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The Timeless Prompt Calendar

These prompts are written for you and hosted within our vibrant literary community by Warrior, You Are Loved (WYAL).

You can use any prompt at any time to apply to be part of our coterie or simply because you like them. We’ll remove outdated ones and add new ones on occasion, but this calendar is primarily designed to cultivate our creative home.

We encourage your imagination. Don't be afraid to think out of the box. Weave powerful stories together, and build from what you already carry.

Connecting to our Inclusive Coterie

If you use a prompt, know that you are aligning with our goals for individual well-being by using your words, art, or creativity.

  • The First Step: If you send us your piece—whether you are an official member or not—via The Submissions Program, consider yourself part of our creative coterie.
  • Official Recognition: If your piece gets featured in our Short Story Journal (Oot’s Library Series) at the Fairytale Fireplace, you are officially acknowledged as a member.
  • The Legacy: All featured pieces will eventually get published as a printed book to preserve for posterity, memory, and legacy.
  • Submissions Status: Currently, submissions are completely free and will remain open throughout the year as soon as The Prism Forum opens its page for submission intakes.

The Timeless Prompts

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  1. Nonsense
  2. Once upon a time, there was a… Finish the mini fairytale.
  3. What would you do if you woke up at a café on another planet?
  4. How would you communicate if you didn’t have a mouth, hands, or legs and were told that your imagination was your only voice?
  5. How many stars can you see in the sky today?
  6. Pick three unrelated words—no overthinking. Go.
  7. In less than seven words, comment on how we would stand up for our human right to water if it was the answer to every ailment.
  8. If you could invite any guests to a party, who would they be and why do you think they matter?
  9. Write a three-line story.
  10. The top of the roof
  11. A dog followed _____ home.
  12. I poured a glass of water from the jug.
  13. Why does the world stand still sometimes?
  14. How does a storm arrive?
  15. You need to walk away when _____
  16. What does a candle do when it gets put out?
  17. Changing directions in stagnant seasons.
  18. If you lost your mind to others, yet it felt sane to you, what would that look like?
  19. A steel bottle once spoke to you...
  20. Pepper is a spice.
  21. You juggle paintings for a living. Where? How? Why?
  22. Red ink fell out of the sky.
  23. A mountain went to visit a cloud.
  24. The land opened its heart to the rain.
  25. Magnets on the fridge.
  26. Paper bags are designed well.
  27. Ribbons tie my hair down.
  28. Glass bowls are fruit collectors.
  29. The globe is a movement in the sea.
  30. A meteorite crashed on the Earth.
  31. The cannons of home are loud.
  32. Life is a road to one destination.