Forums » Art & Creativity » Official Contest: Short story contest 2025

And by short story, we mean really short stories. The shorter the better. I loved what you all did with this one the last two years so much I decided to bring it back, but with a new set of theme words.

• One entry per user.
• Only users, no posts from characters will count.
• Roll a 1d10 in this topic. Whatever number it comes up on, that’s the theme or inspiration you need to write your story on. You do not need to include the actual word that prompted you in your story.
• Entries should not an exceed a PG-13 rating.
• Edit the post where you made your dice roll to insert your story into it when it’s done.
• Maximum 100 words! Here's a site that might help you: https://easywordcount.com/
• Your story must have a beginning, middle and end.

Themes:

1. Preservation
2. Water
3. Fire
4. Earth
5. Wind
6. Heart
7. Combining
8. Solidarity
9. Trouble
10. Protest

Prizes:

• 2024 RPR tote bag (Real life prize - we’ll ship one to you) Totebags won in contests have some surprises inside them!
• Greater Wand of Epicness - Grants 6 months of Epic Membership
• Wand of Epicness - Grants 3 months of Epic Membership
• Oil of Epicness - Grants 1 month of Epic Membership
• Dragon's tooth - 5 extra permanent character slots
• Box of Rocks - Contains 5 random pet rocks, including a chance for special color variants only available via a box.
• Throwables collection composed of Glitterbombs, snowballs and fireworks

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The first place winner will get to pick any one of these prizes. Then second place picks from the remaining prizes, then third, etc. There will be FIVE winners. However, there are more than five prizes so the fifth place winner still gets a choice!

Deadline:
The last day to post a submission is May 26th

I'll give it a try this year.

* - Subject is Solidarity! Story to come.

This sounds fun!

My word is Heart!

Giving this a try.

FIRE

Let’s see what we’ll have to talk about :

Wind…

…blowing through the canopies

This is going to be fun🙃

[edit]
My little story :

“Aside, aside, I’m hurrying, I’m rushing!"
Leaves tremble and twirl through the air, grass, flowers, branches,
or even trees bend and sometimes break.
Reed moves in waves like the water that surrounds it.
The boats on the water tangle and progress, the sails swollen.
“I’m fast and strong, I wipe away anything”
Anything that is not fixed will clapper, tingle or fly.
Papers and dust dance with the leaves before hitting the ground again.
Rain or snow will do a sideway move, hats flee from their owners.
“Out of my way, don’t stop me, I’m the wind!”

Let's see what my word is!

Edit: My word is combining!

Let's see what I get

Edit: Preservation, hmm.

Hmm. I’ll try this. Should be interesting.

Edit: my word is Combining

heck yeah, my favourite contest!
solidarity... story to be added later...

Might as well enter!
Heart, huh? I can work with this

Oh boy! Writing!
Earth, huh? Alrighty, let's see here...