Spirituality is a necessity; it makes people feel like a part of something bigger.
Write a short story or infoblurb in the world of Empty Continents with the prompt: WORSHIP. A story involving religion, sects -- anything so long as you touch on ideas of faith.
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Submissions will be accepted until Sat, October 10th when a new prompt will be released!
This may be my most loaded prompt yet.
Write a short story or infoblurb in the world of Empty Continents with the prompt: MAP. Chronicle surveyors, expeditions - or hell - literally post a map if you really want to!
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Submissions will be accepted until Sat, September 19th when a new prompt will be released!
"Your Majesty, I believe there to be a new prompt for you!"
Write a short story or infoblurb in the world of Empty Continents with the prompt: KINGDOM. From Kololakans to Carolingians, royal monarchies are found all over the world big and small!
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Submissions will be accepted until Sat, September 12th when a new prompt will be released!
Today, we commemorate those who have been lost...
Write a short story or infoblurb in the world of Empty Continents with the prompt: MEMORIAL. Monuments? Ceremonies? Whatever the case may be, write out your proverbial '21-gun salutes' in the comments below.
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Submissions will be accepted until Sat, September 5th when a new prompt will be released!
Wait, aren't we supposed to be using less fossil fuels?
Write a short story or infoblurb in the world of Empty Continents with the prompt: OIL. A hot commodity that is reluctant high demand...
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Submissions will be accepted until Sat, August 29th when a new prompt will be released!
The road to equal rights is perilous and not easy to walk alone...
Write a short story or infoblurb in the world of Empty Continents with the prompt: CITIZENSHIP. Whether its ostracized outsiders wanting a vote in the chamber or migrants working on getting a visa, there are many ways to tell this story!
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Submissions will be accepted until Sat, August 23th when a new prompt will be released!
Rail lines? Electrical grids? Power plants? Let's build it up!
Write a short story or infoblurb in the world of Empty Continents with the prompt: INFRASTRUCTURE. Not only is it logistically difficult in this new world, are there mixed feelings about covering this pristine natural world with another layer of steel and concrete?
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Submissions will be accepted until Sat, August 15th when a new prompt will be released!
Your ramshackle coastal community has known hardship for generations. But today, the earth rattled - briefly but violently - and you know there isn't long left until impending disaster...
Write a short story or infoblurb in the world of Empty Continents with the prompt: TSUNAMI. It could be literal (a 10m wave of water floods markets in Luzon) or hell -- it could be metaphorical (a wave of Chinese manufactured goods floods markets in Luzon)! Whichever!
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Submissions will be accepted until Sat, August 1st when a new prompt will be released!
For mainland communities in the early post-Vanishing era, one item would consistently prove to represent independence, individualism, and a rejection of islander authority.
Write a short story or infoblurb in the world of Empty Continents with the prompt: FIREARMS. This sounds limiting, but this could be about early continental survey forces, social effects of high rates of conscription, or of course military conflicts!
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Submissions will be accepted until Sat, July 25th when a new prompt will be released!
Centers of high learning and concentrations of specialized expertise!
Write a short story or infoblurb in the world of Empty Continents with the prompt: UNIVERSITY. I'm sure something as far-reaching and mysterious as the Vanishing would shake the very foundations of academia!
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Submissions will be accepted until Sat, July 18th when a new prompt will be released!
Suddenly, a thick dense woodland appears and extends for miles and miles...
Write a short story or infoblurb in the world of Empty Continents with the prompt: FOREST. What were once urban centers or vast irrigated fields, trees have not retaken, but have replaced what once was.
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Submissions will be accepted until Sat, July 4th when a new prompt will be released!