This month, we challenged aspiring writers to craft a tale that featured a physical metamorphosis.  This could be dramatic or slight, grotesque or miraculous, but it had to stem from something physical.

Those that are submitting can include a link to their story in the comments below, or on the comments section on the Tellest subreddit link.  Our winner this month will receive $10 via PayPal.

Follow the link to the original prompt for official rules.

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Intelligent stories are about change.  Your characters grow or diminish over time, and the reader takes that journey with them.  For our writing prompt this month, we want you to take a character and transform them physically. Write a story where a character physically transforms.  This can lead to him or her experiencing changes in personality or idealistic nature as well, but the core change should be physical.  There is no word limit this month.  As always, please express your creativity.  Good luck to everyone!

Official Rules

1. One Winner will be chosen on the 15th of the month following the start of the contest.
2. By submitting your prompt, you agree that, if selected as the monthly winner, and you are using any established characters, locations or items from the Tellest series, you will be willing to sign an agreement to keep your work exclusive to Tellest and Tellest.com where failure to agree will exclude you from the monthly prize.
3. Prize is $10 payable through PayPal.  Also includes a featured spot on the Tellest website for at least a month following the close of the monthly contest.

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It’s that time.  We’re now accepting submissions for short stories for this month’s writing prompt.  We asked aspiring taleweavers to write a short, 1500 word or less story that focused on a particular object.  Our winner will be rewarded with a $10 credit to PayPal, and all the glory that comes from victory.

You can submit your prompt by leaving us a link to your work in these places:

• A comment below
• The Tellest Subreddit

Our writers have until the 14th to submit their short stories.  Good luck to everyone!

Official Rules

1. One Winner will be chosen on the 15th of the month following the start of the contest.
2. By submitting your prompt, you agree that, if selected as the monthly winner, and you are using any established characters, locations or items from the Tellest series, you will be willing to sign an agreement to keep your work exclusive to Tellest and Tellest.com where failure to agree will exclude you from the monthly prize.
3. Prize is $10 payable through PayPal.  Also includes a featured spot on the Tellest website for at least a month following the close of the monthly contest.

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For Tellest’s writing prompt this month, we wanted to see what you could come up with when one of the characters you’re writing isn’t necessarily alive. In 1500 words or less, write a story for Tellest that focuses on a particular object.  It can be anything from sentimental to sentient, or completely mundane.  As always, please express your creativity.  Good luck to everyone!

Official Rules

1. One Winner will be chosen on the 15th of the month following the start of the contest.
2. By submitting your prompt, you agree that, if selected as the monthly winner, and you are using any established characters, locations or items from the Tellest series, you will be willing to sign an agreement to keep your work exclusive to Tellest and Tellest.com where failure to agree will exclude you from the monthly prize.
3. Prize is $10 payable through PayPal.  Also includes a featured spot on the Tellest website for at least a month following the close of the monthly contest.

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It’s that time.  We’re now accepting submissions for short stories for this month’s writing prompt.  We asked aspiring writers to write a short, 1500 word or less story that told a fantasy story from a villain’s point of view.  Our winner will be rewarded with a $15 credit to PayPal, and all the glory that comes from victory.

You can submit your prompt by leaving us a link to your work in these places:

• A comment below
• The Tellest Subreddit
• The FantasyWriters Subreddit

Our writers have until the 14th to submit their short stories.  Good luck to everyone!

Official Rules

1. One Winner will be chosen on the 15th of the month following the start of the contest.
2. By submitting your prompt, you agree that, if selected as the monthly winner, and you are using any established characters, locations or items from the Tellest series, you will be willing to sign an agreement to keep your work exclusive to Tellest and Tellest.com where failure to agree will exclude you from the monthly prize.
3. Prize is $15 payable through PayPal.  Also includes a featured spot on the Tellest website for at least a month following the close of the monthly contest.

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Hello fantasy writers! Two months running, and still not a single submission from the outside world. But we’re not worried. Instead, what we’d like to do is up the ante even more.  The winner of this month’s submission will receive a $15 gift card to Amazon.

For Tellest’s writing prompt this month, we want to explore the darker side of things. In 1500 words or less, write a story for Tellest that is from a villain’s point of view. Again, we want to try to be as open to ideas as possible.  As such, the character doesn’t have to be human.  Feel free to let your creativity take wing!  We look forward to seeing your tales!  

Official Rules

1. One Winner will be chosen on the 15th of the month following the start of the contest.
2. By submitting your prompt, you agree that, if selected as the monthly winner, and you are using any established characters, locations or items from the Tellest series, you will be willing to sign an agreement to keep your work exclusive to Tellest and Tellest.com where failure to agree will exclude you from the monthly prize.
3. Prize is $15 payable through PayPal.  Also includes a featured spot on the Tellest website for at least a month following the close of the monthly contest.

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Last month, Tellest hosted a writing contest where we asked fans of the genre to create a holiday for Tellest.  Unfortunately, due to our still small web presence, we only had one story submitted in time, and that was done by a member of our internal team.

We want to spread the love outside of the established stable of writers.  Kevin Gallagher’s “The Night Before Nadeus”, a tale about a Tellest version of Christmas will release on this website.  But, being as he was already on our team, we’re stealing last month’s prize, and rolling into this month’s instead.  We will send the writer of the best story this month kindle eBook(s) with a total value of $10 or less.

In two weeks we will be celebrating the passing of another year.  We’ll be setting new resolutions for ourselves, and looking back at what affected us the most in the prior 365 days.  For Tellest’s writing prompt this month, we wanted to explore that concept, though maybe in grander fashion.

In 1500 words or less, invent a character for Tellest, and then describe his or her favorite memory.

Again, we want to try to be as open to ideas as possible.  As such, the character doesn’t have to be human.  It doesn’t have to be a happy memory, either.  Feel free to let your creativity take wing!  We look forward to seeing your tales!

Official Rules

1. One Winner will be chosen on the 15th of the month following the start of the contest.
2. By submitting your prompt, you agree that, if selected as the monthly winner, you will be willing to sign an agreement to keep your work exclusive to Tellest and Tellest.com where failure to agree will exclude you from the monthly prize.  The agreement will also allow writers for Tellest to further develop on the ideas, characters, places and events featured in your submission.
3. Prize includes the winner’s choice of kindle ebook(s) on amazon’s store, with a cost up to $10.  This does not necessarily have to be a Tellest branded book.  Also includes a featured spot on the Tellest website for at least a month following the close of the monthly contest.

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