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Win prize money in our weekly poetry and story competitions.

LIVE COMPETITION

Her eyes found mine across the roomโ€”and that was the last moment I belonged to myself.
$100 Prize money
51 entries
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COMPETITION FINISHED

Write a story that begins with an intensely descriptive paragraph - this could be about the setting, a character, or anything important to your plot.

$100 Prize Money

62 entries
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1st
Core Lyra
Bunny
2nd
cieramae
Where Sadness Sits
3rd
Veiled Writer
A Deeper Lie
+ 59 more

COMPETITION FINISHED

As the pair crossed the roaring river, they noticed a figure waiting for them on the other side.

$100 Prize Money

46 entries
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1st
cieramae
Where the River Ends
2nd
Rosaline
Gone Fishing
3rd
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The Way Back
+ 43 more

COMPETITION FINISHED

Come up with a unique prompt to inspire a fictional story or poem.

$100 Prize Money

176 entries
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1st
Zella Rae
Eyes For Me
2nd
Emmerson Lavigne
Poor Shot
3rd
MidnightType
Nine Cameras, One Clock
+ 173 more

COMPETITION FINISHED

โ€œI trust you,โ€ she says as his knife points to her throat.

$100 Prize Money

87 entries
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1st
Marie Lauren
The End
2nd
Emma Duncan
The Blade Made Flesh
3rd
Mariah k
Ravenโ€™s Nest
+ 84 more

COMPETITION FINISHED

Scientists predict that a massive asteroid is about to hit earth in 24 hours.

$100 Prize Money

101 entries
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1st
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Denial
2nd
BabyPeach
One Of The Five
3rd
Rosaline
Blue Nail Polish
+ 98 more

COMPETITION FINISHED

Use the phases of the moon to metaphorically or chronologically progress a narrative.

$100 Prize Money

75 entries
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1st
xvb_3lla
Feeling In Phases
2nd
Shona
The Moon Thiefโ€™s Apprentice
3rd
SW
Blood Moon
+ 72 more

COMPETITION FINISHED

Write a short story about a family preparing for a special day.

$100 Prize Money

76 entries
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1st
Elowen Marsh
The Morning Of May
2nd
Lola
Functionally Dysfunctional
3rd
Hannah Marie
Farewell
+ 73 more

COMPETITION FINISHED

Write a poem or story about a mirror struggling with the fact that she has no identity of her own. (What could this be symbolic of?)

$100 Prize Money

125 entries
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1st
Lilly Kaufman
Your Darkest Shadow
2nd
TayTay
The Mirror With A Thousand Faces
3rd
Clementine
Everything I Never Saw
+ 122 more

COMPETITION FINISHED

A forensic agent is forced to go on the run because of what they uncovered on their last case.

$100 Prize Money

42 entries
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1st
Frankie Famighetti
Gravity
2nd
Miah Anne
The Temperament Killer
3rd
AbbeyInkedTales
Evidence Room 6
+ 39 more

COMPETITION FINISHED

Water, fire, earth, and air. What would the four elements say if they could speak to each other? Include as many or as few elements as you wish.

$100 Prize Money

75 entries
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1st
Ben
Not Today, Air
2nd
Amber
This Is How It Ends
3rd
Frankie Famighetti
The Golden Tempest
+ 72 more
Recent winners
Core Lyra
Bunny
Sep 3, 2025
cieramae
Where the River Ends
Aug 20, 2025
Zella Rae
Eyes For Me
Aug 6, 2025
Marie Lauren
The End
Jul 23, 2025
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Denial
Jul 9, 2025