12th Annual Open Challenge is now Open! (#591)
Subject: 12th Annual Open Challenge is now Open!
Had an idea for a past challenge and ran out of time? Started a ficlet and never finished? Now's your chance!
Every year around the winter holiday season, we open the challenge period for about two weeks. During this period you can write drabbles for any and all of our past challenges. The more the merrier! You can also combine challenges, mix and match. Post one, post a dozen. Write crossovers, original works, and more.
During the Open Challenge, we ask that you label your posts with a "challenge" tag. IE, if you're combining the impressions and water challenges for your drabble then you would add: "challenge: impressions (#79) and water (#346)"
All the previous challenges (more than 550 of them) can be found using the communities memories or behind the cut tag below.
friday night at the movies (pre-challenge)
choice (#1)
appearances are deceiving
whispers
flashback
in the kitchen (#5)
take a letter / write it down
loss / lost
interrupted
laughter and/or pain in the neck
color (#10)
on the floor
change is in the air
in an elevator
markings
book cover for novel-tie in (#15)
image as inspiration - little girl dancing around standing stones image
other side of the window
dead like me
one door opens, another door closes
homecoming (#20)
halloween
don't think, just do it
rain
falling
drive (#25)
drink
hopes, dreams, desires
bare
OPEN CHALLENGE - 1st Annual (#29)
old friends (#30)
award(s)
stage
date
love, loyalty, and friendship
honor (#35)
party
time
dance
the chance to right a past wrong
faith (#40)
photographs
accidental tourist
screen
redemption
books (#45)
covet/coveted
you live, you learn
two points for honesty
nature
lines (#50)
stitch
anniversary / anniversaries
wildlife
neither here nor there
breakfast (#55)
celebrations
space
above and beyond
fence
glasses (#60)
heat wave
menu
put your money where your mouth is (money)
masquerade (masks)
it's not my fault (#65)
drenched
home
pay the piper
initiate
spy and/or sunken garden image (#70)
replacement
passion and/or cliffside house image
memory (ies)
empty
shower and/or the quote from a magazine article (Vanity Fair or Vogue): "Children don't always want to be the hero in a story. Sometimes, they want to be the hero's best friend." (#75)
brouhaha
history and/or beach image
refreshment
impression
OPEN CHALLENGE - 2nd Annual (#80)
horror
take a risk
instruct
limitations and/or sunset picture
echo (#85)
voyeurism
beaches
challenge
alert
shopping (#90)
bloody
make a wish
illustrate (illustration)
romance
next (#95)
take a chance
more
moving on
flare
simple (#100)
nostalgia
make a change
freeze
thrill
teach (#105)
random
transform
guilt
sleep
paint (#110)
broken
joke
chapter and/or sunbeam road image
judge
sedate (#115)
verse
fuse
scream
music
fight (#120)
vacant
calendar
gate
food
cards (#125)
sentimental
cup
sport
linked
stamp (#130)
paper
OPEN CHALLENGE - 3rd Annual (#132)
remote
story
word (#135)
over
light
silence
festive
box (#140)
scared
weather
clean
tired
snow (#145)
letters
ocean
circus
quick
bliss (#150)
toy
crisis
quiet
summer
naked (#155)
surrender
mature
chronic
imature
blink (#160)
illogical
supply
mature
images on a roll of film
ground (#165)
trust
dizzy
flower
apply
enter (#170)
inside
gamble
vice
deep
error (#175)
hold
done
member
hobby
truth (#180)
only
mess
OPEN CHALLENGE - 4th Annual (#183)
cruise
pure (#185)
include
plate
number
fear
warrior (#190)
scent
blush
slave
icon
crave (#195)
cherish
justice
banner
save
sacred (#200)
addiction
west
clock
known
feather (#205)
check
independence
crime
weed
fever (#210)
youth
dragon
ache
tomorrow
direction (#215)
rush
age
drag
moon
dog (#220)
east
strange
free
candy
reason (#225)
old
north
late
unknown
tree (#230)
cat
kiss
world
OPEN CHALLENGE - 5th Annual (#234)
shine (#235)
south
eyes
nap
birthday
wed / wedding (#240)
the morning after
seasons change with the scenery
wall
awake
grace (#245)
bang
minute
mistake
want
final straw (#250)
job
buy
charm
reflect
sorrow (#255)
doorway
screwed
episode
turn
break (#260)
sorry
watch
digital
mist
imagination (#265)
hour
touch
smile/grin
mirror
sweet (#270)
myth/mythical
look
plain
scenery
craft (#275)
test
storm
superhero
obsession
stars (#280)
seasons change
moonlight
curious
fog
seasons change
moonlight
curious
fog
OPEN CHALLENGE - 6th Annual (#285)
pattern
sunlight
cut
hat
run (#290)
climb
pen
speed
explore
leaf (#295)
fly
own
ride
duty
dabble (#300)
journey
order
trap/trapped
wine
train (#305)
remember
mutant
greed
still
tech/technology (#310)
fine
grill
stray
gift
law/rules (#315)
mute
salute
actor/actress
coffee
entry (#320)
bag
postcard
blade
flashlight
curve (#325)
payment
fantasy
blown
cat and mouse
radio (#330)
pirate
shed
police
act
blue (#335)
OPEN CHALLENGE - 7th Annual (#336)
last words
mail
gum
march (#340)
alien
travel
gun
tattoo
heaven/hell (#345)
water
mobile
post-it
black and white
prompt (#350)
school
building
morgue
take that
phone (#355)
wallpaper
cloud
rate/ratings
mint
planet (#360)
black and blue
sex
type
shout
lick (#365)
backward
computer
magnet
cook
tag (#370)
news
build
summons
magazine
forward (#375)
insurance
belief
surgery
frozen
gadget (#380)
bubble
pretzel
game
newspaper
closed (#385)
OPEN CHALLENGE - 8th Annual (#386)
arch
feel
life
blanket (#390)
umbrella
open
lunch
city
knife (#395)
age
score
dangerous
contact
machine (#400)
melt
plan
trouble
dive
meal (#405)
fee
study
web
spring
button (#410)
win or lose
device
horse
supernatural
fate (#415)
life and death
tea
signal
animal
soured (#420)
assassination
bored
grave
list
play (#425)
bite
bottle
script
duck
fold (#430)
auto / automatic
fresh
I've got you.
borrow
song (#435)
miscellaneous
OPEN CHALLENGE - 9th Annual (#437)
castle
vehicle
bake (#440)
bench and/or wooden bench picture
flag
fruits and/or vegetables
can
spit (#445)
provoke
king and/or steering wheel/car picture
television
shoe(s)
never look back (#450)
spice
royalty
mineral
phrase
hunger (#455)
miles to go and/or full moon and trees picture
badge
hands and feet
theme
shindig (#460)
queen
pin
mystery and/or staircase image
ball
camera (#465)
murder
pen / sword / "the pen is mightier than the sword"
bounce
heal
robot (#470)
vision image of asian bells
antique
bells
indulgence
divided (#475)
student
portrait and/or country bedroom picture
trunk / suitcase
sharp
code (#480)
kindred
survivor
witness and/or rocking chair porch image
seduction
imitation (#485)
spite
army
cynical
OPEN CHALLENGE - 10th Annual (#489)
portrait (#490)
clay/mold [January 14, 2013]
air and/or picture of opens hand
speculation
board
fire (#495)
purity
whatever
health and/or picture of a vespa
camp/camping
coin (#500)
military
stairs / staircase / stare
"with a bang"
nights and/or picture of angel statue
frost (#505)
barbecue
lazy days
flight
bad habits and/or nola cafe picture
hero or villain (#510)
milestone
poison
inactive
autumn
enemy and/or picture of stone waterfall (#515)
rookie mistake
threat
snow day
oops
civil (#520)
wash and/or picture of a dog running
"all my sins remembered"
reunion
wreck
fairy tale (#525)
ceremony
lend a hand
barriers and/or picture of a square staircase
backup
logo (#530)
war
first day of...
theme/adventure park
heart and/or picture of book and shoes
language (#535)
divine
hear/listen
vengeance
step
OPEN CHALLENGE - 11th Annual (#540)
intern
magic and/or picture of a snowscape
journal
spa
minion (#545)
ink/inked
"to be or not to be"
markers
visit
lock/locked (#550)
serve
rapture
busy
"I understood that."
avenge (#555)
flow
register/registration
severe
international
video (#560)
clue
soiree
bill(s)
bust
sever (#565)
raffle
mark
candle
bridge
wand (#570)
server
thankful
idle/idol
jump
work (#575)
magazine
soap
plant
riddle
stun (#580)
mad/madness
scan
picnic
idle/idol
race (#585)
coupon
diamond
leap
plant
different (#590)
As always, do what you will with the challenges...take them at face value, twist them into the sublime or the ridiculous, look them up in a dictionary or thesaurus and use an uncommon definition. 100-10,000 words. And, if you need them, you can find the full rules list here.
A new challenge will be posted Monday, Jaunuary 5, 2015.
Had an idea for a past challenge and ran out of time? Started a ficlet and never finished? Now's your chance!
Every year around the winter holiday season, we open the challenge period for about two weeks. During this period you can write drabbles for any and all of our past challenges. The more the merrier! You can also combine challenges, mix and match. Post one, post a dozen. Write crossovers, original works, and more.
During the Open Challenge, we ask that you label your posts with a "challenge" tag. IE, if you're combining the impressions and water challenges for your drabble then you would add: "challenge: impressions (#79) and water (#346)"
All the previous challenges (more than 550 of them) can be found using the communities memories or behind the cut tag below.
friday night at the movies (pre-challenge)
choice (#1)
appearances are deceiving
whispers
flashback
in the kitchen (#5)
take a letter / write it down
loss / lost
interrupted
laughter and/or pain in the neck
color (#10)
on the floor
change is in the air
in an elevator
markings
book cover for novel-tie in (#15)
image as inspiration - little girl dancing around standing stones image
other side of the window
dead like me
one door opens, another door closes
homecoming (#20)
halloween
don't think, just do it
rain
falling
drive (#25)
drink
hopes, dreams, desires
bare
OPEN CHALLENGE - 1st Annual (#29)
old friends (#30)
award(s)
stage
date
love, loyalty, and friendship
honor (#35)
party
time
dance
the chance to right a past wrong
faith (#40)
photographs
accidental tourist
screen
redemption
books (#45)
covet/coveted
you live, you learn
two points for honesty
nature
lines (#50)
stitch
anniversary / anniversaries
wildlife
neither here nor there
breakfast (#55)
celebrations
space
above and beyond
fence
glasses (#60)
heat wave
menu
put your money where your mouth is (money)
masquerade (masks)
it's not my fault (#65)
drenched
home
pay the piper
initiate
spy and/or sunken garden image (#70)
replacement
passion and/or cliffside house image
memory (ies)
empty
shower and/or the quote from a magazine article (Vanity Fair or Vogue): "Children don't always want to be the hero in a story. Sometimes, they want to be the hero's best friend." (#75)
brouhaha
history and/or beach image
refreshment
impression
OPEN CHALLENGE - 2nd Annual (#80)
horror
take a risk
instruct
limitations and/or sunset picture
echo (#85)
voyeurism
beaches
challenge
alert
shopping (#90)
bloody
make a wish
illustrate (illustration)
romance
next (#95)
take a chance
more
moving on
flare
simple (#100)
nostalgia
make a change
freeze
thrill
teach (#105)
random
transform
guilt
sleep
paint (#110)
broken
joke
chapter and/or sunbeam road image
judge
sedate (#115)
verse
fuse
scream
music
fight (#120)
vacant
calendar
gate
food
cards (#125)
sentimental
cup
sport
linked
stamp (#130)
paper
OPEN CHALLENGE - 3rd Annual (#132)
remote
story
word (#135)
over
light
silence
festive
box (#140)
scared
weather
clean
tired
snow (#145)
letters
ocean
circus
quick
bliss (#150)
toy
crisis
quiet
summer
naked (#155)
surrender
mature
chronic
imature
blink (#160)
illogical
supply
mature
images on a roll of film
ground (#165)
trust
dizzy
flower
apply
enter (#170)
inside
gamble
vice
deep
error (#175)
hold
done
member
hobby
truth (#180)
only
mess
OPEN CHALLENGE - 4th Annual (#183)
cruise
pure (#185)
include
plate
number
fear
warrior (#190)
scent
blush
slave
icon
crave (#195)
cherish
justice
banner
save
sacred (#200)
addiction
west
clock
known
feather (#205)
check
independence
crime
weed
fever (#210)
youth
dragon
ache
tomorrow
direction (#215)
rush
age
drag
moon
dog (#220)
east
strange
free
candy
reason (#225)
old
north
late
unknown
tree (#230)
cat
kiss
world
OPEN CHALLENGE - 5th Annual (#234)
shine (#235)
south
eyes
nap
birthday
wed / wedding (#240)
the morning after
seasons change with the scenery
wall
awake
grace (#245)
bang
minute
mistake
want
final straw (#250)
job
buy
charm
reflect
sorrow (#255)
doorway
screwed
episode
turn
break (#260)
sorry
watch
digital
mist
imagination (#265)
hour
touch
smile/grin
mirror
sweet (#270)
myth/mythical
look
plain
scenery
craft (#275)
test
storm
superhero
obsession
stars (#280)
seasons change
moonlight
curious
fog
seasons change
moonlight
curious
fog
OPEN CHALLENGE - 6th Annual (#285)
pattern
sunlight
cut
hat
run (#290)
climb
pen
speed
explore
leaf (#295)
fly
own
ride
duty
dabble (#300)
journey
order
trap/trapped
wine
train (#305)
remember
mutant
greed
still
tech/technology (#310)
fine
grill
stray
gift
law/rules (#315)
mute
salute
actor/actress
coffee
entry (#320)
bag
postcard
blade
flashlight
curve (#325)
payment
fantasy
blown
cat and mouse
radio (#330)
pirate
shed
police
act
blue (#335)
OPEN CHALLENGE - 7th Annual (#336)
last words
gum
march (#340)
alien
travel
gun
tattoo
heaven/hell (#345)
water
mobile
post-it
black and white
prompt (#350)
school
building
morgue
take that
phone (#355)
wallpaper
cloud
rate/ratings
mint
planet (#360)
black and blue
sex
type
shout
lick (#365)
backward
computer
magnet
cook
tag (#370)
news
build
summons
magazine
forward (#375)
insurance
belief
surgery
frozen
gadget (#380)
bubble
pretzel
game
newspaper
closed (#385)
OPEN CHALLENGE - 8th Annual (#386)
arch
feel
life
blanket (#390)
umbrella
open
lunch
city
knife (#395)
age
score
dangerous
contact
machine (#400)
melt
plan
trouble
dive
meal (#405)
fee
study
web
spring
button (#410)
win or lose
device
horse
supernatural
fate (#415)
life and death
tea
signal
animal
soured (#420)
assassination
bored
grave
list
play (#425)
bite
bottle
script
duck
fold (#430)
auto / automatic
fresh
I've got you.
borrow
song (#435)
miscellaneous
OPEN CHALLENGE - 9th Annual (#437)
castle
vehicle
bake (#440)
bench and/or wooden bench picture
flag
fruits and/or vegetables
can
spit (#445)
provoke
king and/or steering wheel/car picture
television
shoe(s)
never look back (#450)
spice
royalty
mineral
phrase
hunger (#455)
miles to go and/or full moon and trees picture
badge
hands and feet
theme
shindig (#460)
queen
pin
mystery and/or staircase image
ball
camera (#465)
murder
pen / sword / "the pen is mightier than the sword"
bounce
heal
robot (#470)
vision image of asian bells
antique
bells
indulgence
divided (#475)
student
portrait and/or country bedroom picture
trunk / suitcase
sharp
code (#480)
kindred
survivor
witness and/or rocking chair porch image
seduction
imitation (#485)
spite
army
cynical
OPEN CHALLENGE - 10th Annual (#489)
portrait (#490)
clay/mold [January 14, 2013]
air and/or picture of opens hand
speculation
board
fire (#495)
purity
whatever
health and/or picture of a vespa
camp/camping
coin (#500)
military
stairs / staircase / stare
"with a bang"
nights and/or picture of angel statue
frost (#505)
barbecue
lazy days
flight
bad habits and/or nola cafe picture
hero or villain (#510)
milestone
poison
inactive
autumn
enemy and/or picture of stone waterfall (#515)
rookie mistake
threat
snow day
oops
civil (#520)
wash and/or picture of a dog running
"all my sins remembered"
reunion
wreck
fairy tale (#525)
ceremony
lend a hand
barriers and/or picture of a square staircase
backup
logo (#530)
war
first day of...
theme/adventure park
heart and/or picture of book and shoes
language (#535)
divine
hear/listen
vengeance
step
OPEN CHALLENGE - 11th Annual (#540)
intern
magic and/or picture of a snowscape
journal
spa
minion (#545)
ink/inked
"to be or not to be"
markers
visit
lock/locked (#550)
serve
rapture
busy
"I understood that."
avenge (#555)
flow
register/registration
severe
international
video (#560)
clue
soiree
bill(s)
bust
sever (#565)
raffle
mark
candle
bridge
wand (#570)
server
thankful
idle/idol
jump
work (#575)
magazine
soap
plant
riddle
stun (#580)
mad/madness
scan
picnic
idle/idol
race (#585)
coupon
diamond
leap
plant
different (#590)
As always, do what you will with the challenges...take them at face value, twist them into the sublime or the ridiculous, look them up in a dictionary or thesaurus and use an uncommon definition. 100-10,000 words. And, if you need them, you can find the full rules list here.
A new challenge will be posted Monday, Jaunuary 5, 2015.