Day 10: Write a story that is 10 sentences, then take each sentence and rearrange their order to make a new story.

Today’s celebrity prompt comes from down under, thanks to the visionary Michelle Elvy!

*Michelle Elvy edits at AT THE BAY | I TO KOKORU, a literary organisation dedicated to Aotearoa New Zealand’s storytelling traditions and innovative new voices, founded in 2022. She is founding editor of the international literary journal Flash Frontier: An Adventure in Short Fiction and Aotearoa New Zealand’s  National Flash Fiction Day. She is Assistant Editor for the Best Small Fictions series and she has co-edited include Bonsai: Best small stories from Aotearoa New Zealand (Canterbury University Press), Ko Aotearoa Tātou | We Are New Zealand, an anthology celebrating contemporary New Zealand’s complex voices, experiences and ethnicities.

FInd out more about Michelle and her work here:

michelleelvy.com

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Day 9: November 9 is Anne Sexton’s birthday. Start with “Someone is dead. Even the trees know it…”

Today’s celebrity prompt comes from Anne Sexton via the amazing poet goddess Meg Tuite!

*Meg Tuite is the author of numerous books (like WHITE VAN) and stories in print and online journals (like “CRIMINAL” AT HEAVY FEATHER REVIEW); she is also a writing instructor at Bending Genres. She lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Read more of Meg Tuite’s work and prepare to have your head blown off here:

OMG Stories

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Day 8: Write a road trip story. Two characters, tension, going from where to where?

Today’s celebrity prompt comes from my flash hero Pamela Painter!

*Pamela Painter is the award-winning author of five story collections. Her stories have appeared in numerous Flash anthologies and she is a Founding Donor of the Flash Fiction Archive, established in 2020 at the Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas, Austin.

Read Pamela’s road trip story “The New Year”

Read more of her work and find out out more:

www.pamelapainter.com

Author:  Fabrications:  New and Selected Stories 

Instagram: xpamelapainterx

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Day 7: Write a story about a character who is keeping a terrible secret that has just been discovered….

Today’s celebrity prompt just in from the one and only  Steve Almond!

*Steve Almond is the author of twelve books of fiction and nonfiction, including the New York Times bestsellers Candyfreak and Against Football. His recent books include William Stoner and the Battle for the Inner Life, which is about reading and writing and the struggle to pay attention to our lives, and Bad Stories, a literary investigation of the 2016 election. His new book is a novel called All the Secrets of the World. Order here 

Check out Steve’s books, workshops, and other awesomeness here:

www.stevealmondjoy.org

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