#100WW - Oct 23, 2024
photo prompt
100 word story
Write something that moves us in exactly 100 words, inspired by the photo above!
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Rules Are Simple
- Precisely 100 words (title excluded)
- Give it a Title
- Submit Story in Comment Box
- Include your X (Twitter) handle
- One entry (per person) per week
when
New prompts appear each Wednesday on the blog at 12 am EDT.
where
Post your entries in the comment box of the current week's prompt.
why
Foster connections and healthy habits of creativity.
100 Word Wednesday
Write something that moves us, and tell an entire story with only 100 words. Most importantly, share a story that begs to be read and reread!
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We nominate for awards, including Best of The Net. All submissions are considered for publication online and in our print mag.
Alternatively, we also have a New Submission Form for 100 Word Stories. With this in mind, submit only one story per month via the form. However, we encourage you to participate weekly on our blog in addition to one monthly submission.
On the first Wednesday of each month, we publish 2 selected 100 Word Stories (1 from submissions and 1 entry from the 100 Word Wednesday weekly prompts on the blog.)
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On the Coast, the Trees
Dry, so dry. We weep now in silence, no tears, wounded but too desiccated to bleed. Weeping, all of us, not just the willows. Ocean-source grows warmer, morning fog thins, fades away, no longer carried to us on the wind, and the drip-drip daily arpeggio of our sustenance dwindles, almost gone.
We watch our neighbor-streams dying, dried weeds, dead branches floating, salmon and steelhead gasping, unable to spawn. Dry wind stirs the dust, crackles through our withering leaves.
We have no hands, no tools, no voice. Can you hear our soundless scream? We beg you, please, stop feeding the flames.