Creative Nonfiction Prompt #59

Creative Nonfiction in The Ink Well Prompt #59

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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.

Last Week's entrants

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

Last week's participants

@abigail04	@minhajulmredol	@osomar357
@kilvnrex	@nathy33	@marriot5464
@mrenglish	@iskawrites	@chm-writes
@jeclyn60	@rare-gem	@rukkie
@emreal	@kingsleyy	@samiwrites
@hameedoo	@cool08	@hazmat
@phyna	@marynn	@rammargarita
@nancybriti1	@diebitch	@wongi
@balikis95	@zyzymena	@lightpen
@amiegeoffrey	@jjmusa2004

Featured

Highlighting @riverflows, with the story:

Grit Big Caterpillars

In the 1990's in Australia, eyebrows were thin and overplucked, like starving chickens in a tornado or a orangutang experimenting with a razor, or a child's drawing of Cruella Da Ville.

Curator's comment :

Riverflows brings us a delightfully funny, relatable story about aging in all its notorious ugly glory!

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Highlighting @zyzymena, with the story:

The Birthday Shoot

Everything was set. I double-checked my boxes once again to make sure everything was going smoothly. Clothes, shoes, and hair were all checked; all that was left was a makeover and a "Sexy Diva" photoshoot. Oh yeah! I planned on showing the girls how it was done. The photoshoot session has already been scheduled, and all I needed to do was get myself to the make-up studio for a new look.

Curator's comment :

Zyzymena brings us a gorgeous message delivered eloquently, creatively, and with great humor. A #CNF for the *make-up* prompt about a make-up and photoshoot that she arranged for her 30th birthday. It is a really lovely balanced piece. She has an ability to laugh at herself in the face of adversity which is a surefire way to win the hearts of her readers.

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Featured

Highlighting @nancybriti1, with the story:

The family brand

Far from stopping with that nonsense, and making it clear that sometimes adults do not act intelligently, they repeated every chance they got that maybe I had been adopted, or someone had left me abandoned at the door of the house and mother had picked me up. Their constant teasing became a hammer to my ears as a child and a worry that tightened my chest at all hours.

Curator's comment :

Nancybriti1 writes an emotive, heartbreaking, and endearing #CNF for the *make-up* prompt. When she was little, her genealogy was called into question by her family. She was fair-skinned compared to her siblings, and while they resembled her father, each bearing the genetic *mole* in the corner of their upper lip, she did not have one. She was made to feel different; not belonging. She felt shame for herself and her parents as her mother's fidelity was also called into question. Her father, however, always tried to make her feel special. He would say... she may look the least like him but her character aligned the most. It made her wonder what this character trait might be. When she participated in a beauty pageant in 4th grade, she asked her mom to draw a *mole* on her upper lip. This gave her the confidence she needed to face everyone and win the contest. She realised then that it brought out her fierce unstoppable spirit that already existed.

This Week's Prompt #59:

"Food for thought" or "pause for thought"

• Perhaps a deeply moving experience gave you food for thought, which resulted in a change of heart, direction, or plan.
• Your words or actions might've given someone else in your vicinity food for thought, and they altered their path as a result.
• A pause for thought culminated in a triumph or defeat, and you learned a valuable lesson as a result.
• The sight of an open field or plot of land set you and your partner dreaming; the vision was food for thought.

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.

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!

Prize

A prize of 20 Hive and 200 Hive delegation 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.

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