Writing Prompts
Looking for fuel to get your ideas flowing? We’ve got you covered. Here you’ll find prompts from our past Narrative High School Writing Contests and more.
Prompts from Past Narrative High School Writing Contests
• Where I’m Going: Write a piece that conjures a singular and distinct journey.
• Dear America: Write about your perspective of America today, capturing your unique relationship with the country or the words you feel the nation needs to hear.
• When Everything Changed: Write about a pivotal moment in your life or the fictional life of a developing character.
• The Mistake: Write about a mistake that can’t be smoothed over, reconciled, or unmade.
• The Choice: Write about a decision that altered the course of a life in some way, big or small.
• Escape: Write about your version of escape—perhaps a physical act, an adventure, or a dream.
• Blindspots: Write about a blindspot you feel needs greater attention and bring to light what others have been missing.
• True or False?: Write something that conjures your version of this common question.
• My Note to the World: Write about an issue that confounds the world at large or troubles your life specifically.
Other Great Prompts
• Six-Word Stories: A delightfully difficult form that asks you to write a complete story that transpires in a moment’s reading.
• A Letter in Time: Read letters address to past and future selves, then write your own.
