The Unaliving of Riitho Lakin by Sophia Adepoju
The Unaliving of Riitho Lakin by Sophia Adepoju was submitted in October 2022 to Challenging The Writers Writing Contest #5 based on the writing prompt: Your main character is in a loop, where he dies at exactly 8:03 p.m. every night and has figured out he can break the curse and live if he figures out who […]
Getting Them Back Together by Peace Uloh
Getting Them Back Together by Uloh Peace was submitted in May 2022 to Challenging The Writers Writing Contest #4 based on the writing prompt: Write a romantic story in which the main characters are enemies, but ultimately fall in love with each other. Knock, knock. “Coming!” A feminine voice said as the sound of approaching footsteps […]
First Kiss by Chinenye Anyanwu
First Kiss by Chinenye Anyanwu was the winner of the 1000 words romance flash fiction writing contest, which was held in August 2022. I hated parties. To be fair, I haven’t been to a lot of them, but I still hated the ones I had been to. As an unrepentant introvert and someone that generally […]
Wade in the Water by Zainab Sadiq
Wade in the Water by Zainab Sadiq was submitted in May 2022 to Challenging The Writers Writing Contest #3 based on the writing prompt: Write a story from the perspective of a villain who is unredeemable and wicked to the core. By the end of the story, has achieved their goal. The story I seek to unravel […]
You Shouldn’t Have Told Your Mother by Blessing Obiahu
You Shouldn’t Have Told Your Mother by Blessing Obiahu was submitted in March 2022 to Challenging The Writers Writing Contest #2 based on the writing prompt: The story starts when the main character receives an email that begins with “congratulations you have…” I’m not sure why cocks start their days by screaming, but now that […]
Pink Ribbon by Adepetu Oluwalani
Pink Ribbon by Adepetu Oluwalani was submitted in January 2022 to Challenging The Writers Writing Contest #1 based on the writing prompt: Begin your story with “Friday, the most celebrated day in the week” and end it with the word Monday. Friday, the most celebrated day of the week, is when I’m supposed to be […]