Essay (or short story) contest.
Fountain Magazine, a publisher of writings on life, belief, knowledge, and universe, is seeking essays (and short stories)* about pandemic revival revival "after" the pandemic. They are NOT seeking: "...essays that emphasize superiority of a specific worldview or derogating a specific worldview... Essays that "propagate" a certain spiritual order, a religious denomination, a spiritual leader, or a political activist, etc. in a way that subordinates all other faiths and tra
Help build a plausible sci-fi world!
Wanna (help) worldbuild a plausible, coherent, detailed, and (at least minimally) pleasant sci-fic future? Of course you do! Here are the basic parameters (for more details and to find team members, click on the above link): To be plausible, the world should: Be consistent with today’s real world; Be consistent with known science; and Not rely on improbable / implausible events (miracles). And the world should be a place yourself and many others would enjoy inhabiting. Due da
It's a word it it's written.
I found this writing prompt in the #365prompts challenge on Twitter. And I discovered "whorship" is just as much a word as "ping" is a word. So now it's time to write a flash fiction tale...
Breaking Ball, by Michael Snyder
There’s this ball, pink-seamed and spinning fast, its coordinates locked on the northern perimeter of my left eye socket. All the proof I need that God hates me. No surprise, as my earthly father was never that fond of me either. Synapses fire, but to no avail. The signals are jammed, my spindly legs remain planted in the dirt and seem to be taking root. All while this simple lump of cork, wrapped taut in woolen yarn then covered and stitched in rawhide, maintains both its
Twitter me this!
Want to make tweeting more meaningful than adding to your Twitter echo chamber? There's still time to jump on this daily Twitter challenge! (Or jump in and out whenever!) Join fellow writer Rebecca Makkai on Twitter and use #365prompts in your reply tweets. (This is what I'm doing.) Or your non-reply tweets. Or don't use the hashtag. Or write your response on paper and then hide it away each time so that no one sees and no one knows about your own secret book of surreptitious
