Creative Nonfiction Prompt #28

Creative Nonfiction in The Ink Well Prompt #28

Welcome to The Ink Well’s weekly creative nonfiction contest!

In this post, we’ll announce the winners from last week’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.

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Last Week's Creative Nonfiction Winners

Thank you to all who participated in last week's prompt

Last week's participants

@funshee	@princessbusayo	@lara-bee
@faitz007	@borderline.babe	@kinganny
@mrenglish	@lenaspiritual	@arduilcelebren
@vivaebony	@treasure-joshua	@dianelson
@cool08	@timix648	@abdul-qudus
@pearlsuddy	@cypher09	@marynn
@diikaan	@george-dee	@ibbtammy
@kemmyb	@jjmusa2004	@jhymi
@mineopoly	@rukkie	@abigail04
@lrscarmen	@inessita	@amiegeoffrey
@talon12	@mhizrutty	@ubani
@marilour	@kingsleyy	@gracielaacevedo
@hazmat	@rammargarita	@nkemakonam89
@yuki-nee	@omasilem

Honorable Mentions of the Week

@universoperdido	My family secret My father did not mention to my mother that he had impregnated that woman until much later. I was already born and my parents already had a new life, but that revealed secret made my mother very angry and that's when the displeasure and verbal fights between them began.
@dianelson	From Secrets to Strangers I lived a cliche life, like the one we read about in our romantic novels. The one where the girl falls hopelessly in love with her brother's best friend and then the story proceeds from there, they encounter a little turbulence and things work out in the end.
@abdul-qudus	Happy moments with her She is always sitting at the front in classes for lectures. Most times I try to get closer to her by having my seat next to her. She never knew my heart and feelings about her. She is just dedicated to her academics. How I wish she could see through my heart.
@amiegeoffrey	Secrets are secrets until it is told However, I never gave a hint that I had a crush on him, the only thing I did was to prepare very well for the class so that I could answer questions in class, because he always proved that he knew it all.

Third Place: Wins 2 Hive

Our third place winner is @diikaan, with the story:

Punished for nothing

Source

That was my hint that food was still on its way and I understood the situation, but my stomach had a brain of its own and all the accolades and adulation of my numerous fans would not satisfy my hunger. My great night was teetering into a hunger stricken one. So I left the backyard, strolling confidently into the kitchen as a predator would enter his favorite part of the bush.

Second Place: Wins 3 Hive

Our second place winner is @faitz007, with the story:

Secret Between Brats Like Us

Source

We were a group of three and each of us loved fantasy movies. More precisely, animated movies where the characters have superpowers to fight enemies and save the city. Over time, this passion became an unbearable wild obsession. We started fantasizing about having our own powers and decided to think hard about how we could achieve our fantasies.

First Place: Wins 5 Hive

Our first place winner is @mineopoly, with the story:

Alone in our first house

Source

The other side of the roof was called planet Holt. It was so cold that it reminded me of the Rebel Alliance base from the Empire Strikes Back. There I kept Luke Skywalker, Han Solo and Chewbacca. They were the guardians of the attic crawl space. Here time stood still. There was no school. There was no homework. There was no scolding or nagging.

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This Week's Prompt #28:

Celebrate

Celebrations are definitive parts of life. Having something to celebrate often adds fun and purpose to life. On the other hand, a celebration that erks can be reason for depression.

This week we ask you to use the word celebrate or celebrations to conjure a personal story.

For this topic there are several possible approaches. For example:

Tell us about a traditional family celebration that goes against your personal beliefs.
Perhaps you experienced a triumph that gave you reason to celebrate or a defeat that meant you had to participate in the celebration with a hard heart.
We celebrate the big things, but sometimes it is the little things that should be cause for celebration.
Think of something you wish you could achieve that would be cause for celebration.

Tell us about it!

Have fun and good luck! We look forward to reading your stories.

Contest 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.
Post your story in The Ink Well Community.
Please use the tags #creativenonfiction and #inkwellprompt on these posts. Other possible tags: #writing #inkwellprompt #nonfiction
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!

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Prizes

Prizes are only for stories written for this week's prompt

First place : 5 Hive.
Second place : 3 Hive.
Third place : 2 Hive.

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