Does a crisis bring out the best or the worst in people? The answer lies in complaints overheard through the walls of the COVID-19 quarantine.

For this week’s creative writing prompt, include the sentence “Does that look like quicksand to you?” Send us 400-700 words and we’ll publish the best!

Now accepting submissions! Send us a new, original piece written from the perspective of a pest, and we’ll publish the very best.

Bored after a week of isolation? Settle in, kids. This may last a while. But we’ve got ideas on what to do while quarantined.

Quarantine has come for us all, but we aren’t just going to sit back and take it! We’re lemons and making lemonade with our #QuartineGoals

What would you want in your green room before the big show? We asked our staff to tell us what they’d want in their rider.

Prompt writers are just like you! We have entire days sidetracked if the perfect movie is on cable. Here are some of our writers’ to-do list busting movies.

Looking to showcase your creative writing chops? Send us an original piece using this week’s writing prompt—HOST—and we’ll publish the best!

It’s potluck family dinner night over here at The Prompt. We’ve got apps. We’ve got sides. We’ve got zerts. What are you bringing?