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Are you interested in writing a Science Fiction story? If you want to start writing a Sci-Fi story, these prompts are perfect! They give you cool ideas to get your imagination going. For example, you could write about a world where robots rule, or a spaceship that's lost in space. Maybe you'll think of a hero who discovers a new planet or a time traveler who changes the past. These prompts are easy to understand and fun to use. They help you think of exciting stories with aliens, future tech, and epic sci-fi adventures. Get ready to write your own awesome sci-fi story!

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🥂✨️Welcome to The Nano Watt 2026! In this fourth hosting of our annual award we continue to celebrate the brilliant and dynamic stories of our authors, providing a stage for recognition and victory! This year we cordially invite all writers to The Nano Watt Golden Ball to dance the night away for a chance at glory! Under the golden hue of the dying sun, waltz, tango, shimmy artfully and in delight, with sparkling champagne on your lips. Oh gentle ladies and gentlemen, such honour awaits! ✨️🥂 The Nano Watt 2026 is brought to you by The Nano Watt. The Nano Watt Crowning Excellence! Please note that The Nano Watt 2026 only accepts submissions in English. Thank you. 🥂🏆🥂 Disclaimer: @TheNanoWatt is a user-run profile and is not affiliated with the official Wattys profile (@TheWattys), @Wattpad nor any of the many ambassador run profiles.

✨ What are the F.L.A.R.E. ? ✨ The F.L.A.R.E. (Ferzareth Literary Awards for Rising Excellence) celebrate amazing stories and talented writers on Wattpad. These awards are designed to shine a spotlight on creativity, originality, and storytelling skill. Whether your story is complete, ongoing, romantic, thrilling, or fantastical, there's a place for it here. Writers get the chance to gain recognition, connect with readers, and earn special awards, while readers get to discover incredible stories and vote for their favorites. 🌟 The goal of F.L.A.R.E. is simple: celebrate talent, inspire creativity, and make every story feel legendary.

|| OPEN - JUDGING UPDATE COMING SOON || Tired of contests never having poetry? Well, that changes today. Welcome to The Slam Dunk Poetry Contest, where this is an awards for poetry only. It will have 11 categories, so plenty of chances to submit! There are no payments, so this is a 100% free contest. Participants will receive prizes just for signing up, though of course placements will receive exclusive prizes. So, are you ready? Let's dive in!

Maeve Raines has seen golden strings since her teenage years-thin, luminous threads tied to people's pinkies, binding them through choice, emotion, and consequence. Friendship. Betrayal. Belief. Obsession. Love. Everyone has them. Some have many. Having only one is rare. Having none is impossible. Except Maeve cannot see her own. Now in her late twenties, she lives a life that demands silence and observation. Her secret stays hidden, pressed between unanswered questions and the letters she writes to the Fates-quiet confessions meant for powers she isn't sure are listening. Over the years, she has learned every shade of gold that exists and memorized their meanings. There is nothing left about the strings that should surprise her. To the world, she is someone else entirely. She goes by Juno-a name chosen, not given. A name she wears like armor. Under that name, she drifts. Watches. Learns how lives knot and unravel. Until she meets Theo Mercer. Her neighbor is gentle, reserved, and marked by something she has never encountered before. He has no visible strings. Not one. The absence unsettles her more than any bond ever has-because she knows what every shade should mean, and yet he fits none of them. Theo knows nothing of fate or golden threads-only that being near Juno feels fragile, like something he shouldn't expect to keep. What unfolds between them is not loud or dramatic. It is slow. Measured. Built from shared glances, half-confessions, and the quiet comfort of being understood without explanation. And for the first time, Maeve feels something she cannot categorize-a pull, a burn around her own pinkie whenever she turns away from him. Still unable to see her string, she prays-desperately-that if it exists, it will not be the worst kind. The color of love that never gets to stay. To the Fates is a quiet, tragic exploration of destiny misunderstood, love interrupted, and the cost of seeing what others cannot.

Against the backdrop of a damp, golden London autumn... ​In 2026 London, history professor Sarah uncovers a centuries-old letter hidden behind an old framed painting in her new flat. As she deciphers its secrets, she becomes entwined in a long-lost love and a mystery that spans generations-leading her to a man who holds the final piece of the puzzle." Participation in the Open Novella Contest 2026 Prompt used: #79 © 2026 by Nermein Sami El-Kurdi. All Rights Reserved. Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission is strictly prohibited #onc2026 #opennovellacontest2026 #oncprompt79

Bee's life is sort of stable: she has a flat, a bipolar diagnosis she's getting a handle on. Well, as much as possible, considering she also has a personality that treats impulse control like a creative suggestion. Theo - her childhood neighbour, moral compass, and lifelong critic - has moved back into the apartment across the courtyard. Now he's in her bar. In her kitchen. In her friend group. And, judging by the way he pointed at the window last night, extremely aware of which bedroom is hers. They've spent the last decade living separate lives on purpose. Different cities, different people, one annual birthday party where they confirm they're still wildly incompatible and leave again. But Theo isn't leaving this time. And apparently, neither is the possibility of whatever they've spent ten years avoiding. Prompt: You will meet many people in your life. Many will come and go, but some will leave footprints on your heart.

Some loves survive everything. Some do not survive the truth. Arjun came back to Mumbai for answers. What he found was a city that had swallowed ten years of silence whole, and a secret so dangerous that people had died to keep it breathing. Nishi always knew the cost of this fight. She never flinched. She never stopped. Because the fallen deserved someone who would not stop, and she had made them a promise she intended to keep. What they uncover in What the Dark Knows will shake you. The kind of truth that does not just hurt, it haunts. The kind of justice that does not just arrive, it devours. The kind of love that holds you together even as everything around it burns. There will be loss. There will be fury. There will be moments that crawl under your skin and live there long after the last page. The reckoning does not knock. It does not warn you. It arrives.

Poem Of The Day

ONC 2026 | Brynn hates snow. Which is funny, really, a cosmic joke she'd laugh at if her throat weren't so frozen she could barely form words. Every morning as the sun rises, she wakes up in a fucking-freezing forest, snowflakes landing on her cheeks and nose, and her heart skips a beat because she's back there again, on that road, and she doesn't know why. She can't remember who she was; she can't recall the faces of people in her life, neither their voices, nor their names. All she knows is that there's a path ahead of her, down along the snowy slope that stretches for miles, and no way back. So Brynn goes on. Step after step into the treacherous whiteness, until the sun begins to set behind her and the white path is hit by the worst snowfall ever. And there, alone and cold, Brynn dies. Again. And again. And again. Until one day, something... changes. The always-so-straight road forks in two, and, for the first time in an endless list of days, Brynn feels like she has a choice. She can go right, and follow the same snowy path that will lead to her being buried in snow and, well, die... Or she can go left, and walk down the green path she has never seen before. What could possibly go wrong? Brynn doesn't know. But of the many things she doesn't know, there is one she knows for sure: she is tired of being cold. ### Main Prompt: 102. You break into an abandoned cottage for shelter, only to discover three bears that are anything but ordinary. Something in the shadows stalks the house, and every choice you make could be your last. Secondary prompts: 16. »And into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul.« (Quote by John Muir) 78. You begin to realize that nothing is quite what it seems. 80. »Monsters don't live under our beds. They live in the recesses of our minds.« (Variation of Edgar Allen Poe's famous quote)

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Five Japanese teenagers named Hi, Mizu, Kaze, Cikyu and Hana were living the worst lives ever, until they found a job to become Power Rangers to defend Earth from the evil Rita Swift. Even though they are the worst team ever, will the rangers rise up to defeat Rita Swift? Or will they be a complete joke? Find out on Voei Studio's Baka Sentai Parorenja!

This space is created especially for writers participating in the Open Novella Contest 2026 Writing a novella is exciting... but also confusing, lonely, and full of self-doubt. ❤️ Is my story good enough? ❤️Is my opening strong? ❤️Will readers understand my characters? ❤️Am I even on the right track? You don't have to figure this out alone. This book club is a place where contestants can: ✔ Share their entries ✔ Get genuine reads ✔ Receive honest and helpful feedback ✔ Improve their chapters ✔ Support fellow writers Here, we don't compete. We grow together. If you are writing for the Open Novella Contest and want readers, reviews, and real feedback - this circle is for you. Let's help each other write better stories.

Open [✘] Judging [✘] Closed [ꪜ] Where words drift, emotions rise and stories leave their mark... welcome to the Flow Awards. 🌊✨

Join Judith on her journey of Nevermore Academy! Read as she meets the characters from the series, and the adventures she goes on. This Novel is a mix of lighthearted chapters and horrific drama!☆ is This novel is heavily inspired from the orignal series♡ I hope you enjoy! ☆ Word count for my personal goal will be updated once the story is finished! Word count for the whole novel ☆:

We present the second edition of WOW:WRITE ON WEDNESDAY after a successful 200 chapters of the first! As you are aware, WOW is a weekly contest, where every Wednesday we post a prompt to write your story. The deadline is the next Tuesday 23:59 pm/11:59 pm EST. Cover made by the wonderful @MissCatLatte ❤

STATUS ⬇ ╰┈➤ ❝ [ OPEN ] - ﴾✗﴿ ╰┈➤ ❝ [ JUDGING ] - ﴾✔﴿ ╰┈➤ ❝ [ CLOSED ] - ﴾ ⏳ ﴿ ╾─────────────────────────────╼ ╔════▣◎▣════╗ ✧ *:･ﾟ 𝕭𝖆𝖗𝖆𝖐𝖆𝖍 𝕬𝖜𝖆𝖗𝖉𝖘 *:･ﾟ✧ ╚════▣◎▣════╝ 🌿 Welcome to the Barakah Awards 2026! A celebration dedicated to halal storytelling, heartfelt narratives, and uplifting creativity ✨ Hosted by BarakahHub, these awards aim to honor writers who create meaningful, clean, and inspiring stories - the kind that leave readers with warmth, reflection, and renewed faith. With multiple categories, exciting prizes, and a supportive community spirit, the Barakah Awards are open to all writers who follow halal-friendly guidelines. Both ongoing and completed works are welcome! 📌 Check the chapters for: - Award categories - Submission form - Rules & guidelines - Prizes - Important dates Step into a space where your words can shine with purpose and barakah 💚✨ Bismillah - and best of luck to all participants! *SUBMISSIONS CLOSES IN FEB*

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