Our Weekly Creativity 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. All the prompts we have written are brought together on this page – see below. The first prompt of the month is also a Flash Contest!
You can find more writing and art activities on our Activities pages.
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Creativity Prompts
Draw an abstract concept like love, friendship, jealousy, or wisdom ...
Write a poem from the perspective of a shoelace ...
Create a portrait using only blank paper, a hole puncher, and a stapler ...
Write a poem from the point of view of a character. You can choose anyone from Goldilocks to Cruella de Vil! ...
Write a one-act play adaptation of your favorite story ...
Write a story that takes place during a sleepover ...
Design the ultimate blanket fort with a friend ...
Take a series of ten photos that encapsulate your life right now ...
Write a story and then add in line breaks to make it a poem. How did it change? ...
Stone Soup is excited to announce our new contest series! We are now accepting submissions for our short story, poetry, and artwork prizes. We will select a single winner—one story, one poem, and one piece of art—from each category and publish them in the magazine. Winners will also receive three ...
