WHO WANTS TO HAVE THEIR SHORT STORY MADE INTO AN AUDIOBOOK/PODCAST???
The Struggo Prompt Challenge!
This is a FREE, WEEKLY community writing prompt challenge. Every* Sunday, submissions are read live on twitch and a community vote is held in The Writer's Den Discord Server.
Then, the community suggests a new prompt for the week, which is also voted on. Once the prompt is chosen, you have until the next Sunday to submit your 1,000 word short story via the Google Form link.
Finally, the week's winner will be queued up to be read aloud by a trained voice actor in a YouTube & Spotify podcast episode with full writer credits and an optional shout-out to the winner's other works.
And it's all free. All you have to do is join, write, and submit.
This Week's Prompt (Feb 2nd - Feb 8th): Why does this whole chat feel like a message to someone?**
Short story must be a maximum of 1,000 words
Accepted file formats: .pdf or .docx
No names of real people (please do not get Struggo sued)
NO AI GENERATED SLOP. REAL WRITERS ONLY***
Must be original work, original characters, and original story
Don't get too hot n' heavy. Keep it Twitch and YouTube appropriate please!
You're allowed to get creative with the formatting, but please no huge text blocks! Double space your paragraphs (like how Ao3 does by default) to make it easier to read.
Please do not vote for your own story or invite fake accounts to vote for your story. This is a small, fun, free contest. You can try again next week if you really want to win. Even if you don't get picked, you still get to have your story read aloud on stream! No need to cheat.
Catch the Live Stream Here!
Struggo reads the submissions LIVE on Sunday morning at 10:00am Eastern Standard Time. If you miss the stream, he'll post the vods separated by each story and neatly organized on Discord, complete with the PDFs so you can read along!
Check Out The Previous Winning Stories!
Struggo's a little behind right now on account of Cheri not sending him the next thumbnail helping MamaBuckle Films edit the sound for Dead Air, our newly released Buckle Up Challenge winner! So you might notice there's a couple weeks missing. Don't worry about it. It's free. He'll get there.
Join the Discord Server Here to Vote!
Everyone is pretty chill! Just read the rules, react appropriately for the right roles, and have fun. Don't be afraid to ask if you need help.
(No spam please! Struggo runs this challenge out of the kindness of his heart! He is very busy with a full time job and his family but he still makes time to make this fun for us writers.)
*Struggo occasionally misses a week or two here and there on account of being a very busy man. Give a man a break he's doing all this for free
**did u think I was joking about the community choosing the prompt?? only a group of writers would freaking vote for this. i can't believe this actually won are u kidding me what am i supposed to write
***cheri will know if it's ai. and she will come for you.
Disclaimer: MamaBuckle Films is not affiliated with the Struggo Prompt Challenge. This is something Cheri is promoting because it's cool as hell and she thinks Struggo is cool as hell.**** And because she wants there to be more submissions so it's not the same 3 winners every month.
****Do not tell anyone I said so. Especially Struggo. It'll go to his head.
