Your weekly dose of writing prompts Well, here we are, kids. We’ve made it to the first full week of April. I want to say thank you to everyone out there. You all make me so proud. Watching the way your creative minds work is the best part of my…

Your weekly dose of writing prompts Hello again, my lovelies. Here we are again, leaving one month behind and bringing in another. We have officially been doing this for one full quarter of this year. Whoo Hoo. This will also be the last week of the prompt list as it…

Ongoing open call for submissions: happening now😊 September 2022 — Updated June 10th, 2022 Greetings! And welcome to The Orange Journal, a rapidly growing personal development publication on Medium. More importantly, a publication that cares about the success of its writer. Maybe you know me. I’m Susie, a 2+ year Medium vet and full-time writer. I’m also a Top Writer…

Names are such a strange thing. I was born in Trinidad, where the name Kern is fairly normal. When I moved to Canada, I’ve only met one other person with my name and I’ve been living here since I was five years old. My last name is Carter, taken from…

For the week of March 4th, 2022 This week, we were Movers in every way! We had poetry books released (Congrats Darryl Lovie & Kevin DeLaney), stormed Twitter with over 200 Haikus, and put out this battle production: Our word this week was “EMPTY,” and it resonated deeply with…

For Dec 1st — 10th — Greetings PW Writers and Readers. The pub is open and decorated in holiday cheer! The liquor and beer bar and the coffee and tea bar are both open. The center table is filled with holiday snacks and goodies. Grab yourselves a drink and a snack. …

Claps needed for acceptance in Winston’s Coffee Competition! — As you may know by now, Winston over at Coffee Times is running a competition this month. Take Part in Our Coffee Challenge and Win $50 Tell us a convincing story that makes you believe in shoutoutsmedium.com The last day to get your entries written and published is Dec. 10th! Yes, two days away! And to qualify, you need 1000 claps. This IS doable. And we here at Promptly Written…

You would not want to miss them — Step into the month of festive December with four Writing Contests, from “Crossroads and Choices, “The Haven”, “Forgiveness is Easy or is it?” and complete the story challenge of “The Festive Heist”. December’s Poetry Prompt Contest: Crossroads and Choices December’s Writing Prompt Contest: “The Haven” The “Forgiveness is Easy or is it?” Prompt Challenge December’s Complete the Story Challenge- “The Festive Heist”

This November there are more than six dozen calls for submissions. All of these are paying markets, and none charge submission fees. As always, every genre, style, and form is wanted, from short stories to poetry to essays. I post calls for submissions on the first day of every month…

Ninth Prompt Of Lifeline Poetry Contest — This poem has been written as part of Sahil Patel Lifeline’s poetry prompts. Thank you, Sahil for the invite. Today’s prompt is: Write a poem about when you first experienced success. What is your first memory of achieving something grand or special? What you felt when you achieved it. …

Fiction Prompt — Welcome to the month of November! We are going to shake things up a bit, but then, what’s new about that, right? On Monday, Wednesday and Friday, I will offer poetry prompts. On Tuesday and Thursday, I will offer fiction prompts. Saturday and Sunday’s prompt will be the Weekend Challenge…

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You finally made the 100 follower mark needed to join the Medium Partner Program! This calls for confetti. But, how do you start getting paid for your articles? (Because it doesn’t happen on its own.) …

For Nov 8th—14th — Greetings PW Writers and Readers. The pub is open! Come on in for a drink and snacks. This is a bit of a long newsletter, so get yourselves settled in. I want to thank all of you for your contributions, read time, and responses. Clapping and commenting on one another’s…

Poetry Prompt — Welcome to the month of November! We are going to shake things up a bit, but then, what’s new about that, right? On Monday, Wednesday and Friday, I will offer poetry prompts. On Tuesday and Thursday, I will offer fiction prompts. Saturday and Sunday’s prompt will be the Weekend Challenge…

“Damn, I thought I let go of that already.” Have you ever said those words to yourself? It seems like thinking our way out of constraints is sometimes the quickest way of sinking ourselves into a similar situation. Whenever we go through something painful or unfavorable we, think of endless…

Our stats are up, Our stories are amazing, and we're nearly at 300 Hey, it's Julie here. This is my first motivate the mind newsletter since taking over this publication. So I hope this little letter is okay 🤞 I’m absolutely loving this community of writers, you’ve all been so…