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Monthly Prompt: See HERE!
About Our Short Story Competition:
Every month, we host a short story competition (350 words max), with each new prompt centered around a monthly theme. This competition is for elementary and middle school students. The competition will remain open for submissions until the 28th of each month (11:59 pm), with results released on the first of every month at 8:00 am PST. Prompts will provide starters for writers.
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Winners will receive the following:
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1st Place - $60 Amazon Gift Card, and writing published in our Hall of Fame!
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2nd Place - $40 Amazon Gift Card, and writing published in our Hall of Fame!
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3rd Place - $20 Amazon Gift Card, and writing published in our
Hall of Fame!
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Runner Up - Writing published in our Hall of Fame!
Prompts
All competitions open on the 1st and close on the 28th of every month. You can submit to our competitions as long as it is the 28th or earlier in your region.
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​One Halloween night, your character discovers that the costumes that people wear actually begin to change the person wearing them. Someone wearing a pirate costume suddenly talks as if they have decades of sailing experience, a vampire's teeth gleam a little too sharply, and a witch's plastic broom begins to release real sparks. At first it feels exciting, but as the night goes on, the changes occur faster and stronger. Write a story about what happens when the costumes begin to take over and how your character responds to the transformations of the night.
Stuck? Consider these starters:
Who - or what - is causing the costumes to come alive? Does your character feel their own costume taking over? Is there a way to control or reverse the changes, and what might it cost? When Halloween ends, does everyone return to themselves, or do they stay transformed?
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All submissions before the 15th of the month will receive free feedback writers may use to revise and resubmit!
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Questions? Refer to the FAQs below, or contact us: futurescholarfoundation@gmail.com
