Pick a famous (or not so famous) speech, paragraph, etc. (please write the original when you submit) from anything a book, movie, play, etc.  and change the subject without altering the phrases too much.

Ex: Here is part of the Freedom speech from the movie Braveheart.

"I am William Wallace. And I see a whole army of my countrymen,here in defiance of tyranny! You have come to fight as free men. Andfree man you are! What will you do without freedom? Will you fight?"

And here is my altered version:

"I am Hazel. And I see friends in my fellow authors, here to share their stories! You have come to write as creative authors. And creative authors you are! What will you do without a pen? How will you write?"

Have fun and do something that relates to you it can be writing, reading, sports or anything else!!

Don't forget.....BE CREATIVE!!!!!

-Hazel

So I recently had the weirdest dream ever it had like elves from LOTR and I had like pyrokinesis powers and yeah it was strange so write about a dream that you've had before, preferably the weirdest most creative one you've had, try to be truthful and write about one you've actually had. It can be anything....Have fun!!!

-Hazel

I must admit, when I begin a story or a fanfiction or really anything, I usually begin with a certain emotion. I never, ever write out a plan, I just sit down with one specific emotion eating away at my brain. As I sit wondering how to pass the emotion through to my readers I begin seeing images, characters and settings.

For this contest I would like everyone to write a short story in hopes of passing a message to your readers. It can be the ache in your heart as your lover says goodbye, or a low throbbing pain resting in your head. It can be anything a feeling, an emotion or even just a message.

There is no word limitations. Just sit, write and enjoy. If you guys could put the message (or emotion/feeling) for the title that would be great, then the readers can properly let you know if you were successful with your goal!

Have fun!

-Hazel

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

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

Sequel to Create Your Own Writer's quote 1 & 2.

Everyone is encouraged to join!

These stories must be sad. I want you to make me cry. They dont have to be long but they just have to be  heart-wrenching.

So not many people are aware of the 2nd person perspective. I for one love these stories! In this contest please write a short story in 2nd person perspective. Any genres allowed but please keep it pg.

here's the prompt

Those three little words, 8 letters....

I hate you...

Lets see what you can come up with

Re-write an old fairy tale that you read.

RULES:

It can be ANY fairy tale. Even a folk tale. Even a mix of different fairy tales. It must remain similar, yet different from the original story. Make sure to put the names of the stories you're doing at the beginning. No word limit. Rating can be up to PG-13, but should NOT involve graphic depictions of sex.

Have fun! :D

This is a Sequel to the Create Your Own Writer's Quote Contest.

Writing Prompt for this contest:

Every aspiring writer should his or her own Writer's Quote. In this contest, create a writer's quote of your own and put your Pen Name next to it. I hope everyone can participate! You can participate again if you did one in the original contest because I am sure you have developed new philosophies as a writer:)

Please name your issue subtitle with the naming convention as "Quote #". E.g. Quote 1, Quote 2 etc.

We will feature the best quotes in our Penana Quote Book!

Create a 55-word story(including the title). This contest is just to see how creative anyone can be. A story can start and end in just a few words. You can write about anything you want.

Enjoy!