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Get your writing started right in 2026 with the Get Started Right Writing Challenge. The seventh day asks writers their reason for writing.
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Mystery/Thriller
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Young Adult
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Join us in February for our fourth February Flash Fiction Challenge! Write a new short short story each day in February with daily writing prompts from Managing Editor Moriah Richard.