Weekly & Monthly Challenges
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Weekly Challenge 3d left
The last thing on the answering machine
Write a scene (max 1500 words) built around a voicemail that was never meant to be heard. It can be funny, devastating, or both.
Flash fictionAny genre
500 214 entries
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November Long-Form: Rooms
A serialized short story in 4 chapters, each set entirely in one room. Rooms may repeat. Reality need not.
SerializedLiterarySpeculative
5,000 88 entries
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Two strangers, one umbrella, no small talk
A short scene set entirely under an umbrella in a rainstorm. Bonus gems for unexpected genre.
Scene study
400 501 entries
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October: Something That Isn't Haunted, But Should Be
Write horror that never leaves a well-lit room.
Horror
4,000 312 entries
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