Accepting Submissions: {The Internet Went Out} Prompt

Each week, we issue a writing prompt to our own staff, guest contributors, and readers like you. We welcome guest submissions, so if you’re interested in being featured or regularly contributing to the site, email your responses to kelaine.conochan [at] thepromptmag.com.

You’ve been behaving yourself, staying home to save lives. To pass the time, you’ve been doing the usual: working, streaming shows, hanging with your friends on Zoom calls.

The internet has been your best friend, your favorite coworker, and your understanding therapist.

But uh-oh. What happens when the internet… goes out? What are you even supposed to do?

We’ve got an idea. Why not pick up an actual notebook and pen and start writing. because that’s what this week’s writing prompt is all about.

This Week’s Writing Prompt: THE INTERNET WENT OUT.

This week, we’re looking for new original pieces, using THE INTERNET WENT OUT as our prompt.

If you’ve got an inspired ideas about how to respond to this week’s prompt, send us your submission of 400-700 words. Write us anything that comes to mind when you think ofTHE INTERNET WENT OUT. It can be a personal essay, a poem, short story, script, or anything else original and fresh. Ironic or sincere, real or imagined—just make it worth our while and we’ll publish it, include it in our newsletter, and give you the chance to join the creative, talented staff writers here at The Prompt.

Email your responses to kelaine.conochan@thepromptmag.com by Saturday August 8th at midnight EDT.