Our Weekly Creativity prompts challenge you to make a piece of writing (a poem, a journal entry, a story outline, a review) or art, or music, or a spoken word recording, or other piece of creative work. All the prompts we have written are brought together on this page – see below. The first prompt of the month is also a Flash Contest!
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Creativity Prompts
Create a soundtrack for a short story, then (working backwards) write the story to fit the soundtrack ...
Invent a sport (it doesn’t have to be realistic). Write a handbook with rules/instructions, and draw an example of a team’s uniform ...
Draw an abstract concept like love, friendship, jealousy, or wisdom ...
Write a poem from the perspective of a shoelace ...
Create a portrait using only blank paper, a hole puncher, and a stapler ...
Write a poem from the point of view of a character. You can choose anyone from Goldilocks to Cruella de Vil! ...
Write a one-act play adaptation of your favorite story ...
Write a story that takes place during a sleepover ...
Design the ultimate blanket fort with a friend ...
Take a series of ten photos that encapsulate your life right now ...