Sometimes inspirations for your writing may come from things you hear.

It could be just any kinds of sound you will hear in your life, but how about it is some popular song you hear on the streets, at school with your friends, at a cafe, or even through your earbuds from your iPod!

As a heavy music lover as well, I frequently thought of stories based on music, and mostly it was about thinking of a music video scenario for it all by myself. One day, when I was listening to one of BIGBANG [just to note: my all-time favorite K-pop group! Yup you can call me VIP haha :)]'s newest songs which were released in last year from my cell phone, one sparkling thought came into my mind....OH, WHAT ABOUT WRITING A STORY ABOUT THIS SONG....wait, HOW ABOUT WRITING A STORY FROM K-POP ITSELF?

Since I am a very busy person and cannot think of all stories from all songs from a single brain, I decided that I need your help and ideas in order to help me out completing this somewhat time-killing project-like thing into action. So, just come over and have fun with writing over any K-pop music you like even if you don't like K-pop:) And.....for you K-pop lovers over there.......come on! Don't be shy! Kill two birds with one stone by writing stories and listening to  your favorite team's song!

So everybody, these are the rules;

Who to write: Everyone who got ideas and love K-POP or anyone who just wants to write stories from new music!

What to write: ANY KINDS OF FICTION INSPIRED FROM A PARTICULAR K-POP SONG[I MEAN, REALLY ANY SONG AS LONG AS IT'S K-POP!].....or two, if you like:)

[Note: ALTHOUGH I settled the rating cutlines as PG-13, symbolic or metaphoric claims of sexuality, violence, or other 'adult' issues are okay!]

When to write : Any time from February 22  to March 7(GMT +9 Zone) [That gives you two weeks so I think that will be enough!]

How to win: Mainly based on choice of the organizer-that's me:)-but like counts will be considered! I just mentioned that I like BIGBANG, but it doesn't mean that I will only look for works done based on their song so don't worry! I am a quite fair person and you can guarantee:)

What you get if you win:

1st place- An audio-drama version of the winning story [which means that I will record your story and send it to you again] and held it on my Naver blog [address will be told later] with a Korean translation

2nd place- A story fan art of the winning story with a quote from the choice of the organizer written on the side

3rd place-  A word document version of the winning story with some pictures of your group attached as inserted pictures

Additional Good News: NO WORD COUNT PEOPLE! WRITE AS LONG AS YOU WANT!!

That's it. Enjoy your writing guys! I'll be happy to see all of your entries two weeks later:)

Dear Pens!

'Story Behind the Drawing 1' Writing Contest was a great success! Thank you very much for participating!

We are very delighted to announce ~ *drum roll* ~ our 'Story behind the Drawing 2' writing contest!:) We hope this series of writing contests based on drawings can become a culture of Penana!

Without further ado,

Our first artist started with this...

Followed by our second artist...

and finally the polished version ...:)

Contest Details

Prompt:

Write a story based on the Collaborative Drawing. Give it a Title and Craft a unique Story or Poetry behind it!

Word Limit:Around 500 words

Judging:

Penana Team (Like counts by the community will also be considered!)

Prize:

A copy of the featured collaborative drawing in the form of a Penana Postcard!

Looking forward to your story entries!

Will this one be a Fantasy, Romance, or Science Fiction? We are ready - are you?:')

Best,

Penana Team

For this contest, I want you to take the image below and create something with it. A story. A quote. A song. A poem. Any form of art you wish. Here is my example, it came to mind the first time I saw this picture:

As I jumped and skipped in the pouring rain, I knew people around me enjoying the sunny weather. All of them under their dimly lit umbrellas, seeing an imaged sunny day. You may not know but, the world has changed. It rains everyday without end. We’re lucky to see a sunny day. People started to complain, get lazy, and slow go into depression.  So, in response, scientists created an umbrella that creates an image the holder wishes to view. It was created for the greater good but also as an experiment. Everyone in the world received one of these ‘wondrous’ umbrellas. I did was well, and you would consider me an outlier in this experiment. I tried it and within the first second I threw it into the back of the closet. I didn’t need an umbrella to enjoy life. I could see it with my own eyes. Rain falls everyday, just like everyone’s hopes for a sunny day. I didn’t lose my hope, I never had to have hope. I had all I needed. A light, even if these clouds brought what everyone else saw as a darkness.

I never understood why, I still don’t. But, it doesn’t matter. Life can continue to pour down on me but I’ll never coward away. I’ll always stay out, taking anything and seeing it as a light. Even if no one else sees it.

That's just my example, I just want your response or thoughts to this picture in a form of art.

Go crazy! Have fun! Think Deep! IDK! Do what you do! :)

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(If this goes well. I hope to do more Picture Responses later on :) Maybe I'll do Song Responses, *shrugs* idk :)  )

Artist of the masterpiece above is in this link.

We've all heard the fairytales: The charming knight finds the tower the beautiful princess is hidden away in, all to slay the evil dragon to bring her home and marry her. Right? Well, not anymore.

In this contest, take the story of the knight saving the princess from the tower and put an unlikely twist in it! Maybe the princess isn't a princess? The dragon's nice? It's actually a giant goat? The prince is like 85 years old? Take your pick!

Any genre or length is accepted. Have fun!

If a clock could count down to the moment you meet your soul mate, would you want to know?​

You are going to write a one-shot based on this quote. The one-shot will be about your character's timer hitting zero. The winner will have a story of their choice promoted in every way possible. Email, forums, I'll even post a link to it on Tumblr. Now get writing, because you have four weeks.

Lately our team at Penana worked with some aspiring artists on several Collaborative Drawing projects and we decide to hold a series of ‘Story Behind the Drawing’ Writing Contests with the artists' beautiful co-creations!

The exciting part of this special contest series is the winner of the contests will be able to bring home a copy of the featured drawing in the form of a postcard, specially crafted by Penana!

This is the first of our featured drawing projects from start to finish!:)

Our first artiststarted with this...

...followed by the second artist...

...and our final artist finished it off into something amazingly beautiful...

Participating Artists: Coen Wonder, Water, Once Upon A Star

Contest Details

Prompt:

Write a story based on the Collaborative Drawing. Give it a Title and Craft a unique Story or Poetry behind it!

Word Limit:Around 500 words

Judging:

Penana Team (Like counts by the community will also be considered!)

Let your imagination run free...we believe in you!:)

Looking forward to your amazing stories!

With much love,

The Penana Team

Dear Pens!

Here is the #PostcardStory 3 Contest!

If you are familiar with Penana's 'Story Behind the Drawing' writing contest series, this contest is exactly the same! We decided to change the name to 'Postcard Story' because the winners of the contest can actually win home a Penana designed postcard! We also hope this contest can help spark your writing muses during your NaNoWriMo, which starts today!

Without further ado,

Our first artist started with this...

Followed by our second artist...

and finally the polished version.

Contest Details

Prompt:

Write a story based on the Collaborative Drawing. Give it a Title and Craft a unique Story or Poetry behind it!

Word Limit:Around 500 - 1500 words

Judging:

Penana Team (Like counts by the community will also be considered!)

*Prize*:

A copy of the featured collaborative drawing in the form of a Penana Postcard!

Looking forward to your story entries!

Best,

Penana Team

Dear Pens!

Christmas is almost here and it's time to write a Christmas Postcard Story! This year's Christmas contest theme is'Make A Wish.'We came up with this beautiful collaborative drawing based on the theme to spark your imagination and creativity!

Without further ado,

Our first artist started with this...

...followed by the second artist...

...and our final artist finished it off into something amazingly beautiful...

Can you see Penana's 'P'inside the snow globe on the bottom right-hand corner of the picture?:)

Participating Artists:

Coen Wonder, Water, Once Upon A Star

*Prize*:

A copy of the featured collaborative drawing in the form of a Penana Postcard!

Wish you all an early Merry Christmas and have fun writing! Look forward to reading all your entries! You can make or hide a wish inside your story too!

Best wishes,

Penana

Special Prized Contest with Aspiring Korean Singer Chanwoo Bang!

Hello everyone! Merry Christmas! On this special occasion, me along with my college friend and young Korean singer Chanwoo Bang have decided to host a creative writing contest here on Penana! As part of Chanwoo’s new song ‘그런 날이 있어’, this special prized contest is one you would not want to miss!:)

Having received an international high school education at North London Collegiate School Jeju on Jeju Island, Korea, Chanwoo is a young and aspiring singer-songwriter who has a fond passion in music and singing. Moving on to college, Chanwoo has never given up his musical endeavors amidst hectic schoolwork. Despite living in a whole new environment, Chanwoo continues to write new songs and publish his works in his free time and enjoys playing the guitar at night when he is at home. Through composing various original songs, Chanwoo hopes to touch his fans with his unique voice and guitar playing, as music is something which he holds dear to his heart.

The theme of this special contest will be based on Chanwoo’s new original song ‘그런 날이 있어’. For this contest, feel free to write a short story or poem with the feelings you had whilst listening to the song – you can write about anything, it can be a short piece about a romantic story or an intergalactic universe far, far away, or even a poem about one special night when you couldn’t go to sleep. You can really write about anything...let your emotions shine through!:)

Listen to Chanwoo’s song ‘그런 날이 있어’ here! :

Prompt:

Write a story with the feelings you had whilst listening to the song ‘그런 날이 있어’. You can craft a unique story or poetry behind it – remember to give a title to your masterpiece!

Word Limit:Around 500 words (can be less!)

Judging:Korean singer-songwriter Chanwoo Bang (Like counts by the community will also be considered!)

Prize:

A secret gift mailed to you with bundles of love!:)

We really look forward to your story and poetry entries!

A lovely Christmas to you all and Happy New Year! May the magic and warmth of Christmas stay in your heart always!