monthly flash contest
— Write a story about glasses that do more than just improve vision.
— Write a scene (story, poem, or play) in which you meet your past or future self.
— Write a story where somebody betrays their best friend for a slice of slightly stale pizza.
— Write a story where the character fails at everything and ultimately doesn’t succeed at the end.
— Write a story that has a frame narrative, or exists within another story.
— Pretend you’re explaining COVID-19 to people in the distant past, and write a scene around this. To submit to this month’s Flash Contest, click here.
— Write a creation story for a fictional world you create. This could be the start of a story about this world, or it could be a stand-alone story. To submit...
— Write a story about you, but in a parallel universe where you had a different life. What would happen if you went to a different school, had different parents, or...
— Use J.M.W. Turner’s painting The Banks of the Loire as a starting point for a stream of consciousness piece. You can write a stream of consciousness piece about the painting...
— Choose one of these proverbs, and write a story in which the opposite is true: “A stitch in time saves nine” “The early bird catches the worm” “A problem shared...