November 2024 Year of the Dragon Bamboo Shoots Writing Contest Prompts : )

Okay, friends, let’s go 100 to 1000 words, and remember, these are prompts you can ignore if you want to write about something else. We welcome pieces in any language, and no English translation is required — although including a translation might allow you to reach a wider audience.

So here are the prompts (to ignore if you choose):

Thanksgiving
Relatives
Food/Eating
Government
Elections/Voting
Shopping
Making lists
Thinking ahead
Looking back
Nostalgia
Nausea
Too much
Not enough
A bare cupboard
Living in a shoe
Buying shoes
Eating curds
Bargains
Rip-offs
Criminals
Prison
Justice
Holidays
Sentences
Periods
Commas
Comas
Turkey
Vegetarians

Okie-dokie, let us write some stuff . . .

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3. Enter as many times as you like using a trigger/prompt (this page).
4. Contest Challenge entries can be prose (including short stories, nonfiction essays, or whatever you write), poetry, or plays -- or any type of hybrid writing you dream up.
5. Every entry must have a title -- unless you choose to enter a haiku, in which case you can simply enter the word haiku in the title section.
6. All content/entries should be original work. You retain ownership of your entries; however, we may ask to use them elsewhere on the site or on social media to help promote Bamboo Ridge and/or the Bamboo Shoots online writing community.
7. Winners will be announced with all possible speed after the end of each month. Winners receive 10 Bamboo Bucks credit to spend in the BRP online bookstore. Bamboo Bucks have no monetary value outside of the online store.
8. Entries may also be selected for publication in the regular Bamboo Ridge Journal. If your piece is chosen, the editors will contact you via the email address on file.
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