Rogue Writers

January Short Story Contest
2025-01-01 - 2025-01-31
DEADLINE: January 31st, 2025 at 23:59 UTC
Use at least 2 (TWO) of the following writing prompts in your story:

1) Visual Prompt: “The Indian-Pacific Railway, 1980”
(Photo from the National Archives of Australia: A6135, K9/6/80/20)
2) Text Prompt: “It has its own time zone?”
3) Trope: You Are Too Late

Fun Fact: Did you know that Australia’s Indian Pacific Railway’s trains, which travel between Kalgoorlie and Port Augusta, have their own time zone called Train Time?
Please review the Contest Page for rules and guidelines.

STOP the Nonsense! (A Rogue Writer's Micro-Story Contest)
2025-03-13 - 2025-03-17

Lady Emu's Spa
2025-03-15 - 2025-03-17
A weekend filled with relaxation, write-ins, hand exercises, visual journeys, and CAKE!

Introduction to the Creative Garden
2025-03-15 12:00 - 12:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Discord Voice Channel
Jenai will stream an audio recording of a guided visualization. Writers are taken on a journey to their creative gardens and meet their muses. This audio recording has closed captioning. Courtesy of Janelle Schneider (janelle-schneider.com).

And Inner Exploration of Perfectionism and Creativity
2025-03-16 12:00 - 12:30 | Discord Voice Channel
Jenai will stream an audio recording of a visualization that helps knock down your perfectionist barriers and awaken your muse. This is an audio recording with closed captioning. Courtesy of Janelle Schneider (janelle-schneider.com).

April Short Story Contest
2025-04-01 - 2025-04-30
DEADLINE: April 30th, 2025 at 23:59 UTC
Review the contest rules and guidelines on the Contest Page.
Use at least 2 (TWO) of the following writing prompts in your story:

Visual Prompt: “The Anomaly”
(Photo credit: Official Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Dept. Lancaster & (Co.) Antelope Acres, Lake LA, Quartz Hill)
Text Prompt: “If you can read this…”
Trope: I Warned You

The Anomaly

July Short Story Contest
2025-07-01 - 2025-07-31
DEADLINE: July 31, 2025 at 23:59 UTC
Review the contest rules and guidelines on the Contest Page.
Use at least 2 (TWO) of the following writing prompts in your story:

Visual Prompt: “The November Meteors.”
(The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1881 – 1882)
Text Prompt: “Tis the eye of childhood that fears a painted devil.”
(William Shakespeare, Macbeth)
Element: Odd Friendship

“The November Meteors.” The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1881 – 1882

Monthly Writing Challenge : July 2025
2025-07-01 - 2025-07-31
CLICK HERE to join our July Leaderboard on TrackBear.

Monthly Writing Challenge : August 2025
2025-08-01 - 2025-08-31
CLICK HERE to join our August Leaderboard on TrackBear.

Monthly Writing Challenge : September 2025
2025-09-01 - 2025-09-30
CLICK HERE to join our September Leaderboard on TrackBear.
