Creative Nonfiction Prompt #30

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Creative Nonfiction in The Ink Well Prompt #30

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Welcome to The Ink Well's weekly creative nonfiction contest!

In this post, we'll announce the winners from last week's contest and provide the prompt for the coming week.

Before You Write Your Creative Nonfiction Post...

We ask that you read our Creative Nonfiction Tips post to learn about the creative nonfiction genre and review our guidelines.

Important notes:

Creative nonfiction stories are based on your real-life experiences.
We are looking for real short stories! Not advice columns, reports on crime or corruption in your city, observations on nature, recipes, religion, politics, or any other nonfiction content. Just real-life short stories.
Ideal story length is between 750 and 1500 words, but your story must be at least 350 words, at a minimum to be curated.
Please focus on quality content. Read and edit for errors! Use a grammar checker before you post your story.
We expect everyone who posts in The Ink Well to read and comment on at least two other stories for each one published.
Do not post stories featuring physical abuse, graphic violence, erotica or NSFW content.

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Last Week's Creative Nonfiction Winners

Thank you to all who participated in last week's prompt Clean

Last week's participants

@marynn	@morey-lezam	@princessbusayo
@blessworld	@faitz007	@nelson-george
@lightpen	@ricardo993	@minhajulmredol
@funshee	@dianelson	@mrenglish
@cypher09	@lara-bee	@kemmyb
@george-dee	@princess-dara	@abigail04
@nancybriti1	@lrscarmen	@diebitch
@ubani	@ibbtammy	@popurri
@jjmusa2004	@iskawrites	@timix648
@wongi	@jhymi	@amiegeoffrey
@rukkie	@talon12	@abdul-qudus
@vivaebony	@rammargarita	@kingsleyy

Honorable Mentions of the Week

@ricardo993	Breaking mental paradigms Watching sunsets and stars in the sky, enjoying crystal-clear waters, and lighting fires that ignite my soul. I am not useless, I have achieved a lot. Perhaps I haven't been to Angel Falls or climbed Everest, but it's only a matter of time before my plane takes off and flies far, far away. I just need to clear my mind and soul, as well as help build a strong foundation so that when opportunities arrive, I can take off as I should.
@kemmyb	Friendship and the clean sweep But I worried every minute about the untidy state of the apartment. She noticed and apologised that it was who she was and she would be leaving soon anyway. I could decorate to my taste after. I smiled and tried to ignore the situation so it didn't come between our budding friendship.
@jhymi	A clean slate There's a thrill that comes with moving to a new place. Like a new city, a new state, maybe even a new country. It's like you're a new person, like you're reborn. You could be anything and anyone you want. Nothing is holding you back. No one holding you back.
@nelson-george	Godlike Cleanliness I hurried to the kitchen to fix up the dishes but water didn't rush from the tap. I went outside to discover the entire compound was fresh out of water which would make the mission at hand very hard to complete but the fear of my mother has always been the beginning of my wisdom.

Third Place: Wins 2 Hive

Our third place winner is @diebitch, with the story:

Petrichor

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I was standing on an Irish beach where waves went up to the dark cliffs and barely kissed them before disappearing in the deep expanse of the ocean. The salt from the waves still lingered in the air as it taunted the deep green leaves of the dense trees surrounding the cliffs.

Second Place: Wins 3 Hive

Our second place winner is @popurri, with the story:

A new place

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The toys that once lay scattered on the floor for most of the day, dolls, little trains, balls, a gray castle with its, knights, horses, dragons, princesses and kings, waiting for children to sit down and bring them to life, were now in a trunk abandoned in a dark and lonely place.

First Place: Wins 5 Hive

Our first place winner is @mineopoly, with the story:

After the Flood

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I remember the Christmas tree and so many big presents. I remember my cousins laughing and my brother making jokes. The magic of the living room was snuffed out by the flood like a candle snuffed out by the wind. The whole first floor was covered in about ten inches of mud. The smell of cigarettes and stale beer was mixed with a moldy sewage smell that still lingers in my head.

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This Week's Prompt #30:

Agreement

This week we ask you to use any of the following words: agree, agreement, agreed or disagreement to tell us a story about your life.

For this topic there are several possible approaches. For example:

Write about a family agreement that left you out of the loop.
Perhaps you entered into an agreement with a friend that you found difficult to keep.
Maybe you agreed with a directive or premise that led to a family disagreement because your family members’ didn’t understand your point of view.
You might’ve reached a point in your life were everything was in perfect agreement. The stars were aligned for you due to effort or luck.

Tell us about it!

Have fun and good luck! We look forward to reading your stories.

Contest Rules

You have 6 days to write your story from the date of this prompt post. Be sure to check the deadline countdown.
Write a real-life story with the creative elements of fiction, like characters, dialogue, scene setting and a story conflict.
Post your story in The Ink Well Community.
Please use the tags #creativenonfiction and #inkwellprompt on these posts. Other possible tags: #writing #inkwellprompt #nonfiction
Stories must be written in English. If you've translated the post, it's best to add the original version below the translation. Do not write mixed language paragraphs.
Read and comment on at least two stories in the community. Add a link to your story as a comment on this post.

And be sure to remember to join The Ink Well community!

Prizes

Prizes are only for stories written for this week's prompt

First place : 5 Hive.
Second place : 3 Hive.
Third place : 2 Hive.

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