The Wolves of Langabhat
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Flash Frenzy April 2024: Parallel Lives
Flash Frenzy April 2024
Parallel Lives
Parallel Lives
Challenge Brief:
Welcome to the April Flash Frenzy Writing Challenge! This month, we delve into the intriguing theme of "Parallel Lives." Your task is to craft a story that explores the concept of lives unfolding in tandem, intersecting, or diverging in unexpected ways. To add complexity and depth to your narrative, please choose one additional prompt from the list below and seamlessly integrate it into your exploration of parallel existences. Dive into this creative endeavor, blending the main theme with your chosen prompt to unfold a story that showcases the power of perspective and the intricacies of fate.
Prompts to work from:
- There's a Pebble in My Shoe
- Lost Horizon
- Beneath the...
Literary Maneuvers April 2024: Counterfeit Memories
Literary Maneuvers April 2024
Counterfeit Memories
Counterfeit Memories
Introduction
April has come, and brought a new contest with it. Counterfeit Memories is the intriguing prompt for this month.
This contest is open to all.
650 words max., deadline 23:59 GMT / 18:59 EST, Saturday, 13 April
If you win, you'll get a badge pinned to your profile, plus the chance to enter our Feb 2025 Grand Fiction Challenge, which carries cash prizes.
Judging
We have Louanne Learning, NajaNoir and Aliandra. If you'd like to volunteer, please let me know via PM or in the Coffee Shop thread. If you wish to know more about scoring, take a...
April 2024 Poetry Challenge
April 2024 Poetry Challenge
Greybeard is in his workshop making sure all the gears and levers run like “Clockwork”. So, let's all look at our timepieces throughout our homes and make sure they all run like “Clockwork.” April is the month for all of us fools, clowns, and poets to show our stuff.
Works created with the assistance of generative AI like Chat GPT, Bing AI, Bard, or similar are strictly prohibited.
This month’s prompt is “Clockwork.”
This is a “regular” month; therefore, entrants must post their entries this month.
Discussion regarding any entry, or any challenge-related issues, may take place in either Bistro during any phase of the challenge. Kindly be mindful that secure...
Greybeard is in his workshop making sure all the gears and levers run like “Clockwork”. So, let's all look at our timepieces throughout our homes and make sure they all run like “Clockwork.” April is the month for all of us fools, clowns, and poets to show our stuff.
Works created with the assistance of generative AI like Chat GPT, Bing AI, Bard, or similar are strictly prohibited.
This month’s prompt is “Clockwork.”
This is a “regular” month; therefore, entrants must post their entries this month.
Discussion regarding any entry, or any challenge-related issues, may take place in either Bistro during any phase of the challenge. Kindly be mindful that secure...
NaPoWriMo 2024
April is National Poetry month and WritingForums.com is once again participating in NaPoWriMo - National Poetry Writing Month.
This will be our 9th year participating and if you have or haven't previously taken part, here's the rundown and please note there are some changes this year.
- If you wish to participate, comment in this thread that you'll be taking part in the challenge.
- Create your NaPoWriMo journal here in the NaPoWriMo forum by starting a dedicated thread with your user name followed by NaPoWriMo 2024.
- Beginning April 1st, post one poem per day for 30 days, ending an April 30th.
- Unlike previous years, all poems will be posted as posts within your NaPoWriMo journal thread, not individually.
- You have the option to make your journal open to guests, viewable...
Flash Frenzy March 2024: Short Cut
Flash Frenzy March 2024
Short Cut
Short Cut
Challenge Brief:
Welcome to the March Flash Frenzy Writing Challenge! This month, we invite you to let your imagination take the reins as you integrate the prompts "Shortcut," "Bad Seed," and "Over My Dead Body" into your story. These prompts serve as your muse, not your map, allowing for boundless interpretation and creativity. Whether you envision a literal shortcut leading to unforeseen dangers, a character that embodies the essence of a "bad seed," or a situation culminating in a defiant "over my dead body" standoff, the floor is yours. How you weave these themes together is entirely up to you. Let the challenge begin!
Prompts to work from:
- Short-cut
- Bad Seed
- Over My Dead Body
Literary Maneuvers March 2024: Re-write history
Literary Maneuvers March 2024
Re-write History
Re-write History
Introduction
History! It's produced some interesting stories, but I think you guys can do better. Re-writing history is your challenge for the month of March.
Note that, unlike last month's Grand Fiction Challenge, this contest is open to all.
650 words max., deadline 23:59 GMT / 18:59 EST, Saturday, 16 March
If you win, you'll get a badge pinned to your profile, plus the chance to enter our Feb 2025 Grand Fiction Challenge, which carries cash prizes.
Judging
For judges, we have Aliandra, Proteus and Ibb. If you'd like to volunteer, please let...
March 2024 Poetry Challenge Anonymous Month
March 2024 Poetry Challenge Anonymous Month
Another month to anonymously write about Mystical questions that befuddle and amaze us. Dust off those crystal balls and let your inner eye peek into the cosmos.
The prompt chosen this month from our Laurette Winner; Selorian is “Mystical.” I just saw a mystical anomaly hovering in my backyard.
This is Anonymous Month (please remember to PM rcallaci rather than post your poem on the board)
This Challenge will close on the 15th of March at 7 pm EST. A disturbing development would be to post your poem on the 16th, that's when we vote.
Works created with the assistance of...
Another month to anonymously write about Mystical questions that befuddle and amaze us. Dust off those crystal balls and let your inner eye peek into the cosmos.
The prompt chosen this month from our Laurette Winner; Selorian is “Mystical.” I just saw a mystical anomaly hovering in my backyard.
This is Anonymous Month (please remember to PM rcallaci rather than post your poem on the board)
This Challenge will close on the 15th of March at 7 pm EST. A disturbing development would be to post your poem on the 16th, that's when we vote.
Works created with the assistance of...
Flash Frenzy February 2024: Nexus
Flash Frenzy February 2024
Nexus
Nexus
!!! SPECIAL ONE-TIME FLASH FRENZY CHALLENGE - NORMAL CHALLENGE RETURNS NEXT MONTH !!!
Challenge Brief:
Welcome to the February Flash Frenzy Writing Challenge! This month, we embark on a quest not just to tell stories, but to build worlds. We present to you an exciting opportunity: to contribute to the very foundation of Nexus City, the heart of our planned shared universe, "Chronicles of the Nexus." Nexus City isn't just a setting; it's the core from which endless stories in any genre can spring forth—a living, breathing entity waiting for your touch to define its essence, culture, and history.
Your Canvas: Nexus City
Nexus City stands at the crossroads of infinite realities, a gateway to tales...
Grand Fiction Challenge 2024
Welcome to the Grand Fiction PRIZE Challenge, 2024!
Please note that this is an invitation challenge, based primarily on involvement with the 2023 challenges. I've posted a list of ways to get an invite in the Coffee Shop. PM me if you think you should have an invite but have not received one.
Prompt: After the Flood
Judges: Selorian, rcallaci and Louanne Learning (We could do with one more judge - PM me if you'd like to volunteer)
Submissions period: 1st to 17th February (deadline is 23:59 EST)
Judging period: 18th to 29th February
Here's the prize breakdown...
First Place
$100
One-year one-device subscription for Plottr story outline software...
February 2024 Poetry Challenge
February 2024 Poetry Challenge
Selorian is dancing wild in the streets as he celebrates his last day, eating candy and rich foods. Of course, we’re talking about this month's prompt. He’s partying in New Orleans at the “Mardi Gras” So let's listen to Fats Domino play the blues while we imagine that we’re all in the streets dancing the night away in the “Mardi Gras.”
Works created with the assistance of generative AI like Chat GPT, Bing AI, Bard, or similar are strictly prohibited.
This month’s prompt is “Mardi Gras.”
This is a “regular” month; therefore, entrants must post their entries this month.
Discussion regarding any entry, or any challenge-related issues, may take place in either Bistro during any phase of the challenge. Kindly...
Selorian is dancing wild in the streets as he celebrates his last day, eating candy and rich foods. Of course, we’re talking about this month's prompt. He’s partying in New Orleans at the “Mardi Gras” So let's listen to Fats Domino play the blues while we imagine that we’re all in the streets dancing the night away in the “Mardi Gras.”
Works created with the assistance of generative AI like Chat GPT, Bing AI, Bard, or similar are strictly prohibited.
This month’s prompt is “Mardi Gras.”
This is a “regular” month; therefore, entrants must post their entries this month.
Discussion regarding any entry, or any challenge-related issues, may take place in either Bistro during any phase of the challenge. Kindly...
Flash Frenzy January 2024: Circles of Hell
Flash Frenzy January 2024
Circles of Hell
Circles of Hell
Challenge Brief:
Welcome to the January Flash Frenzy Writing Challenge! This month, we tempt you to delve into the depths of Dante's Nine Circles of Hell to craft a gripping tale. Your narrative should combine one of two evocative prompts – "Con Artist" or "The Executioner's Ax" – with the fiery, torturous landscapes of Hell's circles. Whether you choose the treacherous deceit of a con artist weaving their dark arts in the circle of Fraud, or the chilling finality of the executioner's ax in the circle of Violence, your story must breathe life into the inferno's dread and despair. Use the harrowing ambiance of Hell as either a vivid backdrop or a crucial element to craft a tale that sears the imagination.
Prompts to work from:
- Con Artist
- The Executioner's...
Literary Maneuvers January 2024: Liquor and lies
Literary Maneuvers January 2024
Liquor and Lies
Liquor and Lies
Introduction
It's a new year. A time for liquor, a time for lies.
650 words max., deadline 23:59 GMT / 18:59 EST, Saturday, 13 January
If you win, you'll get a badge pinned to your profile, plus the chance to enter our Feb 2025 Grand Fiction Challenge, which carries cash prizes.
Judging
We have Smith, bdcharles, ps102 and Taylor. If you'd like to volunteer, please let me know via PM or in the Coffee Shop thread. If you wish to know more about scoring, take a look at the NEW JUDGING GUIDE which also...
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