World Weavers' Championship

If you haven't started the contest yet, there is still time to qualify. You just need to finish this prompt for 2pm on Sunday and complete the next three prompts on time.


Scavenging a living on the fringes of society are the denizens of the slums. The unwanted and unwashed, clawing a living from the mire. Poverty comes in many forms, but slums house the utterly destitute.

Write a scene which takes place in a slum or shanty town.

Who inhabits your slum? Refugees, immigrants, an ‘unclean’ caste, exiles?
What does the place look like? Where is it? What are people living in (or on or under)?
Who cares? Is the slum visited by charities aiming to alleviate poverty? Is it harassed by the authorities trying to drive unsightly beggars away from town?