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July Prompt/ You have a discussion with your Doctor at the Sanitarium
July Prompt/ Invaders from Outside
Be inspired by the generations who came before us. Tell us your family stories and put them a historical perspective. Learn more about where you come from. Write stories to pass to your children and grandchildren.
For one month only, The Daily Poem returns to provide daily poetic inspiration and prizes!
Story or poem, Old or New up to you.Korean war ended 07/27/1953. WW1 began 07/28/1914 (just info.) Write anything Military related. Awardicons and Merit Badges.
This contest is for romance writers who want some experience writing sensual prose.
A short story contest for the dark side of speculative fiction - Dark & Grim-dark Fantasy, Dark Science Fiction and Horror genres. Opens 1st July 2020 and closes 31st July 2020. For authors 18+. Stories content rating up to and including XGC accepted.
There has been a correction. Also, a poetry and trinket contest are now included as well! You don't want to miss this!
Special round for June: Can you make me laugh with a newly written entry and a MAX line count of 15? Come on over and give it a try! Deadline: June 30th @ 11:59 PM WdC time
You can be a Word Chef Master in WDC Wonderland, just choose your favorite dish and write it in a poem using a given prompt.
open June 1 please come join me won't you!
One month of weekly prompt entries (GPs awarded weekly/MB awarded monthly), and one month of story/poetry entries based on the winning MB prompt from the previous month. New exclusive Prompt Me MB awarded each month!.
Open to all newbies here two years or less! Great way to meet others, learn the WDC ropes and win great prizes! It is NOT to late to sign up For May! Let's Go!
Write a poem about the one that got away. Form: poet's choice Line Count: min 12, max 20 Deadline May 30th
Write a short story that takes place in a classroom in celebration of National Teacher's Day!
A daily horror contest and three times Quill winner as stated in the SCREAMS
Science Fiction Short Story Contest: "We Make Great Pets" Edition.
The May round is now open. Showcase your skills at showing elements of the story prompt. Every entry earns 1000GPS. Winning stories earn merit badges, awardicons, and GPS. There are only ten available slots, so hurry up and enter!
An Erotica contest that looks to sizzle, butter my buns can inspire you to write a story, or poem, focusing on the word: carnal. See you there and let inspiration shine!
Do you have what it takes to define what is inner strength for you? Then come join my new contest! Word of focus to create either a short or poem is the word: overcoming. See you there!
NEW Contest now open! Submit your poems and stories written using only 30 Syllables! Weekly prompt given for each round.
Challenge your imagination with this contest favorite
I have added it to the Activity Page. But since it's a Challenge, and I've seen several others here, I'm adding it here too. Please let me know if I should delete it from either Page.
I'm re-opening this contest today. But it doesn't officially open until April.
Writing a novel is a tough and overwhelming venture. This challenge is aimed to encourage progress, not perfection. Complete a two-week challenge and win 1,000gps, a raffle ticket, and stand a chance to win an MB! Click into this forum to find out more.
Try something new! Write a story using lesser-known genre combinations - all ratings accepted. Check it out!
Ever write a story with no dialogue? Give it a try. It's really fun!
Items with a higher content rating do not often get the chance to enter contests. For that reason I decided to run a contest just for those 18+, GC and XGC pieces.
Do you ever sit and wonder what’s outside the universe? Whether or not there is such a thing as free will? What makes nature beautiful... if anything does? If so, this contest is the place for you.
Current Prompt: Write an essay about YOU!
Not sure you can plow through a full month of journaling prompts? Me neither. That's why 8 is the magic number in this contest that gives you some journaling freedom. Check it out!
Want to be a Heart Throb Poet this 2020 in WDC Wonderland? just excel your great poem and submit it here.
Do you have a well organized portfolio--or are you in need of incentive to get it organized? Either way, come see what the Lodestar is asking for this round.
The classic poetry challenge is BACK! Five days, five prompts, great prizes. Do you have what it takes? First event starts 1/20.
Come on in, join the fun and enter a contest to benefit the Children of God group here on WDC. We will have new prompts every month!
Dark poets (or even those a bit in the gray area): come join us for our Winter/XMas Round. Three different prompts to choose from. Free-Verse or Form, max of 60 lines and any rating accepted. First place gets a 75k Awardicon!!
It's time for a lot of Holidays, and this time, we're creating a Holiday with a Fantasy or Science Fiction twist. Let's see how creative we can be.
Open to people of all faiths or none. Come on in!
24 Syllables Can you write a poem in only 24 Syllables?
Andre the Blog Monkey's Classic Rewrite Challenge. A creative writing challenge for NEWBIES and their muses. The challenge is to write a condensed version of a classic novel but to rewrite the story in a unique and creative way. Details in The Banana Bar
Four classic fairytales to create a new one!
Help us celebrate WDC's 19th Birthday!  19K GP daily prize, guest prompters, daily Merit Badges - AND a chance to win 190K GPs!
Now Open! Free EXCLUSIVE Merit Badge with 10 Tickets from Shaye's WDC Birthday Arcade. Generous prizes, including a QUILL Nomination to the Winner. Promoting Non-Fiction writing. Like a unicorn so rare, this contest is only seen once in a while... POOF!
This is the first contest I have ever hosted. Please let me know if everything makes sense :)
Monthly contest with challenging prompts and some exciting prizes!
This contest is just for newbies who have been a member of W.Com for less than six months! Short Stories and poems can win prizes. Come over and take a look at what could be your first contest on W.Com. FREE to enter - Great prizes!
Choose one of three (probably) well-known movie quotes to start your story. First round: The Lion King (1994).
The trick to this contest is to not use the obvious descriptive words. Poems and short fiction accepted.
Can you write me a story or poem in just 140 characters (the length of an old-school tweet)? 1st prize is an exclusive contest merit badge and 5000gps!
Follow the image prompt of the month and write a story or poem that personifies the object shown.
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