Hello Writing Family,

I thought I’d do something fun for this post. I’m going to give you a challenge. Here’s a chance for you to wipe the dust off your pen and notebook and put them to use.

I’ll give you three writing prompts below from which to choose. You’ll have one week to choose a prompt and write a 1,500 – 3,000 word SHORT STORY based on one of the prompts.

Contest Rules:

1. Choose a prompt from the choices below
2. Write a short story in any genre’ you’d like
3. Must be between 1,500 and 3,000 words
4. Type in Times New Roman, 12 pt. word document
5. Send it to writeon22@yahoo.com
6. Contest submission deadline is 1/28/20, Midnight, EST

Prizes:

The winning entry will be chosen based on grammar, punctuation, flow, character, and story strength.

1. Custom made crown ear warmer in the color of your choice.
2. The winning story will be featured on my blog and facebook page, sent to my email list, link posted in facebook writing groups I follow.
3. If you have other published works and/or a blog, include the links with your submission so that I may share to help promote you.

Choose One Prompt Below:

1. As a child, you found a wishing well. It was a silly wish, but it seemed like a good idea at the time. The coin got stuck on something halfway down. It never reached the bottom and thus your wish went unfulfilled, until on fateful day 30 years when something jostled it free.
2. You’re a free Genie living in the real world and still discretely grant wishes when you hear them. Tell me what it’s like to be you and if anything interesting happens because of it.
3. You’re vacationing in a city you’ve never been to before, when you suddenly find yourself in a place you’ve seen hundreds of times in your dreams. The person you always see in those dreams is there too, and they slowly turn and ask, “Is it really you?”

Have fun and good luck!

HAPPY WRITING!