Prompt: Write the opening sentence (25 words or fewer) to a story based on the photo to the left. Remember: You can be funny, poignant, witty, etc.; it is, after all, your story. Paste your story into the form below or email your submission directly to yourstorycontest@fwmedia.com within the body of your email (no attachments please). Don’t forget your name and...
Your Story Competition
Your Story 63: Vote Now!
Prompt: Write a short story, of 750 words or fewer, based on the photo on the left.
Your Story 62: CLOSED
Prompt: I knew it was a mistake the moment it was over.
Your Story 61: Winners!
Prompt: Write the opening sentence, of 25 words or fewer, to a story based on the photo to the left.
Your Story 60 Winner: Tug of War
Prompt: A man opens his mailbox to find an envelope containing a set of instructions.
Your Story 59: The Winners!
Write the opening sentence (25 words or fewer) to a story based on the photo to the left.
Your Story 58 Winner: Commit This to Memory
Prompt: You come home from a relaxing vacation and realize you have the wrong suitcase.
Your Story 57: Winners!
Prompt: Write the opening sentence (25 words or fewer) to a story based on the photo to the left.
Your Story 56 Winner: Pa & Me at Sea
Prompt: “If you can guess what I have in my pocket, you can have it.”
Your Story 55: The Winners!
Prompt: Write the opening sentence (25 words or fewer) to a story based on the photo to the left.
Your Story 54: The Winners!
Prompt: Write the opening sentence (25 words or fewer) to a story based on the photo to the left. Thanks to everyone who entered and voted in Your Story 54! Here are the results. The winners in ranking order are as follows: 1. The water receded and the bride was gone, but so were...
Your Story 53 Winner: Sausage, Peppers, and Ice Cream
Prompt: A girl puts a quarter in a gumball machine and a human tooth comes out.
Your Story 52: The Winners!
Prompt: Write the opening sentence (25 words or fewer) to a story based on the photo to the left.
Your Story 51 Winner: Stray Lust
Prompt: Begin your story with the following line of dialogue: “Heads, we get married; tails, we break up."
Your Story 50: The Winners!
Prompt: Write the opening sentence (25 words or fewer) to a story based on the photo to the left.
Your Story 49 Winner: Defining Home
Prompt: You’re stranded on a desert island with three items: a coconut, a mask and a dictionary.
Your Story 48: The Winners!
Prompt: Write the opening sentence (25 words or fewer) to a story based on the photo to the left.
Writing challenge! Can you write an opening sentence to a story incorporating these 3 words? (Winners will be published in WD)
Looking for a little Friday procrastination in the form of a writing challenge? Close that Excel spreadsheet you’re working on, minimize your boss’ emails or postpone your daily chores (come on, nobody would rather change a litter box than write, right?). Take five: It’s time for our Your Story contest. Basically, in every issue...
Your Story 47 Winner: The Ticker
Prompt: A man who lives alone sees a set of footprints leading away from his house the morning after a heavy snowfall.
Your Story 46: The Winners
Prompt: Write the opening sentence (25 words or fewer) to a story incorporating these three words: fresh, hair and tangled.
Your Story 45: Winners!
Prompt: Write the opening sentence (25 words or fewer) to a story based on the photo to the left.
Your Story 44: Winners!
Prompt: A nosy man eavesdrops on his co-workers and immediately regrets it.
Your Story 43: Winners!
Prompt: Write the opening sentence to a story (25 words or fewer) based on the photo prompt to the left.
Your Story 42 Winner: The Safe Zone
Prompt: Begin your story with the following line of dialogue: "I've got to get out of these clothes—fast."
Last call! Can you write an opening sentence to this story? (Chance to get published in Writer’s Digest)
From hardboiled detectives to murderers, leprechauns, spies and even giraffe narrators, when it comes to the diverse and unique entries in our free Your Story contest, the gang’s all here. If you have a spare moment this weekend for a writing challenge, take five minutes and give it a whirl. Basically, in every issue...