{One Wish}: Summary of Submissions

Stuffed elephants, crickets, genies, and better friends. And sweet heavens, will this election just happen already? We’ve got a lot to wish for these days. Here’s a recap of some of our writers’ most recent submissions, using the writing prompt, One Wish.

Like what you’re reading? Want to contribute your original take on One Wish? Send your submission to kelaine.conochan [at] thepromptmag.com.

I Wish You’d Stop With Your Protesting by Jesse Stone
The Longest Wait: A Wish for a Buffalo Bills Super Bowl by Erin Vail
Jiminy Cricket Was a Wise Old Soul: Longing for Lost Childhood Wishes by Melissa Wyatt
Hey Dummy, VOTE! A Wish Beyond All Wishes by Josh Bard
Wishing Away the Misery: Facebook and the Rotting of the Modern Friendship by Kelaine Conochan
Delete the Internet: One Wish by Scott Snowman
Make-A-Wish® Rejection Letter for Skee-Lo (Applicant 1395) by Jared Hutchinson
The Window: A Wish for Something Beyond Right Here by Justin Jenkins
A Genie’s Guide to Wishful Living by Elijah Stone
A Wish for Two: Persephone and Her Beloved Stuffed Elephant by Patrick Zhou
One Wish: Why Ray J Deserves {More Credit} for His Fame by Jillian Conochan
The Graduate: One Wish of a Boy from Topeka by Zach Straus