Prompts of Resilience
Meg Pokrass, Nina Schuyler, Benjamin Niespodziany"We have art so we shall not die of reality" -Friedrich Nietzsche Newsletter of Meg Pokrass' prompts and hint fiction contests. Paid subscribers have access to archive and exclusive “hint fiction” (very short story) contest opportunities.
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Microfiction Workshop Inspired by David Hockney's Art: July 27th-29th (an ekphrastic workshop)
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In this 3-day generative ekphrastic microfiction workshop (150 words or less) we’ll be crafting microfiction pieces inspired by the beguiling world of David Hockney’s paintings. Hockney believed that we don’t see the world a...
The Otherworldly Beauty of a Sunset over the Old Bus Depot Prompt
Write a story about a character or a couple who finds an otherworldly beauty in something that is broken or generally considered an eyesore by others. Or write about a couple in which one character is unconventionally attractive in such a w...
Hanging with the Extraterrestrial
With life on other planets top of mind these days, today’s prompt is to write a story about doing something relatively normal with an extraterrestrial companion. How does being next to them change the way a character sees the world around t...
150-Word Response Story: a Collaboration with Nina Schuyler
I was thrilled when Nina Schuyler, author of How to Write Stunning Sentences: 100 Simple Exercises from Beloved Authors to Improve Your Writing Style and creator of the hit Substack Stunning Sentences was game to collaborate by writing a st...
Charming Rule Breakers Prompt
Write a story about a character who has a great time breaking rules (whatever that means to you).
Write a story about a character who has a great time breaking rules (whatever that means to you). There are plenty of quirky and admirable ru...
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Meg Pokrass’ is the author of 9 flash collections. She is the Founding Co-Editor of Best Microfiction anthology series and teaches online flash fiction workshops here: https://megpokrass.substack.com/
Nina Schuyler's short story collection, IN THIS RAVISHING WORLD, winner of the PEN Oakland Josephine Miles Literary Award, shortlisted for the Northern California Book Award. Her new novel, OPEN THE FLOODGATES, will be published September 15, 2026.
Chicago-based writer, host of Neon Night Mic reading series, & publisher of Piżama Press. Posting one poem & prompt every Sunday.
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