Hello, everyone! For those who read the original Writer’s Jam 2 signup post and joined the Discord linked at the bottom of the post, you may be aware I decided to drop the Writer’s Jam 2 prompts a few hours early! You still have until 11:59 December 24th (EST) to submit your final piece!

For your convenience, I copy-pasted the rules to the bottom of this post as well! Please make sure to read them carefully and adhere to them to make sure your piece is considered for feedback and winning the competition! Without further ado, here are this round’s prompts:

PROMPTS (pick one):

CABIN

BONES

LANTERN

WICKED

SLEEP

As an additional challenge, that this round of pieces should be somewhat festive! They don’t have to adhere to any specific holiday (or any holiday at all), but should at least thematically be “wintery,” though you are more than welcome to convey this in any way you want!

Remember that you must submit your piece to Newgrounds through a blog/news post such as this one! I will be going through every entrant’s account manually after the competition has concluded to collect every piece, so no action is required on your end beyond posting your piece to your Newgrounds page.

RULES

1. Your submission must include the tag “writers-jam-2”. Please make sure you include this exact tag, or we will NOT consider your submission for the competition!

2. The word count must be between 600-3000 words. Submissions even one word under or over the word limit will be discarded. Make sure to not include any titles, headings, etc. in your word count.

3. The Writer’s Jam is intended to be an opportunity for all participants to experience the full process of storytelling. All work submitted, therefore, must be done individually! Any collaborative submissions will be discarded (see next rule for exceptions).

4. Tasteful use of other media may accompany a submission, but must not be crucial to the narrative. The writing of your submission must stand on its own, and will be evaluated as a story first and foremost. Visual art, accompanying music, and custom fonts are examples of non-essential media that is welcome. Media may be done by outside parties, so long as it does not have any influence or involvement in the writing process.

5. Writing is an excellent way to explore unpleasant, controversial, and serious topics! Participants are welcome to express themselves fully through their pieces and should not worry about unreasonable censorship. That being said, any submissions that are explicitly and undeniably using this jam as an opportunity to express hate or harmful views will be discarded.

Good luck to all participants, I can’t wait to see what great pieces you come up with this time! Let me know on here or Discord if you have any questions!