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June 2025

100 Word Story from Photograph (Heat)
Write a 100 word story about the couple in this photograph.
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Meg Pokrass
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Winners of the 20-Word No Kings Story Contest Winners!
The prompt for this contest was to write a 20 word story about how a narcissistic con man tried to be a king and failed.
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Meg Pokrass
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Hint Fiction Contest! "No Kings" Story in 20-Words
Write a 20 word (or less) story about how a narcissistic con man tried to be a king and failed.
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Meg Pokrass
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Meeting the Perfect Stranger
Write a 100 word story about a character who meets a ‘perfect stranger’, perhaps one they were fated to meet.
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Meg Pokrass
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Hell, 1 Mile Prompt
Write a 200 words (or less) story in which “Hell” (of some kind) is just a mile away.
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Meg Pokrass
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May 2025

A few more space left in my 75-Word Story workshop this weekend..
In this first-of-a-kind 75-word story workshop there will be generative prompts created from selected story models.
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Meg Pokrass
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May & May and Marshmallow Contest Winners!
Dear Writers, this is a first, but there are SIX WINNERS!!!!! These may have been the most wonderful Hint Fiction stories yet!
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Meg Pokrass
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prompt of scale
Write a 80 word story about how something that may appear small and common to most people exists as a large, majestic presence to a character.
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Meg Pokrass
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Found Hope Prompt
Write a brief story (or poem) about found hope” inspired by Linda Pastan’s poem “Spring” (below).
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Meg Pokrass
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Date Gone Wrong- 20-Word Story Contest Results!
As always, there were so many wonderful stories it felt impossible to decide.
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Meg Pokrass
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