Day 21: You meet your soulmate in the city of your choice, but you are leaving the next day…

Today’s celebrity prompt was brought to you by the incredible philosopher and poet Jomil Ebro!

Jomil Ebro has dedicated his creative work to considering the deep relationship between poetry and consciousness. He is a professor of Composition, Creative Writing, Journalism, Philosophy and the Humanities at Arapahoe Community College and received his Ph.D from the University of Iowa, where he also trained at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop.

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Day 20: “I’m sorry, but they just smell kind of weird…”

Today’s celebrity prompt was overheard by the multi-talented flash fiction writer and activist Tara Campbell!

Tara Campell is proud to be on the current roster for the Humanities Washington Speakers Bureau, and is a mentor the the 19th season of AWP’s Writer to Writer Mentorship Program. She’s the recipient of the 2016 Larry Neal Writers’ Award in Adult Fiction, the 2016 Mayor’s Arts Award for Outstanding New Artist, and Arts and Humanities Fellowships for 2018 – 2022. She is also a 2017 Kimbilio Fellow and winner of the 2018 Robert Gover Story Prize. Tara earned her MFA from American University in 2019, and is a fiction editor at Barrelhouse. 

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Day 19: Photo Prompt

(Photo credit Alex Strachan)

Today’s celebrity prompt comes from the flash fiction visionary Tara Lynn Masih!

“When I saw this photo, taken by a talented family member, it made my imagination take off to many different places. I never got around to writing a flash to go with it, so we’re gifting it to you all to do so!”

Tara Lynn Masih is a National Jewish Book Award Finalist and winner of the Julia Ward Howe Award for Young Readers for her debut novel My Real Name Is Hanna. Her anthologies include The Rose Metal Press Field Guide to Writing Flash Fiction and The Chalk Circle: Intercultural Prizewinning Essays. How We Disappear: Novella & Stories, her latest collection, won a 2022 Florida Book Award. She founded the Intercultural Essay Prize in 2006 and The Best Small Fictions series in 2015.

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My Real Name Is Hanna

Bestselling, award-winning novel on WWII Ukraine
How We Disappear: Novella & Stories

A MILLIONS Most Anticipated Book for 2022

A 2022 Florida Book Award Winner

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Day 18: The dog was confused by what had just happened…

Today’s celebrity prompt comes from the directors of the International Flash Fiction Association, Peter Blair and Ashley Chantler

The International Flash Fiction Association for readers, writers, and researchers of flash fiction is directed by Drs Peter Blair and Ashley Chantler, Department of English, University of Chester, UK. Peter Blair and Ashley Chantler are Senior Lecturers in English at the University of Chester, where they teach on the BA and MA programmes in Creative Writing and English Literature. They are the founders and editors of Flash: The International Short-Short Story Magazine and Flash: The International Short-Short Story Press. 

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