In this post, we'll announce the winners from last week's contest and provide the prompt for the coming week.
We ask that you read our Creative Nonfiction Tips post to learn about the creative nonfiction genre and review our guidelines.
Important notes:
Thank you to all who participated in last week's prompt Call
 @osomar357 | He's gone I sat down next to her, took away the cup of coffee I had given her. And I looked into her eyes and I said, "No Mom, it's time to be strong, he left last night, my brother is gone." |
 @popurri | My father's decision I listened with the phone glued to my ear and remained silent while my sister cried and told me. "He did it". It was a very hard moment because, even though I didn't accept it, I expected it.I could only cry when I arrived at my mother and sisters' side. |
 @emreal | The Call I Wished I Never Received You know what? For the very first time in my life, I forgot where I was." What happened to him?"I inquired. "He had an accident, he went to a football match organized by his high school for old students. On his way back home, their car had an accident and all of them in the car died," Zak replied. |
 @tomiajax | Chasing the miraging freedom So I sat on the sidewalk, planning a strategy to go home without drawing too much notice. As I got closer to home, I spotted my neighbor's father a few meters away. |
Our third place winner is 
It felt like my prayers weren't working because, before falling asleep, I had prayed for a beautiful voice and the grace to sing the psalm well. I even prayed for the night to last longer. But looking at it, there was no difference in my voice, and Sunday was already here.
Our second place winner is 
But the call came neither the following week, nor the following month, nor in a year. It was painful to see my father hurriedly pick up the phone and realize that it was not the call he was waiting for. His spirits, like a punctured balloon, were gradually deflating.
Our first place winner is 
My hands clutched my wrapper to my chest as I shivered. Since the balcony was upstairs, I was able to see my neighborhood. It was in the dead of night, and everywhere was dark, quiet, and still, almost like a cemetery, but it was interrupted occasionally by barking street dogs, the whistle of the hunters and security guards, or the deep cough from the TB patient in a room in the compound next to mine.
Love can take a host of meanings
Beloved, lovely, lover, lovestruck, lovelorn, loveable, unloved, lovebird, loveless, love lost, love potion, loveworn, loveseat, love letter, lovesick, lovey-dovey, and tough love.
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