Update:
First draft is finally finished and terrible.
Submission deadline is tomorrow night, so tomorrow is all about revisions and polish.
#NYCMidnight #ShortStoryChallenge
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Update:
First draft still not finished. I was about halfway done when I realized I’d taken a wrong turn. The story wasn’t working.
Deleted all the way back to my first scene and am trying again.
#NYCMidnight #ShortStoryChallenge
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Update:
Story is outlined.
First scene (~300 words) is written.
Hope to have most, if not all, of a first draft done by tomorrow night. 🤞
#NYCMidnight #ShortStoryChallenge
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Looking for critique partners for @nycmidnight.bsky.social Short Story Round 1! Is that still a thing people do on Blue Sky or is it only in the forums and on Elon's app? #NYCMidnight #shortstorychallenge
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Romance/Plentiful/A nurseryman
Let’s do this!
#ShortStoryChallenge
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Screenshot showing Group 134, Genre: Thriller, Subject: Status Symbol, Character: Stowaway
And so it begins. #NYCMidnight #ShortStoryChallenge
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Writing prompt - Too Pretty to Become Food
Could YOU finish it? Drop your ending in the comments or better—join us at our next session!
#CreativeWritingClub #Valencia #WritingPrompts #ShortStoryChallenge #CreativeValencia
track: Henny KG - Left alone 3 source: soundcloud.com/henny-kg license: CC0
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To #shortstorychallenge 2026 or not to, that is the question...
Pros:
✔️ deadline(s) & word count provided
✔️ new genre(s) exploration guaranteed
✔️ create new! (ideas/stories/worlds/characters/etc)
Cons:
✔️ deadline(s) 🫠
✔️ new genre(s) 😨
✔️ writing 😱
#writerproblems #writingcommunity
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Annnnnnnd 48-hour scary short story challenge, round one: submitted.
🤞
#WriterSky #ScaryStory #ShortStoryChallenge #ScaryStoryChallenge
@nycmidnight.bsky.social
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@nycmidnight.bsky.social OMG, publish the first round results already! #shortstorychallenge
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#microcosmicon #flashfic #flashfiction #shortstorychallenge #scifi #sciencefiction #drabble #100words #fantasy #monster #fiction
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Submit your short stories, poems, or flash fiction to the March Contest!
Theme: AN UNEXPECTED TWIST
Details at the link below:
www.underground-bookshelf.com/2355943_marc...
#writesky #booksky #writing #poetrychallenge #shortstorychallenge #writingcontest #indieauthor #writer #flashfictionfun
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The February contest theme is #ROMANCE! Submissions are FREE! Open to #shortstories #flashfiction and #poetry. Must be under 2,000words. Link for #contest rules.
#writingcontest #shortstorychallenge #poetrychallenge #writesky #booksky #poems #writing
www.underground-bookshelf.com/2299706_febr...
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The theme for February’s writing contest is ROMANCE! Genre-bending is always welcome. Short stories, flash fiction, and poetry. Submissions must be under 2,000 words.
#write #writesky #writingcontest #shortstorychallenge #poetrychallenge #romance
www.underground-bookshelf.com/2299706_febr...
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Another NYC Midnight #shortstorychallenge in the books. With political satire, a sculptor, and a surprise, I think I got off easy. Hopefully they find dark satire acceptable, though, because I just can't our politics funny right now.
#writerlife #nycmidnight
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Drops in the ocean?
Whispers in The Void?
Pretending it matters,
or really making a difference?
Unleash your Inner Warrior
and we may see.
#shortpoetry
#shortstorychallenge
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Anyone on Bluesky doing #shortstorychallenge with NYC Midnight?
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It's NYC Midnight #shortstorychallenge day, but I'm also itching to finish wood burning this little guy. Looks like Saturday is going to be all about the arts. :)
#art #woodburning
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Love doing the @nycmidnight.bsky.social #shortstorychallenge every year, but I'm confused about why so many of the prizes include AI writing tools. So much joy of creative writing comes from the writing itself, and I just don't understand other writers who want to abridge that joy for themselves.
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I just registered for this year's @nycmidnight.bsky.social #shortstorychallenge. This will be the third year I've participated. Hopefully, this is the year I crack the third round 🤞
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Ghosts of great ambitions
cast up only lonely shores.
Shreds of success and failure
waiting for new sorting hands.
#shortpoetry
#shortstorychallenge
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#microfiction #flashfiction #shortstory #shortstorychallenge #100words #drabble #philosophical #iching #yijing #divination #fortunetelling #occult #microcosmicon
moderatelyquicksilver.com/2025/01/12/o...
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So…even mushrooms can shine.
Proof of life, if you persist
no matter where you’re planted!
#shortpoetry #shortstorychallenge
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“What say you, my dear?”
“I say we wait.”
“Wait for what, my dear?”
“Signs of intelligent life.”
#shortstorychallenge
#shortpoetry
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Commute short horror challenge. I’ll be writing short stories on my commute and I’ll post them, good or bad. I’ve always had trouble writing mini stories so I figured this would be a good way to practice.
#shortstorychallenge #horror #writing
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I need something to look forward to in January, so I signed up for the 2025 NYC Midnight #ShortStoryChallenge.
Anyone else participating?
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"Imagine a world where the metaverse isn't just virtual, but a deeper layer of reality. What would it reveal about human nature?
Share a 100-word micro-story that explores this! 🌐🧩 #MetaverseMysteries #ShortStoryChallenge"
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NYC Midnight Short Story challenge for 2024 is underway!
#Shortstorychallenge #NYCmidnight
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