Twain here! It's been a while since I've done a contest, and, since there haven't been too many great prompts lately, I figured I'd come back with an opportunity to get your creative juices flowing!

This contest is all about pirates. Who doesn't love a good swashbuckling adventure?

RULES

-Must start with a pirate on a ship. Captain or cabin boy, Pacific Ocean or made-up seas, sloop or clipper ship; I don't care. It's all up to you, baby boo. Just give me a pirate and their ship.

-Swearing, blood, gore, lynching, keelhauling; it's all allowed. It's pirates!

-NSFW, smut, graphic sexual content; not allowed. This contest is rated PG-13. References to sexual situations are allowed, but keep it classy.

-Alcohol and drugs; both are allowed. Just make sure that the use of your chosen drugs are accurate for the time period! Or, if you go the fantasy route, go crazy and make things up. As for alcohol, drink up, me hearties, yo ho!

-Word count limit is a strict 3,000. That should be enough to world-build, plus get your pirate in and out of trouble!

-Grammar and spelling plays heavily into my judging. Make sure your story has proper line breaks, proper punctuation, and proper spelling!

-Where your story goes is UP TO YOU! I'm not here to see cookie-cutter stories. I want to see action, adventure, and, most importantly, YOUR mark on the story. Make me want more!

-HAVE FUN. If you don't hve fun with it, I sincerely recommend taking a deep breath and listening to some sea shanties.

NOTES

-Please leave comments! Positive feedbck and constructive criticism are extremely important for authors, especially newer or younger writers. Even if you don't join the contest, letting the author of an entry know you liked their work can go a long way.

-This contest will last for two weeks. Don't forget to publish your entry before the deadline!

Well, I think that's all. I can't wait to see what you all come up with!

All the love, Twain.

(P.S. I'm writing this on my Kindle in the middle of the night. All issues will be fixed in the morning!)

Write a story you needed when you were younger.

No word limit, nsfw or depressing subject matter is okay. Rated PG-13 because I don’t want teenagers to feel like they can’t participate

There’s always that onescience theory that makes your brain short-circuit in a good way. Maybe it’s black holes eating time, quantum particles ghosting reality, or the idea that we’re all living in a hologram. Whatever it is, I wanna hear about it.

🧬 This contest is for the curious, the passionate, the "I watched one documentary and now I believe I’m a physicist" kind of writers.

✅ Your mission:

~Pick your favorite science theory

~Explain what it is (as wild or weird as it may be)

~Tell me whyit’s your favorite

Show how it messes with your mind, your worldview, or just straight-up makes you feel alive....................

You can go nonfiction (essay-style), or get creative turn it into a short sci-fi tale inspired by the theory. Whatever your style, make it explode with personality and passion.

💥 Make me care about the theory that bent yourbrain. Bonus points for humor, bold analogies, and personal flair.

📏 Word Limit: 500🎯 Judging based on: Clarity, Creativity, Passion and brain-bending awesomeness.

🎁 Prize:The winner gets a 1-on-1 Question & Answer Session with me(the host), where we’ll geek out about your favorite theory.

I’ll ask cool, curious, mind-bending questions about your chosen theory and YOU get to teach me why it's amazing. We can do it right here on Penana (in messages or comments), or another way if preferred.

Think of it like a mini-interviewwhere you're the star. Because if your theory blew my mind, I want to learn more from you.

Winter is coming (in Australia at least) and things are starting to cool down!

I want you guys to create a cozy story that makes you feel warm in an otherwise cold setting!

Maybe it's a person visiting a cute little cafe for a hot drink and they come across unexpected love or friendship?

Perhaps someone has moved into an old house and gives it life again through warm soul food?

Or, it's a cold, snowy day and a poor animal needs to be nurtured back to health with love and a nice, warm bed.

The subject is up to you, as long as it is a warm setting in cold weather!

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RULES!

*Try to keep it mostly pg. I don't care about mild swearing, but I want it to be mostly wholesome. A little bit of blood from cuts and scrapes are fine, but no gore this time.

*Please keep it to a maximum of 1k words!

*Has to be a warm setting on a cold day! Could be snow or just a really bitter winter day, but it must be cold outside ❄️

*Genre is up to you!

*Have fun with it!

Bonus points for a thrilling plotline, cute setting, or unexpected twist! 😁

Write about the darkest thingyou have ever experienced.

Could be a nightmare, a feeling or an event.

RULES:

• It should be something that you actually experienced, but you can mold it into a fictional story if you want.

• Word count for both poems and stories is infinite.

• Don't worry about it being perfect. The raw and natural, The better.

• Pour yourheart.

Have you ever seen those cool moodboards online and thought to yourself that they would be cool vibes to implement into a character, a story setting, or maybe an entire plot line? This contest is based around this moodboard image. Read on for more details.

(Image found on Pinterest)

If you would like to join, write something inspired by this image. It can be based on the general energy around it, using the creatures and objects as key story elements, creating a character backstory, describing a world with the same color palette, or really anything. You could even write down a little story plan with ideas in bullet points. It doesn't have to be super sophisticated, this is just for fun. Likes determine the winner.

As for rules, make sure you are nice to everyone else participating, regardless of the kind of content they put out. I encourage you to read the other entries, but you aren't obligated. It just might be fun to see others' ideas. You may also take LIGHT  inspiration from other entries so long as you ask the writer first. The most important thing, though, is to have fun. Don't stress too hard. :)

For each one of us there are inner rules, beliefs and PRINCIPLES!

In just one paragraph (5-12 lines) describe one of your principles, how it has affected you and anything related to that.

You can be poetic, describtive or just type it normally. Let's share our values!

HI. I'm back. In this contest write a poem in less than 10 lines about a thing which you hate the most. It might be a thing season, feeling or even a person.

The main motto of this contest is to reduce your stress. Once you pour your heart out about it you'll feel relieved. So make it appropriate for people of all ages, and always a poem doesn't need to rhyme sometimes the feel speaks a lot.

Hope you enjoy participating. Bye Bye.

P.S:- Just write whatever you feel.

"I love you!"

"Why?"

Answer that question here!

Have you ever wanted to write a letter that you couldn’tsend? 😳A love you’ve kept hidden? A crush you never confessed? 💓Now’s your chance to let those feelings spill — secretly! 😶💘

Write a secret letter to someone you love💌 — it could be romantic, platonic, or even self-love. 💕

You don’t have to name them… just pour out the feelings you’ve kept inside. 🤫✨

📜Rules:

Word Count– 500 words maximum✍️

Original work only– no AI-generated stories, please!

Format– You can be poetic, prose-y, messy, or neat — just make it real! 🥹

🎁 Prizes:

🥇 First Place: Half-Body Commission!🎨💖🥈 Second Place: Chibi Full-Body!🧸🌟🥉 Third Place: Profile Pic Icon!💫🖼️

Pick up your pen, and let the ink reveal what the lips cannot. 💘🖊️

🎨 Note from the Artist (aka me!)I’m still a beginner artist, but I love drawing and I’m excited to make something special for the winners! 💕These prizes are not pro-level yet—but they’ll be made with heart, sparkles, and probably snacks by my side 🍪✏️

"Hooray! The heroes save the day!"

In most stories, this sentence is said quite often.

But what if this time, the villain wins.😈

Change the way you see villains by writing a short story where the villain comes out on top—but here’s the twist:💥 The world ends up better off because of it.💥

Let your creativity run wild! Maybe the “villain” wasn’t so bad after all... or maybe their victory had some unexpectedconsequences. Are they misunderstood? Ruthless but effective? The choice is yours to make! 🤗

📜Rules:

Word Count– 500–1500 words ✍️

Original work only– no AI-generated stories, please!

Include:

-A villain (main character or POV)

-A twist: their win leads to something good(for the world, society, or a specific character)

-At least one dramatic moment 😱(everyone loves one 😉)

-Be creative!

🎁 Prizes:

🥇 First Place: Half-Body Commission!🎨💖🥈 Second Place: Chibi Full-Body!🧸🌟🥉 Third Place: Profile Pic Icon!💫🖼️

Let's show the world that villains are made not born!💕

🎨 Note from the Artist (aka me!)I’m still a beginner artist, but I love drawing and I’m excited to make something special for the winners! 💕These prizes are not pro-level yet—but they’ll be made with heart, sparkles, and probably snacks by my side 🍪✏️

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