Photo writing prompt contest: November '21

November 2021 photo writing prompt_fall table setting of fresh red and green apples in a basket beside a beautiful apple pie by Priscilla DuPreez via Unsplash
Date Posted:
11/1/2021

What is your favorite comfort food, and why does it provide comfort for you? Are their family members or friends with whom you connect this food or its preparation? And what about preparing it--tell about that process, step by step, and the love and care that goes into making the dish. Or maybe your favorite dish is quick and easy to prepare, and that's why it's your favorite? Make us hungry.

What do you think about when you look at this photo? Write about it.

Monthly photo prompt writing contest for email list community members!

If you aren’t currently enrolled in a Center course (or even if you are!) but want to write with us, we host a community-building photo writing prompt project through our email list.

How it works

Every first of the month, we will present a new photo. Using this photo as a prompt, our subscribing community members are invited to participate in our in-list writing challenge to see who can create a strong, detailed, feature-worthy response in under 500 words. (Subscribing gets you a free download of One Year of Weekly Writing Prompts, our Sunday emails brimming with tips and inspiration for writers, the occasional exclusive discount or package deal on Center offerings, and access to this friendly-fun “contest,” so what are you waiting for?)

Once you’re subscribed, get writing! Copy and paste your response to the photo prompt into an email and send it to Stacia (sfleegal at creativewritingcenter dot com, subject line “[Month] photo prompt submission”) before noon on the last day of each month.

Submit for a chance to be featured and win $50

The winning submission will be featured in the first Sunday email of the incoming month, published along with a new photo prompt.

To offer a bigger reward for writers who participate in our monthly photo prompt contest, every submission will be one entry into a drawing for the winner’s choice between 1) $50 off the Center course of their choosing, OR 2) a $50 Amazon gift card. Each month’s featured writer will get two entries into the drawing. There will be two drawings each year: July 1 for submissions received January 1 through June 30, and January 1 for submissions received July 1 through December 31.

Remember, only email list community members can participate and will see each month’s selection, so join us if you want to play!

Happy writing,

Stacia M. Fleegal, Director

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