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An ongoing 'fun' writing contest of skill and imagination. Check it out!
Celebrating "Adopt a Shelter Dog Month"!!! Write and submit a story about a dog or dogs, any genre (including horror)!
This month only, time for some romance. Let's see just how good you are.
Write A Weird Tale
Write Dialogue Only
Come write us some Dark Poetry (E-XGC) using our picture prompts every other month. Top prize is 75k Awardicon. October will be Octoberfest with weekly prompts for a minimum of 75k Awardicon every week. Come to the Dark Side. We have cookies!
Science Fiction Short Story Contest: Halloween Horror Edition! The best, spookiest sci-fi entry wins double prizes this month!
Four classic fairytales to create a new one!
The Tenth Grim Reaper Contest is now open! Prizes include Orange Awardicon, a lot of Gift Points, and/or Horror/Scary Merit Badge or another Merit Badge!
Contest begins October 1 ends Oct. 31 at no specified time Military Poetry or Stories Old or new. That's up to you. Awardicons, Merit Badges Gift Points too. Please read the rules, only a few.
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!
The September round is now open. Write a story based on the prompt and showcase your skills at showing. Every entry earns 1000 GPS. Winning entries earn GPS, awardicons, and merit badges. We accept a maximum of ten entries, so start writing!
For those of us prompted to think twice before answering a writing challenge. Here's a rewarding chance to find out why? Why Not?
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!
This month's challenge is poetry! C'mon Registered Authors (black cases), show us your stuff!
Follow the image prompt of the month and write a story or poem that personifies the object shown.
Back in business under new management with Come see what all the excitement is about. Each entry gets a review. Also new - 1st, 2nd, 3rd place wins.
Lots of points and awardicons with 1st, 2nd and 3rd placement. Come on in and see if you are up for the challenge!!
Ever write a story with no dialogue? Give it a try. It's really fun!
Do you like GIFs? Come on in! We are a weekly contest that prompts you- with GIFs! Come give us a try!
Weekly random contest! Every week is something new!! Open Now!! Win gift points or an award icon!!
Entries now being accepted for this contest of great importance to the human race....great prizes.
Grand Opening: A new contest to test your poetry skills. Write a poem inspired by a fairy tale using the current prompt.
An uplifting contest focusing on Jesus and music!
A contest to give a second chance to those pieces you thought should have placed but didn’t.
Looking to sharpen your religious beliefs and express your love for our Heavenly Father. Enter this monthly contest and earn gp's, MB's and Awardicon's.
Do you have a camera handy? Show me your photographer side with your best pictures! Weekly winners get either 10,000 GPs or a 10K awardicon on their entry.
A Daily/Weekly Contest To Keep Your Nightmares Churning! 5,000 Gift Points To The Daily Winner And A 10K Ribbon To The Weekly Winner! Enter At Your Own Risk... Or Are You Scared?
Are you a Scriptwriter? Have you ever wanted to try to write a Script? Do you like to try something new and different? If so, then this is the contest for you. There are a lot of Short Story and Poetry contest on WDC. But only one Script Writing one.
Have fun writing a story in poetic form, you have 100 lines to do it in. most people do it in much fewer than that but your welcome to try! write on any topic, there are no prompts. award icon for winner, merit badge for second place third gets gps.
Poetic Traditions Poetry Contest
A Haunted House Short Story Contest Do you have what it takes to write a short story about a haunting or your personal experience? if so, please come by and check it out and enter your story. You may get my Exclusive Merit Badge.
Back for Round 10! Bring your 18+, GC and XGC short stories and poetry.
Spirits At Lighthouses This is a New Poetry Contest, So if you all are interested, Please come by and Check it out.
This is a nature-based poetry contest. There are always great prompts to work from, and the prizes are fantastic!
Have you wanted to write a spiritual fiction short story? Have you wanted to write one using one of the roughly 4,200 spiritual paths? Then, this contest is for you. No essays or non-fiction, please.
Can you write a Paranormal Romance between a human and ghost, a vampire, a shape-shifter/were, an angel, a demon, or a witch? If so, check us out. The contest runs bimonthly. In December, all previous 1st Place Winners compete in the Championship Round.
If you are a Newbie, or have been at WDC for less than a year, you can enter this poetry contest! Any poem in your portfolio, new or old, you could win an awardicon and an exclusive contest merit badge. Come along and give it a go!
A contest for those who write emotive poetry containing themes others fear tackling.
Oriental Poetry Contest Do you love to write Than-Bauk, haiku, senryu, tanka, and other Asian forms of poetry? If yes the Oriental Poetry contest is for you! This contest is a weekly contest featuring different genres of Oriental poetry.
Can you write a really, really bad story? Well, come on in...
Open for another round! Theme - The Holidays. This contest leaves the prompt wide open for interpretation.
Do you love writing free verse poetry? Do you enjoy this form of poetic expression? Have you mastered this art? Or do you just want to see if you are on the right track? This contest will put thos
If your preferred story length is way too long for short short fiction but not quite into novel territory, this is the contest for you! No prompts! Great prizes!
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