We’d like to thank everyone for entering last week’s writing contest titled, “The Black Cat.” We had some great entries that included everything from hideous monsters to lost loves. While we enjoyed them all, one stood out for its dark, Poe-like descriptions. Congratulations go out to Joshua Randolph who wrote his story as a haunting poem about the harbinger of
Happy Friday everyone! It’s time to announce our weekly contest winner! Last week, we asked writers to create a poem inspired by the word “harvest” and written in the Pantoum poetry form. This was an interesting challenge and we want to thank everyone who participated. The winning entry comes to us from Emily Sauer! Congrats Emily! Your poem is perfect
It’s Friday! And you know what that means? It’s time to announce the winner of last week’s writing challenge! We received many creative entries in response to our prompt about a witchy woman searching for love. Some stories ended rather badly for the love-sick woman while others ended rather badly for the object of her affections. Our winning entry, however, ends
When we first posted The Lake Monster story prompt, we were worried that everyone would write about the Loch Ness monster. Boy, were we wrong! The entries we received were fantastically creative! It was a tough decision, but we’re proud to announce the winner. Congrats Joshua Randolph! You’re story had a wicked twist that left us wanting more! But, we’re
It’s time to announce the winner of last week’s Wild West writing contest! We had many inventive entries and we’d like to thank everyone who participated. The winning entry comes to us from Molly Neely, who’s wonderful descriptions brought the ghosts of the old west to life. Congrats Molly! Check out last week’s writing prompt and the winning entry below!
Happy Friday everyone! It’s time to announce the winner of last week’s diamante poetry contest. Congratulations go to Emily Sauer for her ode to the odious nature of work! So kick off the weekend right and check out last week’s prompt and winning entry below. Prompt: Creative a diamante poem based on the following rules: 1. The poem should consist of
It’s time to announce the winner of last week’s short story contest! She’s become a regular name in our winner’s circle and for good reason! Congratulations Tammy Mack! Check out the prompt and her winning entry below. Prompt: Running. Light sweat. Three miles in and making good time. Rounding the turn to head back home for breakfast, rookie cop, Ryan
Happy Friday everyone! It’s time to kick off the weekend right with another wonderful flash fiction story from our contest winners! For those of you who are new to the site, each week on Monday we post a different writing prompt. Contestants have a full week to develop and submit their story. Winners will then have their work and bio
A special thanks to everyone who entered last week’s writing challenge! We received a ton of wonderful and creative entries! As always, choosing a winner was incredibly difficult. However, two entries really stood out, although for slightly different reasons. So we thought that this week, we’d share both stories with you! It’s a two for one Friday! In first place,
Last week, we asked writers to create a haiku poem that captured a summer scene, and we weren’t disappointed! We hope everyone enjoyed writing their poems as much as we enjoyed reading them! The winning entry this week goes to John Keller! Check out his poem below! Congrats John! [x_line] Deep coconut scent, rushing rhythm at the shore. Water, sand,
Happy Friday everyone! It’s time to celebrate with a little fiction! Last week, we asked writers to come up with a story using this prompt: After spending nine years on P1-3 Alpha commuter space flight, Margret, a young adult who has always had the sensibility of times long forgotten, discovers that the commerce colony she is about to land on
Last week, as a follow-up to our post on the importance of setting to science fiction, we asked writers to come up with a description of a surreal setting that has a profound impact on the lives of their characters. And we weren’t disappointed! The winning entry comes to us from Tammy Mack, who wrote a bleak description of what
