Welcome to The Ink Well's weekly creative nonfiction prompt!
In this post, we'll announce the winners from last month's contest and provide the prompt for the coming week.
Before You Write Your Creative Nonfiction Post...
We ask that you read our Creative Nonfiction Tips post to learn about the creative nonfiction genre and review our guidelines.
Important notes:
Creative nonfiction stories are based on your real-life experiences.
We are looking for real short stories! Not advice columns, reports on crime or corruption in your city, observations on nature, recipes, religion, politics, or any other nonfiction content. Just real-life short stories.
Ideal story length is between 750 and 1500 words, but your story must be at least 350 words, at a minimum to be curated.
Please focus on quality content. Read and edit for errors! Use a grammar checker before you post your story.
We expect everyone who posts in The Ink Well to read and comment on at least two other stories for each one published.
Do not post stories featuring physical abuse, graphic violence, erotica or NSFW content.
Since my grandmother's death, I was no longer the studious and obedient girl I had always been. I didn't go in or out of classes, I didn't take my exams, and if I took them, I failed. My teachers talked to my dad, who was my manager, and recommended that he take me to a psychologist.
Curator's comment :
Nancybriti1 writes an emotional rollercoaster of an CNF that’ll bring on the tears.
It has been four years since my husband Efraín left to walk on God's paths. It took me a long time to resign myself to his absence, it was 49 years that we were together enjoying our love. Even though he is distant, I will continue to love him in the same way.
Curator's comment :
The story is interesting and genuine.
This Week's Prompt 123
Not the sharpest tool in the shed.
Means : someone who is not very clever.
Perhaps you shocked someone who thought you weren't very clever with your snappy answer or solution to a problem.
Maybe you discovered that someone was not very clever because they constantly failed to catch simple jokes.
Use the prompt to come up with a true story drawn from your life.
Tell us about it! And remember to integrate storytelling elements like characters, scene setting, dialogue and action to bring your story to life!
Have fun and good luck! We look forward to reading your stories.
Rules
You have 6 days to write your story from the date of this prompt post. Be sure to check the deadline countdown.
Write a real-life story with the creative elements of fiction, like characters, dialogue, scene setting and a story conflict.
Stories must be written in English. If you've translated the post, it's best to add the original version below the translation. Do not write mixed language paragraphs.
Read and comment on at least two stories in the community.
Add a link to your story as a comment on this post.
And be sure to remember to join The Ink Well community!
Prize
A prize of 20 Hive will be awarded to one submission every four weeks.
Procedure
Two or three stories will be featured every week. One of the featured stories will win the grand prize every four weeks.
The winner will be featured in a special announcement post.
Interested in joining our community? Start by joining Hive!
We welcome delegations! These support our community in many ways, including helping us to provide support to quality content creators through curation and contests.
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