With schools closed and people spending extended periods of time in isolation, sheltering in place, or on lockdown because of the Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic, we’re designing new programs and additional activities to keep you busy, engaged and creative. Every weekday we are posting a new prompt with an activity–Daily Creativity. These prompts challenge you to make a piece of writing (a poem, a journal entry, a story outline, a review) or art, or music, or a spoken word recording, or other piece of creative work, each day. Every Monday’s prompt is also a free-to-enter Flash Contest!
Daily Prompts
Who is telling the story? Try playing around with point of view. Write an outline for a short scene with two characters in conflict (it doesn’t have to be too serious, they could just be disagreeing over who gets to use the bathroom first or eat the last piece of ...
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Write a story about a villain who is unaware they are the villain ...
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Think about your favorite fictional character, and imagine what will happen to them ten or twenty years after the story they are part of is over. Feel free to think outside the box–what will happen to Harry Potter or Katniss Everdeen once they're forty-something? ...
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Write down 5 ideas for some impossible characters - space frogs, singing clocks, walking cactuses - the more unlikely the better. Pick 2 of them. What would happen if they met? Write a story about it ...
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What if a misplaced letter in a word changes everything? A story about someone who wins a million dollars would be very different if they actually won a million collars; a painting of a world under the sea would look very different to a world inside a pea. Play around ...
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Write about your past self–your babyhood, toddlerhood, or younger childhood. Think about what it would be like to be that age. You can work from memories, ask people about their memories, or make stuff up. Anything goes ...
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Who is your reader? And how do you want that reader to feel? Pick a news topic that you feel passionate about. Choose your reader (an adult, a younger child, someone just like you), and the emotion you want them to feel (e.g. joy, anger, excitement). Write a paragraph about ...
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Think about what the world might be like in ten, fifty, or one hundred years. Write about what it would be like to grow up during that time. Who would you live with? Where would you go to school? What would your friendships be like? Describe this scenario with as ...
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Write a mystery story. Think about the arc of your story, and plan out the actions and motives of the characters. Does the reader know something the characters don’t, or is the reader in the dark until the end? Think about how the mystery might unfold for the different characters ...
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Sometimes a plot turns on a mistake or a miscommunication. What if the crucial email, letter, text or phone message never arrived? It could be a disaster, or it might mean a lucky escape. Write a story where an important message never got through, and that changes the outcome for ...
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Write a story about a change in someone's life. This could be small (a new class or teacher) or large (moving house). Ask yourself these questions: what is the change like for my character? how do they feel? who else does it affect? ...
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Take your favorite character from a book you’ve read and place them in this coronavirus situation. What would they do? How would they act? How might they feel? Consider submitting your story to our COVID-19 blog submissions category! If you do, make sure you tell us in your covering letter ...
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Take a look at these photographs of houses from the Library of Congress. Choose one house that speaks to you and write a short story or play that takes place there. Think about what kind of mood the house in your photograph conveys and how you can express that in ...
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Write about what super-heroes and super-villains do in their spare time or on their days off. Feel free to make it funny: maybe Voldemort enjoys yoga, or Wonder Woman writes a blog ...
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Endings are hard. Try thinking about endings as punctuation: Period: it’s all neatly tied up and finished. Question mark: a few things are left open - whatever will happen next? Exclamation point - no one expected that, SURPRISE!!!!! Take a look at one of the stories you have written recently–or, ...
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Study this painting for at least five minutes (set a timer!), zooming in to get a better look and taking notes on what you notice. Then write a 16-line poem about it. The artwork we are referring you to for this exercise is called The Procession to Calvary, painted by ...
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Technology is great. But what other incredible things do you wish it could do? Let your imagination roam free and write a story about a world where your amazing invention is as normal as a toaster or a mobile phone ...
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What is the kindest thing anyone has ever done for you? What is the meanest thing anyone has ever done to you? Spend a few minutes meditating on these two experiences, then create something—a poem, personal narrative, story, song, or drawing—in response ...
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Be a time traveler in reverse! What would happen if a character from the past arrived in the present? Choose a time period you like and know a little bit about, and write down at least 3 things that make it really different to now (like the clothes, the transport, ...
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Write 5 phrases about things you see around you (e.g. “a bird chirping in a tree”) and use them in a poem, or turn them into a piece of art ...
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Make 5 sketches of things outside your window, and/or write a 5-line poem about what you see outside your window ...
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Compose a piece of art (it can be photography, painting, drawing, or any medium) and think about your color choices. What emotions can you convey using certain colors? What do certain colors symbolize? ...
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Write a poem or create a piece of art about a family tradition ...
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Draw or paint a scene from a book you are reading, or have read. This is a Monday prompt, so if you are writing your response in the week it was first published, you can submit it to our Weekly Flash Contest, via Submittable! If you decide to submit your ...
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Write a collaborative story with a family member or a friend (digitally, if you don’t live together!). Each person participating writes one sentence, then it’s the next person’s turn ...
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Watch this movie scene with the sound off, writing your own dialogue. Use that imagined dialogue as the basis for a short story or play ...
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Be a time traveler! Choose your favorite period in history (ancient Greece, medieval Spain, the Gold Rush–wherever and whenever you like). Think of 3 features that will help your reader know they are in that place and time (like the food, the buildings, the bathroom arrangements…) Then decide who is ...
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It’s Tuesday! Write a 20-line poem in which every line begins with the letter “T.” To make it harder: only two of those lines can start with “the.” ...
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Write a short story inspired by one of these funny newspaper headlines. Visit the Bestlifeonline.com webpage, and read their selection of the “25 Funniest Newspaper Headlines of All Time.” Write a story inspired by your chosen headline. Remember, today's prompt is this week's Flash Contest. Submit your response here ...
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Write a personal narrative exploring your relationship with your favorite book or piece of art. What do you love about it, and why? What did you experience when you first read or saw it? How has the piece changed for you as you have either reread it or looked at ...
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It’s Thursday, a day for thinking about theme. Your theme is the underlying meaning of your story, or the main idea that it explores, or the message it is trying to convey. Any or all of the elements of your story can help to convey your theme. Today, take another ...
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Look through some of your old family photos, taken before you were born. Pick an image that you feel drawn to, then try to imagine your way into the moment. What were these people thinking, doing, feeling, and why? Write a short story about it ...
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In cubist paintings, it isn’t always immediately obvious what all the shapes represent. Look at Still Life with Checked Tablecloth by Juan Gris (1887-1927). What objects can you see in this painting? Does the way the items are arranged make you see more than is actually there? How does the ...
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Go into the kitchen. Stand in front of a cupboard with food in it (or the fridge). Close your eyes, open the door (or better still, have someone else open it for you), stretch out your hand, and touch something. Keep your hand where it is. Open your eyes. Look ...
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Write a romance. You can make it anything between rom-coms and Romeo and Juliet, but make sure there are two characters in love, and at least one obstacle (internal or external) to that relationship ...
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Write about the first day of school (can be elementary school, middle school, high school, college, or anything else). You can make this a shining moment for your character, or you can make it awkward and embarrassing. Have fun with it! ...
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Find an everyday object that you don't usually give much thought to, and write down every detail you can about it. What does it look, sound, taste, smell, and feel like? Does it provoke an emotion or a memory? Is there a story you can tell about it? ...
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Do a fake interview. You can interview anyone: your BFF, your cat, or even your houseplant. Think about what they would answer to your questions, and what you would ask them if you could ask anything ...
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Editor's note: For this week's Daily Creativity prompts, we've got a special takeover! Molly Torinus, Stone Soup reader and contributor, has written the five prompts we'll be posting for the week. For today's, which is the week's Flash Contest, she will also be co-judge! Write about a day in the ...
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Are you still singing the same old hand washing song? Are you tired of it, yet? Write some new words to fit with your favorite melody. Maybe it’s the tune you are tired of. If you are musical, compose a new one, and write down your composition; if you can’t ...
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This is an activity to complete with one other person who you can see. So, that means a sibling, a parent, or other person in your home; or a friend or other family member over Zoom, FaceTime, WhatsApp, etc: Both of you should take a few minutes to select a ...
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It’s Wednesday! Today, we are going to be guided by a letter of the alphabet: W! Really focus on the W in the What, Where, and Who of your Work. Create a drama that takes place on a Wednesday, in a place (or places) beginning with W, in which all ...
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More often than not, we write stories in the first person (I) or the third (she or he). Today we have a new challenge: write a short story narrated in the second person—i.e. “You open the door. You see this…” ...
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How has COVID-19 affected your daily life so far? What has changed, and what is still the same? Which changes are positive, and which negative? What makes you most anxious when thinking about it? Most hopeful? Is there a particular experience that represents the change to your life most clearly? ...
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Create a visual representation of one of your happiest moments. You could re-stage it for a photograph, paint it with watercolors, or use any other medium that you can come up with. Today’s project is an art project. You can approach this project by being literal–you depict in a painting, ...
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Write a letter to yourself in 20 years. What would you like your future self to remember–about yourself, your family, your home, your country–about this moment in time, about how it feels to be you, right now? ...
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It's April Fool's Day! Write a story with a twist ending that will totally surprise your reader ...
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Begin keeping a visual diary of your time in quarantine. Take one photograph or draw one picture to add to it daily ...
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Write a story told completely through dialogue. How do you communicate the differences between characters? How can you make sure that the reader knows what is going on? Can you make action part of natural-sounding speech? This Daily Creativity prompt is also our first Weekly Flash Contest! We'd love to ...
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It's Friday--time for some flash fiction! Think of an activity you like to take part in with other people–like football or singing or playing a board game–and write a narrative of fewer than 250 words in which that thing is at the center of the action ...
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What is your favorite dish or food? Why? What memories are associated with it? Write a personal narrative exploring these questions ...
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Flip through any book or magazine, creating a list of ten words that catch your eye. Look up any words you don’t know. Then write a 14-line poem that incorporates all ten words ...
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Create a notebook or document dedicated to recording your dreams. To begin, write down as many dreams as you can remember from your life, then try to record your dreams daily as soon as you wake up. Use this repository as inspiration for a poem, story, or piece of art ...
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Radio producer Cathy Fitzgerald is inviting everyone to share their experiences during this time, through the power of spoken word. She wants to hear your voices talking about how you are feeling, how daily life has changed, and what you are doing that brings joy, comfort, courage, solace–and hope. She ...
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You can see more writing and art activities on our Activities pages.
Plus, we are publishing more blog posts focused on COVID-19, recording young writers’ thoughts and experiences though this time.
COVID-19 Blog Posts
Review of “The Ickabog” by J.K. Rowling, by Anya Geist, 13
Review of The Ickabog by J.K. Rowling Anya Geist, 13 All over the world, children are stuck in quarantine. And, ...
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Snow White Has COVID-19, a story by Simran Adnani, 6
Snow White Has COVID-19 Simran Adnani, 6 The Queen sat by her window. Pricking her finger on a needle, she wished ...
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Friendship, a cartoon by Natya Chandrasekar, 12
Friendship Natya Chandrasekar, 12 I created the friendship cartoon after I came from a walk where 2 friends were walking ...
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Our Fate is Sealed, a poem by Otis Knoop, 12
Our Fate is Sealed Otis Knoop, 12 The question that has always troubled me When the end of the world ...
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I’m Fine, a song written and performed by Kathleen Werth, 10
I'm Fine Kathleen Werth, 10 I utilized Bandlab (an app with drum beats and mixing options) to put the layering ...
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Graduation, a cartoon by Natya Chandrasekar, 12
Graduation Natya Chandrasekar, 12 With lot of seniors and family friends kids graduating and some of them are feeling very ...
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Flash Contest #8, Week of May 18, 2020: Our Winners!
Weekly Flash Contest #8: Write about what super-heroes and super-villains do in their spare time or on their days off ...
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Weekly Writing Workshop #8, Friday May 22, 2020: Stream of Consciousness
An update from our eighth Weekly Writing Workshop! A summary of the workshop, plus some of the output published below ...
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To the Year of 2120, a poem by Ahana Chandra, 11
To the Year of 2120 Ahana Chandra, 11 Did you know, there was once a storm, rising by the months? ...
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Hope, a poem by Alyssa Wu, 13
Hope Alyssa Wu, 13 Fresh air floating on the old urban streets San Francisco is a ghost town. The flowers ...
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The Kite, A Story Written During the Coronavirus, by Mark Torpoco, 11
The Kite Mark Torpoco, 11 Hi, I am a purple kite named Samuel. I was born on a small island ...
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Superheroes of Today, a cartoon by Natya Chandrasekar, 12
Superheroes of Today Natya Chandrasekar, 12 Natya has made an amazing collection of cartoons about the “before” and “after” of ...
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Perspective, a poem (and a photograph) by Anya Geist, 13
Perspective Anya Geist, 13 Life is but a glass of water Half-empty, half-full We squint at it, jaws jutted Trying ...
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It Was, a poem by Grace Mancini, 11
It Was Grace Mancini, 11 It was red, like a ripe strawberry It was orange, like a bright neon glow ...
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Believe, a poem by Ben Starner, 12
Believe Ben Starner, 12 The greater the challenge The rougher the sea The thinner the bridge The less you believe ...
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Flash Contest #7, Week of May 11, 2020: Our Winners!
Weekly Flash Contest #7: Be a time traveler in reverse! What would happen if a character from the past arrived ...
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A Brief History of a Fictional Virus, poem and video reading by Abhyudoy Basu, 13
A Brief History of a Fictional Virus Abhyudoy Basu, 13 A poem, and video reading by the author (3:45 min) ...
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Will it Ever End? a poem by Cora Burch, 13
Will it Ever End? Cora Burch, 13 I wish we could all calm down. The bright sky We brought from ...
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Weekly Writing Workshop #7, Friday May 15, 2020: First Person Point of View
Weekly Writing Workshop #7: Friday May 15, 2020 An update from our seventh weekly writing workshop A summary of this ...
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How the Handshake has Evolved, a cartoon by Natya Chandrasekar, 12
How the Handshake has Evolved Natya Chandrasekar, 12 Natya has made an amazing collection of cartoons about the "before" and ...
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Tick Tock, a poem by Emerson Swift, 12
Tick Tock By Emerson Swift, 12 Sluggish slow-motion, Motion—we’re stuck, Stuck in time, Time flies by, By our loved ones, ...
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Uzbekistan Pupils Against Coronavirus, a poem by Marjona Boboeva, 11
Uzbekistan Pupils Against Coronavirus By Marjona Boboeva, 11 The globe is facing a challenge now, Countries are trying to solve ...
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Utopia for an Animal, art and words by Himank Chhaya, 12
“Utopia for an Animal” is a pictorial representation of how the coronavirus has changed our lives. As depicted, humans are ...
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Flash Contest #6, Week of May 4, 2020: Our Winners!
Weekly Flash Contest #6: Draw or paint a scene from a book you are reading, or have read. The week ...
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“Hope,” a poem by Simran Umatt, 9, illustrated with “Together,” by Anna Elizabeth Linney, 11
Hope By Simran Umatt, 9 We have hope in our hearts, Stored inside like treasure. We hope that someday, We ...
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We Are Strong, a poem by Georgia Marshall, 11
We Are Strong By Georgia Marshall, 11 Fires burning across the globe Porcelain crashing True loves forced to see each ...
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Birthdays in Quarantine, some thoughts from Anya Geist, 13
Last Tuesday, on April 21, Massachusetts Gov. Baker announced that all schools in Massachusetts would be closed for the rest ...
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My Dream Goes On, a poem by Ethan Zhang, 7
My Dream Goes On By Ethan Zhang, 7 Before my basketball dream comes true, The coronavirus began to sweep through ...
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Weekly Writing Workshop #6, Friday May 8, 2020: Sense of Place
An update from our sixth weekly writing workshop A summary of this week’s project, plus some of the output published ...
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The Monster, a short story by Haopu (Max) Xu, 10
The Monster By Haopu (Max) Xu, 10 The monster’s name is Ackalasaf. You could find him in the depths of ...
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My Life in Corona Social Imposed Distancing: A Poem Memoir by Leah Mesuk, 12
My Life in Corona Social Imposed Distancing A Poem Memoir By Leah Mesuk, 12 Every day is a struggle to ...
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Flash Contest #5, Week of April 27, 2020: Our Winners!
Weekly Flash Contest #5: Write a story inspired by one of these funny headlines Visit the Bestlifeonline.com webpage, and read ...
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Quarantine, a poem by Daisy Hampton, 11
Quarantine By Daisy Hampton, 11 I’m stuck on Manhattan Island Because I’m in quarantine I can’t wait to see all ...
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Hour to Hour, a poem by Connor Whitsel, 10
Hour to Hour By Connor Whitsel, 10 We used to rush hour to hour, speeding from the house to the ...
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The sounds of Covid, a poem by Daniel Shorten, 9
The sounds of Covid By Daniel Shorten, 9 Water running from the taps Arguments from the sink – who goes ...
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How COVID-19 Has Affected Me – a perspective from LA, by SierraRose Gibson, 12
How COVID-19 Has Affected Me By SierraRose Gibson, 12 Covid-19 has really affected my everyday life. As a student, I ...
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Weekly Writing Workshop #5, Friday May 1, 2020: Where I’d Like To Be
An update from our fifth weekly writing workshop A summary of this week’s project, plus some of the output published ...
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Diary of a Locked Kid, journal entries by Alice Pak, 10
Diary Of A Locked Kid By Alice Pak, 10 It all started on Thursday, March 12th. At my Jungle Book ...
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The Virus, a graphic art story by Annabelle Garner-Tamayo, 10
The Virus By Annabelle Garner-Tamayo, 10 Annabelle Garner-Tamayo, 10 Omaha, NE ...
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Flash Contest #4, Week of April 20, 2020: Our Winners!
Weekly Flash Contest #4: Write a Poem About a Found Object in your Kitchen Go into the kitchen. Stand in ...
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The Impact of Coronavirus on my Daily Life, a perspective from Poland by Patrycja Wanat, 13
The Impact of Coronavirus on my Daily Life By Patrycja Wanat, 13 So far, COVID-19 has influenced my daily life ...
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New Life, a perspective from a South Korean living in India, by Jeongwon Choi, 13
New Life By Jeongwon Choi, 13 Hello, I am one of the many kids who are locked inside their houses ...
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Silence, art and writing by Sloka Ganne, 11
Silence By Sloka Ganne, 11 Silence follows a gunshot Silence follows a scream Silence follows a song Silence follows a ...
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Should Wuhan Take the Whole Blame for the Novel Corona Virus? A perspective from China, by Ziqing Peng, 12
Should Wuhan Take the Whole Blame for the Novel Corona Virus? By Ziqing Peng, 12 During this winter holiday, most ...
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Weekly Writing Workshop #4, Friday April 24, 2020: Trapped!
An update from our fourth weekly writing workshop A summary of this week's project, plus some of the output published ...
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My experience of COVID-19, a bulletin from Switzerland by Vivaan Kartik, 11
My Experience of COVID-19 By Vivaan Kartik, 11 My back was hunched as I trudged down the path, I had ...
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COVID-19: Experiences in Singapore by Thee Sim Ling, 13
COVID-19: Experiences in Singapore by Thee Sim Ling, 13 The first I had heard about it was that it came ...
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An Unexpected Journey, a poem by Abhi Sukhdial, 12
The Unexpected Journey By Abhi Sukhdial, 12 I was having fun Completely relaxing And as happy as can be. Talking ...
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Flash Contest #3, Week of April 13, 2020: Our Winners!
Weekly Flash Contest #3: Write from the Point of View of an Animal Write about a day in the life ...
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This Invisible Wall, a poem by Ishan Kelkar, 10
This Invisible Wall By Ishan Kelkar, 10 This invisible wall Makes people sick Traps people in their homes only leaving ...
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Stone Soup Book Club meeting #2: Wednesday April 22, 2020
An Update from our Second Stone Soup Book Club meeting! The Stone Soup Book Club is open to all Stone ...
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Symbols of Hope, photography and thoughts by Alyssa Wu, 13
My previous elementary school feels empty this month, but nature continues to show beauty and symbols of hope. Alyssa Wu, ...
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Coronavirus Haiku, poetry by Amy Richman, 10
Coronavirus Haiku By Amy Richman, 10 Coronavirus I am lonely now because I am at home Coronavirus Friends to see ...
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Weekly Writing Workshop #3, Friday April 17, 2020: Spiders and Webs
An update from our third Weekly Writing Workshop! A summary of the workshop, plus some of the output published below ...
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Covid-19, a poem of hope by Audrey Chuang, 11
Covid-19 by Audrey Chuang, 11 The news rings in my head The anger and negativity swirling around me I can’t ...
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Covid-19 Pandemic Destroys Families, artwork by Sloka Ganne, 11
This is about how COVID 19 destroys families and separates loved ones. The loved ones could not be next to ...
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Flash Contest #2, Week of April 6, 2020: Our Winners!
Weekly Flash Contest #2: How has COVID-19 affected your daily life so far? What has changed, and what is still ...
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Tough Times, a poem by Aarush Iyengar, 12
Tough Times by Aarush Iyengar, 12 Tough times are here, So keep your loved ones near. Be happy and sing ...
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Extracts from My COVID-19 Experience Journal, by Sophie Harris, 14
My COVID-19 Experience Journal By Sophie Harris, 14 Today is Tuesday, March 17, 2020, and it was our third day ...
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Weekly Writing Workshop #2, Friday April 10, 2020: Comfort
An update from our second Weekly Writing Workshop! The Stone Soup Weekly Writing Workshop is open to all Stone Soup ...
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The Virus, a poem by Avah Dodson, 11
The Virus By Avah Dodson, 11 As I lie in bed I can hear Mom sobbing into Dad’s arms. They’re ...
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The Beginning of Spring Amidst COVID-19, photographs by Anya Geist, 13
The Beginning of Spring Amidst COVID-19 by Anya Geist, 13 Where I am, in Massachusetts, although it is a third ...
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Hope for Quaranteens by Clara Kingsley Tripp, 12
Hope for Quaranteens By Clara Kingsley Tripp, 12 As a global response to the rapidly spreading COVID-19, millions upon millions ...
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corona virus, a poem by Max Corthésy, 11
corona virus By Max Corthésy, 11 infected, undetected putting people in quarantine like a routine. uncured, must endure washing hands a ...
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Flash Contest #1, Week of March 30, 2020: Our Winners!
Weekly Flash Contest #1: Write a story told completely through dialogue. How do you communicate the differences between characters? How ...
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Virus, a poem by Chloe Deyo, age 11
Virus by Chloe Deyo, 11 “Wash your hands.” “Don’t touch your face.” That’s what they say in every germy case ...
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Weekly Writing Workshop #1, Friday April 3, 2020: Be Inspired by 5 Random Words
Our first Weekly Writing Workshop! The Stone Soup Weekly Writing Workshop is open to all Stone Soup contributors and subscribers ...
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A COVID-19 Poem by Cali Bennett, 11
A COVID-19 POEM by Cali Bennett, 11 I hate COVID-19 It is bad, bad, bad It will not leave It ...
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Gateway to Darkness, writing and photography by Grace Williams, 13
When the first person tested positive with COVID-19, the virus was only in China. But soon, as people traveled and ...
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Covid-19 Pandemic, artwork by Sloka Ganne, 11
Regular Stone Soup contributor, 11-year-old Sloka Ganne, has made some beautiful art for us in recent years and she wanted to ...
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Stone Soup author Sabrina Guo starts PPE fundraiser for Long Island medical staff: support LILAC!
Sabrina Guo, a Syosset High School freshman from Long Island, NY–and a name that readers of Stone Soup over the ...
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Flash Contest – every week!
Send us Your Response to Monday's Daily Creativity Prompt Every weekday morning, we publish a Daily Creativity prompt. We've decided ...
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Observations on COVID-19 by Sofie Dardzinski, 9
Somewhere in China, a bat had a virus. That is how it started, a virus no one had seen before ...
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We are standing by ready to publish additional Blog posts by our young writers on everything related to the COVID-19 pandemic. On this page you’ll see the latest on COVID-19, and you can visit the Stone Soup blog to read all the blog posts on every topic. If what you read makes you think, leave a comment for the author! And, if you have something you want to say, submit your writing and ideas to the Blogs and Book Reviews category on our submissions portal. Remember–blog submissions are free.
We are also building up a page of additional resources for creative inspiration, reaching far beyond the Stone Soup website. Let us know if you have any suggestions for resources we can add.
