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Weekly Challenge and Prize Announcement
Time for the prize announcement and new challenge!
Last week's prompt was: "recall". And the skill challenge was to develop a great main character.
Stories From the Previous Week
Thank you to everyone who posted a story for last week's prompt!
- @justiceo
- @marynn
- @m-kay
- @fantom22
- @iyimoga
- @balikis95
- @timix648
- @deraaa
- @marriot5464
- @fashtioluwa
- @lightpen
- @emeka002
- @rinconpoetico7
- @pearlsuddy
- @blessworld
- @mrenglish
- @kemmyb
- @abigail04
- @clemenp
- @cool08
- @jjmusa2004
- @farahikram
- @yuki-nee
- @george-dee
- @amiegeoffrey
- @intishar
- @princess-dara
- @jhymi
- @radenkusumo666
- @inessita
- @marilour
- @phyna
- @gracielaacevedo
Honorable Mentions
Our honorable mentions of the week are:
- @deraaa: The Mistakes
- @jhymi: The Dance of the Heavens
- @balikis95: Daniella
- @marynn: The Burden Within
- @lightpen: My Conjoined Twins
- @emeka002: A New Ray of Hope
The Winners!
All of these authors wrote fantastic stories using the prompt, and did an excellent job with the skill of the week: creating a great main character!
Third Place: Wins 2 Hive
- @jjmusa2004, with the story Stan: A Short Story
Dusk hastily crept around him, beginning to mask his image cast upon the board glass where the result was pasted. It was the best time to check the result when other colleagues would be absent, for he nursed the fear of being laughed at by those he would meet there, even though he knew some others would have purposely checked out his result without him requesting them to do so on his behalf. He could still see in the glass a reflection of himself, doubting if he was actually the one that showed in it.
Second Place: Wins 3 Hive
- @yuki-nee, with the story A Different Perception of the World
After living with these creatures for 15 years, Carlos was already used to their presence and would only find them as a slight annoyance. Moreover, occasionally, he would interact with them, telling them not to cause too much trouble to other people. Similar to what he was doing now, where he’s scolding the little goblins for causing too much ruckus inside the store. Of course, he was only doing it because no customer was around. After all, he didn’t want to scare the customers away.
First Place: Wins 5 Hive
- @kemmyb, with the story The Forgotten Twin
The strange girl chuckled beside him. It seemed he was the only one who could see her.
"Why, the good doctor is optimistic," she whispered, her voice dripping with sarcasm. "I can't let you take my place in this family. You and I know you are a lost cause, yes?" She arched a brow.
Griffin tried to speak but couldn't. He shook his head.
Congratulations to @kemmyb, @yuki-nee and @jjmusa2004!
This Week’s Prompt
FIRST: A COUNTDOWN NOTE
Be sure to submit your entries before the countdown ends.
You must submit before the end of the countdown to be considered for the prizes and honorable mentions.
Please observe the timer below this post. If it's purple, and the COUNTDOWN time is in the future, you can submit and be eligible for prizes and honorable mentions.
If the countdown is gray, and the timer has expired, you can submit, but your story will not be eligible for prizes or honorable mentions.
When the timer expires, we get busy reviewing all the stories, and no further submissions are considered.
Prompt of the week!
WAIT! Did you read the information above about the countdown timer? Okay, proceed!
This week's prompt is: "doorway."
What to do with this prompt? Doorways are wonderful, aren't they? A doorway (or door) can be very scary if it is closed and you don't know what is on the other side. It can also be symbolic of an opportunity for change and for something new. A person can loiter in a doorway, or walk in unexpectedly, surprising everyone in the room. A doorway can even lead to another world. There are many possibilities!
What about the skill of the week?
It's time to put it all together. We will be looking for all of these skills as we identify winners and honorable mentions:
- Great first lines.
- Good settings.
- Well-developed characters.
- Integration of action, dialogue and narrative.
- A conflict that intrigues the reader.
- A "story arc" which results in the resolution of the conflict and brings the story to a satisfying close.
- And of course, we are looking for well-edited stories that are not littered with typos or spelling errors.
To be eligible for prizes, you must write a story based on the prompt (be sure to use the prompt word in your story), and demonstrate the fiction writing skills we have been encouraging everyone to practice.
Ready, set go!
A week from now, we will select winning stories that demonstrate these qualities and utilize the prompt. Good luck! Be sure to read the contest rules below.
If you don't feel inspired by this prompt or the featured image, feel free to peruse any of our past prompts or our collection of idea-generators:
Weekly Prompt Rules:
- Deadline: You have SIX DAYS to write for the prompt, and you must submit your story before the end of the countdown to be considered for prizes and honorable mentions. You can find the countdown timer at the bottom of the prompt post on The Ink Well home page.
- Story link: Post your story in The Ink Well community, and post a link to your story in a comment on this post.
- Hashtags: Please use these hashtags: #fiction #writing #inkwellprompt #theinkwell — as well as #dreemport, if you are also posting your story to the DreemPort site.
- COMMUNITY SUPPORT: Visit the work of at least two other community members and comment on their work.
- Title: The title is up to you. You can come up with any title you wish. You do not need to name it after the prompt or include the prompt word(s).
- Images: Please only use images from license free and creative commons sites, like Pixabay, Unsplash and Pexels. Images you find on the Internet are copyright protected and cannot be used. Be sure to provide all image source links.
- Length: We request that story word counts are a maximum of 1,500 words in length (preferably 750-1000 words). This is just a guideline. Longer stories are okay too, but they tend to get fewer readers. Additionally, The Ink Well admins appreciate keeping to that maximum story length for our time management. Thank you!
Reminders: Be sure to also read our community rules. As always, please avoid violent, gory, bloody, brutal, sexist or racist themes and language, NSFW (not safe for work) stories like erotica, stories with a political or religious agenda, and stories featuring abuse of any kind. (We have a complete article about The Ink Well stance on violence and brutality for more information.)
Here are the past prompts if you would like to use them or refer back to them:
#1: Heart and Soul; #2: The moment when...; #3: Beauty with a twist; #4: The Way Home; #5: A Matter of Time; #6 50 Story Ideas; #7 The Library; #8 All the way to tomorrow; #9 Legend; #10 Three Words; #11 World Building; #12 Childhood Summers; #13 50 Imagination Ticklers; #14 Railroad; #15 Cats - 750 words; #16 Your Birthday; #17 Action, Dialog and Narrative; #18 Change; #19 Tea Time or Tee Time?; #20 Summer Camp; #21 Main Street; #22 Fireworks; #23 Picnic; #24 Run; #25 A word of advice; #26 Winding road; #27 Mirror; #28 Shipwreck; #29 School Notes; #30 Three Words: Scooter, River, Midnight; #31 Flash Fiction Contest; #32 A Fork in the Road; #33 Shadows; #34 Three Words: Island, Witch, Cake; #35 Full Moon; #36 Graveyard; #37 Jack-o-Lantern; #38 Family Ties; #39 Longing; #40 Feast; #41 Gift; #42 Season of Light; #43 Believe; #44 Elf; #45 Holiday; #46 New Year; #47 Unlikely Hero; #48 Inheritance; #49 Under the Light of the Moon; #50 Three Words: Shoes, Mood, Adventure; #51 They're Here; #52 Artist; #53 Headlights; #54 Tomorrow; #55 Lense; #56 Perfection; #57 Making and Breaking Rules; #58 A Reckoning; #59 Blossom; #60 Temptation; #61 Happiness; #62 Footprint; #63 Frequency; #64 Sailing; #65 Fortune; #66 Worry; #67 Adventure; #68 Shadow; #69 Motor; #70 Embarrass; #71 Proud; #72 Guide; #73 Impression; #74 Lost; #75 Wonder; #76 Tear; #77 Splash; #78 Brilliant; #79 Sinkhole; #80 Exhaust; #81 Roll; #82 Wishbone; #83 Chatterbox; #84 Foil; #85 I can't believe you said that; #86 Boo; #87 Midnight; #88 Hunger; #89 Light; #90 Spirit; #91 Fire; #92 Tend/Tender; #93 Cheer; #94 Appearance; #95 Ambition; #96 Trust; #97 Fly; #98 Comfort; #99 Fate; #100 To Create; #101 Vision; #102 Sympathy; #103 A Special Time; #104 Suspense; #105 Bride, stairs, illusion; #106 Reality TV; #107 Things the Go Bump in the Night; #108 First line: Two strange things happened that day; #109 What if that loose floorboard was actually a hidden passageway?; #110 Footsteps; #111 Mess; #112 Cards; #113 Elephant; #114 Crystal; #115 Phone call; #116 Date; #117 Chocolate; #118 Three words: wish, button, sky; #119 RSVP; #120 Objets d'art; #121 Soul; #122 Scuttlebutt; #123 Recall
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Congratulations to the winners. You all did great
Congratulations to the winners @kemmyb , @yuki-nee , @jjmusa2004, and to all the honorable mentions of the week.
Thank you, I'm honored
Thank you so much, I'm grateful. Congratulations to @yuki-nee and @kemmyb.
Congratulations to all honourable mentions and participants.
We're doing marvelously well in the art.
Thank you @theinkwell for good coordination
Congratulations to the winners, time to get busy
Hello house, here is my entry
https://ecency.com/hive-170798/@fashtioluwa/heaven-inkwell-prompt-124?referral=fashtioluwa
Thank you so much @theinkwell for this prize. I'm honoured you liked my story. I appreciate the entire team for your hard work and support.
Congrats to @yuki-nee, @jjmusa2004 and honourable mentions. Keep writing!
Thank you for the mention and I congratulate the winners.
Congratulations to all the honourable winners.
Thank you for the mention, congratulations to my fellow honourable mentions and congrats to the winners.
Thanks so much for the honourable mention, it's an encouragement to me. Big congratulations to all the winners @kemmyb, @yuki-nee and @jjmusa2004 . Great prompt for the week as usual.
Thank you dear friend
Here is my entry:
https://peakd.com/hive-170798/@mrenglish/sacrilege-fiction
Engaged on @merit.ahama @marriot5464 and @abigail04 works.
This is my entry for prompt fiction #124
@luna1999/abandoned-castle-and-another-dimension
Comment: @kinganny, @mrenglish, @merit.ahama, @marriot5464
I had overlooked going through the week's challenge publication, but I'm already leaving my comment, hehehe....
Congratulations to our colleagues @kemmyb , @yuki-nee and @jjmusa2004 fair winners with their beautiful stories, once again they achieved victory and flew high.
Greetings to all and to the team @theinkwell
May the letters be with you!
greetings dear community, this is my participation this week.
https://peakd.com/hive-170798/@caroolina/the-door-of-mystery-la-puerta-del-misterio-eng-esp
éxito para todos.
Hello everyone, here is my participation:
https://ecency.com/hive-170798/@universoperdido/the-cave
https://ecency.com/hive-170798/@marynn/a-journey-of-transformation-in?referral=marynn
I supported @nancybriti1 @inessita @littlepiggies @wongi
Here is my entry: https://peakd.com/hive-170798/@kinganny/the-mansion
Congratulations to all the winners
My short fiction story for this week: https://ecency.com/hive-170798/@littlepiggies/one-door-closes-ink-well
I've engaged with posts by @marynn and @inessita
Here is my entry https://peakd.com/hive-170798/@justiceo/the-misterious-doorway-to-destiny
Congratulations to all the winners
Supported @fashtioluwa @justiceo
Here is my link
https://ecency.com/hive-170798/@princess-dara/through-the-same-door
Congratulations to the winners 😊 @kemmyb @yuki-nee @jjmusa2004 and to all of the honorable mentions 😊
Here's my entry to this prompt:
https://peakd.com/hive-170798/@smc.arike.oba/yellow-a-short-story-fiction
Here's my entry for this week's prompt
https://hive.blog/hive-170798/@emeka002/a-new-adventure-theinkwell-fiction-prompt-124
I commented on @princess-dara and @marynn posts
Here is my submission: https://peakd.com/hive-170798/@ubani/the-strange-house
Congratulations to the winners.
Here is entry: https://peakd.com/hive-170798/@lizizoo/the-treasure-never-to-be-found
I engaged on @fashtioluwa and @mrenglish posts.
My entry.
https://ecency.com/hive-170798/@iyimoga/the-ink-well-fiction-doorway
Here is my entry;
https://peakd.com/hive-170798/@lightpen/instrument-of-justice
Comment @luna1999.
Excellent Friday, group.
Hello We leave you the participation of Rincón Poético in the weekly contest.
Happy weekend!
https://peakd.com/hive-170798/@rinconpoetico7/fiction-behind-the-gate
Here is my entry
https://peakd.com/hive-170798/@blessworld/inkwelldoorwayprompt
Hello everyone this is the link to my entry🙂☺️!
https://ecency.com/hive-170798/@timix648/chronicles-of-adventure-and-discovery?referral=timix648
Here is my entry for this week:
Peakd: https://peakd.com/hive-170798/@writeone1/thousand-doorways
Engaged to post of @blessworld and @ubani
My previous @v4vapp proposal has expired. I have a new one which is running but unfunded right now. I'm still running @v4vapp and all my other services.
I've just updated v4v.app and I'm getting ready for some exciting new features after the next hard fork.
Please consider asking your friends to vote for prop #265 or consider unvoting the return vote.
For understandable reasons in the current crypto climate it is harder to get funded by the DHF, I accept this so I'm asking a wider audience for help again. I'll also add that I power up Hive every day and usually power up larger amounts on 1st of the Month. I'm on Hive for ideological reasons much more than for only economic benefit.
Additionally you can also help with a vote for Brianoflondon's Witness using KeyChain or HiveSigner
If you have used v4v.app I'd really like to hear your feedback, and if you haven't I'd be happy to hear why or whether there are other things you want it to do.
I supported @blessworld @kingsleyy
My entry for the fiction prompt : https://ecency.com/hive-170798/@lara-bee/life-in-exchange-for-wealth
Here is my link...
https://ecency.com/hive-170798/@balikis95/sharon?referral=balikis95
I engaged with @caroolina , @fashtioluwa, @ubani and @dianelson
Senior hiver.. I remain loyal
Here is my entry
https://peakd.com/hive-170798/@phyna/behind-the-red-door
My entry
https://ecency.com/hive-170798/@marriot5464/hope?referral=marriot5464
Here is my entry
https://peakd.com/hive-170798/@amiegeoffrey/a-letter-by-the-doorway
I supported @balikis and @marriot5464
Thank you for the opportunity to participate, here's my entry
https://peakd.com/hive-170798/@jjmusa2004/daring-tonia-fiction-a-short
Congratulations to all the winners.
Here my entry.
https://hive.blog/hive-170798/@popurri/the-new-place
Commented on @caroolina, @mrenglish and @luna1999
Hey @popurri. I think you may have forgotten to include your entry link.🤗
Oh, it's true! Thank you very much @jhymi😘. I'm going to put it
Here's my entry:
https://peakd.com/hive-170798/@jhymi/just-my-luck
Supported
-Balikis
-Lara-bee
-Riconpoetico
-Jjmusa2004
Hello, @theinkwell. Here's my story for this prompt--
https://peakd.com/hive-170798/@kemmyb/treasures-of-the-mystic-cave
Comments--
-Popurri
-Jhymi
My submission below
https://peakd.com/hive-170798/@abigail04/tears-of-a-crying-mother
@jhymi and @kemmyb
My entry https://ecency.com/hive-170798/@rammargarita/abnegation-the-in-well-fiction