Writing Prompts
Friday, June 26, 2026
- Look up “shrimp vision spectrum” and use your findings in a poem or story
2. Write an Ouroboros story or poem that seamlessly loops back into itself
3. Write an ekphrastic poem or story about the earliest piece of art you remember in your childhood home
4. Go to your closet, close your eyes, and pick out a random article of clothing. Write a piece inspired by the sensory experience of that article
5. Pick out five random books, pick out a few random words and/or phrases from each book, then write considering those words and phrases
6. Write vengeful whimsy
7. Tell the story you don’t want your mother to read. You know the one
8. Describe a time you expected, or wanted, to feel a religious experience, but didn’t, or couldn’t
9. Write exclusively in the future tense
10. Write something about or around Olber’s Paradox
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