
11. When your protagonist was walking home, the sky was clear and starry. As soon as he turned the corner, the air became damp and chilly, and an eerie-sounding wind swirled leaves in a circle in the middle of the road.
12. You stop at the ATM to get $100 cash but it dispensed a different amount.
13. Your protagonist walks into a bathroom and sees his name written on the wall in graffiti.
14. Little Orphan Annie is 20. She meets the love of her life.
15. Your protagonist gets stuck in an elevator with their new love and their ex who they just broke up with the day before.
2. Your protagonist found a pebble believed to be magic. A week later, it was a cobble. A week after that, it was a boulder.
3. A writer becomes obsesses with writing stories about a college professor.
4. Your antagonist meets someone who gives them something that will change their life forever.
5. Some day, your ship will come in and with your luck, you'll probably be at the airport.
6. Your protagonist is a compulsive liar.
7. Old sandman himself crept in and refused to stay out of my head.
8. The dream keeper kept your dream. There's only one way to get it back.
9. We arrive late at night. Driving there was okay, until this happened.
10. When your protagonist went to bed, it was 2022. She woke up in 1925 Harlem.
11. When your protagonist was walking home, the sky was clear and starry. As soon as he turned the corner, the air became damp and chilly, and an eerie-sounding wind swirled leaves in a circle in the middle of the road.
12. You stop at the ATM to get $100 cash but it dispensed a different amount.
13. Your protagonist walks into a bathroom and sees his name written on the wall in graffiti.
14. Little Orphan Annie is 20. She meets the love of her life.
15. Your protagonist gets stuck in an elevator with their new love and their ex who they just broke up with the day before.
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Don't forget!
Your story must have the phrase, I got rainbows in my veins, anywhere in the story!
Don't forget!
Your story must have the phrase, I got rainbows in my veins, anywhere in the story!
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