Meles Writing Challenge - Aug 2026
Welcome to the August 2026 Meles writing challenge! Here's what you need to know to participate.
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This Challenge will run from:
- August 9 11:59PM CET
(10 PM UTC/ 2 PM CDT/ Noon PDT) - September 10 11:59PM CET
(10 PM UTC/ 2 PM CDT/ Noon PDT)
Shared Stories
Links to completed stories from participants.The Schools
By birth month (or your choice)
31 Prompts
- I bowed too late, and the silence that followed was far more threatening than any insult.
- They called them a monster, which made it inconvenient when they were the only one willing to save me.
- The prophecy had never been wrong; it had simply misunderstood what survival would cost.
- I still didn’t know if they loved me, but they stayed — and for now, that was enough.
- We did not promise forever — only the next choice, and then the one after that.
- The dragons returned on the day the king died.
- The war began with a single broken oath.
- The final gate closed behind them.
- The stars shone brighter than they had for centuries.
- Write about a forest where people return... changed.
- Write about a character who can hear something whispering beneath reality.
- The magic stopped working the day the bodies started appearing.
- They told us the ritual was safe—but they never stayed to watch it.
- The river began flowing backwards the same day the sky changed.
- I thought I understood magic. I was wrong.
- It was never magic—it was something far worse.
- Write about a student who discovers they were never meant to be admitted.
- Write about a school where failure has permanent consequences.
- Write about a graduating class that is told they cannot leave.
- By winter, the river began whispering prophecies again.
- “Whatever is buried beneath this school must remain buried.”
- “Magic always takes something in return.”
- “Your brother was executed at dawn.”
- The sword appeared beside my bed without explanation.
- The war horns sounded across the valley before dawn.
- The dragon landed in the marketplace without warning.
- My grandmother taught me how to speak to ghosts before she died.
- Every night at exactly midnight, the bells rang from a tower that no longer existed.
- The first sign something was wrong was when the shadows in the room stopped matching the light.
- A groundskeeper who has secretly protected an abandoned manor for decades, waiting for the rightful owner to return.
- The bond burned beneath my skin the moment the enemy delegation crossed the threshold.
Extra Prompts
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