Challenges are listed alphabetically in the following two categories.

1. Challenges that run for an entire month or daily.
2. Challenges that run weekly, bi-weekly, or once a month.

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Challenges that run for an entire month or daily

Title:   ~M’s Whimsical Writing Prompts

• Host Name: Michelle Cook
• Host Blog:  Writing Prompts
• Type of Challenge:  Writing
• Short Description: Fun, quirky, writing prompts, to charge your imagination and get your creativity flowing.
• Day challenge is published and frequency:  Daily (check for month listing of topics)

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Title:   A Name a Day Challenge

• Host Name: Christine
• Host Blog:  StineWriting
• Type of Challenge:  Writing
• Short Description: Feel free to participate in A Name A Day. Write a story, poem, or something about a real individual you know with the name of the day. If you have a name that you would like for the blog please send me a message. Please keep it all positive.
• Day challenge is published and frequency:  Daily

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Title: Changing Focus

• Host Name: Write Gardener
• Host Blog: wRighTing My Life
• Type of Challenge: Blogger’s Interpretation (photography, writing or music)
• Short Description: New topic each month. Bloggers can freely use their creativity to interpret the topic via 1 or more photos with or without narrative or music just as long as it’s related to the topic and posted any time during that month.
• Day Challenge is Published: The last Sunday of each month (related posts can be made anytime during that month)

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Title:  (The) Daily Spur

• Host Name:  Nox Sétanta
• Host Blog: The Daily Spur
• Type of Challenge:  Writing Prompts
• Short Description: Inspire creativity with a word, music or a photo. Write, draw, sing, do whatever you do but create it!
• Day challenge is published and frequency:  Daily

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Title: E.M.’s Random Word Prompt

• Host Name: E.M. Kingston
• Host Blog: The Ramblings of E.M. Kingston
• Type of Challenge:  Writing
• Short Description: Each day I post a new word challenge for writers to use.
• Day challenge is published and frequency: Daily

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Title:   Fandango’s One-Word Challenge

• Host Name:  Fandango
• Host Blog:  Fivedotoh.com
• Type of Challenge:  Open to writing, photography, or art.
• Short Description:  A daily one-word prompt to take the place of the now defunct WordPress daily prompt.
• Day challenge is published and frequency:  Daily

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Title: Food Around the World

• Host Name: Julie
• Host Blog: Eat, Play Live
• Type of Challenge: General, photo, writing
• Short description of challenge: Combining the love for food and travel, share us a dish based on the featured monthly prompt. The prompt could be around a particular dish, an ingredient, or a tool.
• Day challenge is published and frequency: Monthly., New prompt released the first of the month.

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Title:  Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie (different challenge each day)

• Host Name: Yves (coordinator), Nekneeraj, Kristjaan, Michael, Sarah, Mandi and Dylan
• Host Blog:  MindLovesMiseryMenagerie.com
• Type of Challenge: Creative writing, including poetry
• Short Description:
  • SUNDAY – transitionofthoughts Writing Prompt
    MONDAY – Wordle
    TUESDAY – Photo Challenge
    WEDNESDAY – Heeding Haiku With Chèvrefeuille
    THURSDAY – relaxitsallwrite 
    FRIDAY – (alternates) Music Prompt, and, First Line Friday
    SATURDAY – Saturday Mix (rotating prompts over the course of a month: Double Take, Same Same But Different, Opposing Forces, and a Poetry form)
• Day challenge is published and frequency:  Daily

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Title: OpenMic Challenge

• Host Name: CRES (Cosmic Roots And Eldritch Shores)
• Host Blog:  OpenMic at Cosmic Roots & Eldritch Shores
• Type of Challenge: Writing Poetry and Prose
• Short Description: Write a poem of no more than 19 lines or a flash fiction story of no more than 300 words on the theme supplied.
• Day Challenge issued: Monthly or bi-monthly usually in the first week of each month.

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Title:   (The) Ragtag Daily Prompt

• Host Name: Ragtag Community
• Host Blog:  TheRagtagCommunity.wordpress.com
• Type of Challenge:  Writing and Photography
• Short Description: The Ragtag Daily Prompt is run by a small community of bloggers. We invite you to join us in being creative. Writing and/or photography welcome.
• Day challenge is published and frequency:  Daily

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Title:   Wednesday and Saturday Challenge

• Host Name:  GC The Main Aisle.com and SueW Nan’s Farm.net
• Host Blog:   Weekly Prompts – Your second chance to be creative
• Type of Challenge:   Weekly Prompts for writing, photography, artwork
• Short Description:  Topic specific for each day.
• Day challenge is published and frequency:  Wednesday and Saturdays

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Title:  Three Things Challenge (3TC)

• Host Name:  Pensitivity 101
• Host Blog:  Pensitivity 101
• Type of Challenge:  Writing
• Short Description: Use your imagination and creativity using one, two or all three words that may or may not be related. There are no restrictions regarding length, style, or genre, though please keep it family friendly.
• Day challenge is published and frequency:  Daily

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Title:   Word of the Day

• Hosts Name: Dee Kelly from Thriving not Surviving, Calmkate from Aroused and Cyranny’s Cove, Kristian from Tales from the mind of Kristian
• Host Blog:  Word of the Day Challenge
• Type of Challenge: Writing, or though it is still a work in progress and other challenges may emerge in time.
• Short Description: Currently it is just a Daily word prompt challenge.  No set word length and it can be a story, poem or an anecdote.
• Day challenge is published and frequency:  Daily, 7am EST or 12pm BST (British summer time.)

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Challenges that run weekly, bi-weekly, or once a month

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Title: A mindset to escape from all controversial thoughts

• Host Name: Yuriko
• Host Blog:  Sharing thoughts & Daily discoveries
• Type of Challenge:  Writing
• Short Description:  I challenged to write my first book. I started to write by the end of 2019. It took 4 months for me to complete my first copy. My dream to publish a book in 2020 is realized thanks to all supports. I am glad if this book could accompany you during your quarantine. Wish you a happy reading.
  All aspects in one book, a simple vision through problems, a fresh philosophical point of views, some humors, … and more interesting contents….Please don’t lose this opportunity to know more about me and the big picture of the world. You will be part of the book when you go through the book chapter by chapter. I am appreciated your challenging on my first book decorated with positive and negative conversations. Please share me your controversial thoughts too.
• e-book & paperback published on April 7, 2020
• Day challenge is published and frequency:  Weekly

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Title:  Fibbing Friday (FF)

• Host Name: Di
• Host Blog: Pensitivity 101
• Type of Challenge:  Writing
• Short Description:a fun challenge where truth is not an option. I’m inviting you to be outrageous, silly, cheeky, or whatever takes your fancy (as long as you keep it family friendly) and fib your socks off when answering the ten questions set below.
• Day challenge is published and frequency:  Friday, Weekly

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Title:   Flash Fiction for the Practical Practitioner

• Host Name:  Roger Shipp
• Host Blog:  FlashFictionForThePracticalPractitioner.com
• Type of Challenge:  200 word Flash Fiction Challenge
• Short Description: A weekly Flash Fiction Challenge that features a photo prompt and the chance to create a 200 flash story. During the week, reciprocal readings from the other participants in the writing community is greatly appreciated!
• Day challenge is published and frequency: Wednesday mornings 12:01 am EST, Weekly

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Title:  Happiness Project

• Host Name:   Alegria
• Host Blog:   Life with Alegria
• Type of Challenge:   Writing or Photography
• Short Description:  I provide a prompt and affirmation for the week. Those who join can write a post and or simply post an image. I share the their links in the following week’s post.
  People can use this image to join in the fun and also use the tag #LifewithAlegria that way I’ll be able to find their post, if they don’t link it in my post.
• Day challenge is published and frequency:  Tuesday, Weekly

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Title:  JSW (Just Start Writing)

• Host Name:   CS Knotts
• Host Blog:   A Writer’s Life
• Type of Challenge:   Writing
• Short Description:  300 word writing challenge using written prompts and/or photographs.
• Day challenge is published and frequency:  Monday, Weekly

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Title:  Let it Bleed

• Host Name: Saumya Agrawal
• Host Blog:  randomnessinked
• Type of Challenge:  Writing
• Short Description: Let it Bleed is a weekly writing challenge where you’ll be prompted with a word, a phrase, a sentence, a question or a photo every Sunday. Interpret the prompt the way you like and write a piece of prose or poetry, fiction or non- fiction, anything that suits you.  There are no length restrictions.
• Day challenge is published and frequency:  Sunday, Weekly

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Title:  Manic Mondays Prompt

• Host Name:  Laura
• Host Blog:  All The Shoes I Wear
• Type of Challenge:  Writing or Song (Audio)
• Short Description: Every Monday I’ll post a photo and a song
  Use one, both or one to inspire the other.  Any genre of creativity accepted whether poetry, short story or even work of art. Let your creativity run wild!
• Day challenge is published and frequency: Monday, Weekly

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Title:   (The) New, Unofficial, On-line Writer’s Guild (OLWG for short)

• Host Name: TNKerr
• Host Blog:  The New, Unofficial, On-line Writer’s Guild
• Type of Challenge:  Writing with prompts
• Short Description: Take the proffered prompts and, choose some of them, or choose none of them and incorporate them into a story or poem. You can wax poetically, or you can write fiction, non-fiction, stream of consciousness, or whatever else strikes your fancy in that moment of that day.  If you want to apply a bit of pressure to yourself – limit your writing time to 25 or 30 minutes. You can tack on extra time to edit, if you want or you can have that time include editing. Your choice.
• Day challenge is published and frequency:  Weekly, probably on Sunday’s, I will post two or three prompts from my collection.

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Title: Pic and a Word Challenge

• Host Blog:  Pic and a Word Challenge
• Type of Challenge:  Writing and Photo
• Short Description: “Creativity Challenge”: any form of imagery and/or writing.  The Pic and a Word Challenge is a weekly creativity challenge. I provide one word and a photograph and respondents can respond with words and/or images which reflect or are inspired by the given word and/or photograph.
• Day challenge is published and frequency:  Sunday, Weekly

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Title:   Sunny Sundays

• Host Name: Leigha Robbins
• Host Blog: Leigha Robbins
• Type of Challenge:  Poem, fiction, non-fiction, quotes, photography music
• Short Description: Post something happy and upbeat, funny or serious but always sunny – spread some joy and positivity.
• Day challenge is published and frequency:  Sunday, weekly

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Title:  Share Your World

• Host Name: Di
• Host Blog: Pensitivity 101
• Type of Challenge:  Writing
• Short Description: I ask 4 questions each  week for you to respond.
• Day challenge is published and frequency:  Monday, Weekly

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Title:  Six Word Saturday

• Host Name:  Debbie
• Host Blog:  travelwithintent.com
• Type of Challenge:  Writing
• Short Description:  Six words, with or without photo(s)
• Day challenge is published and frequency:  Saturday, Weekly

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Title:  Terrible Poetry Contest

• Host Name: Chel Owens
• Host Blog:  ChelOwens.com
• Type of Challenge: Writing
• Short Description: It’s a silly contest to encourage people to write poetry, by challenging everyone to write a terrible poem. The theme changes each time, as does often the form. Winners are awarded a badge and, at present, select the theme and form for the following week.
• Day challenge is published and frequency:  Every Two Week on Thursday

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Title:   Three Line Tales (TLT)

• Host Name: Sonya
• Host Blog: Only 100 Words
• Type of Challenge: Writing
• Short Description: Write three lines to go with the weekly photo prompt. Take us wherever you fancy.
• Day challenge is published and frequency: Thursday, Weekly

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Title:  Truthful Tuesday Challenge (TTC)

• Host Name:  PCGuyIV
• Host Blog:  Thought Theories
• Type of Challenge:  Writing
• Short Description: Truthful Tuesday is usually one question and the request for a truthful answer..
• Day challenge is published and frequency:  Tuesday, Weekly

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Title:  V.J.’s Weekly Challenge

• Host Name: V.J.
• Host Blog:  OneWoman’sQuestII.com
• Type of Challenge:  Poets, Writers, Photographers
• Short Description: I am hosting a weekly challenge, geared towards self-discovery and creative expression – for poets, writers, photographers, etc.  Everyone is welcome.
• Day challenge is published and frequency:  Monday, Weekly

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Title:   Weekly Flash Fiction Challenge: 99 words, no more, no less!

• Host Name: Charli Mills, Lead Buckaroo
• Host Blog:   Carrot Ranch
• Type of Challenge: Literary Art Challenge
• Short Description: Each week, writers are challenged to respond to a word prompt in exactly 99 words. It’s up to each writer if they want to link or join the discussions in the comments. A form is provided for writers willing to submit to publication at CarrotRanch.com.
• Day challenge is published and frequency:  Thursday, Weekly (Every October, the challenge goes on hiatus to give space to a month-long Flash Fiction Rodeo of multiple contests lead by bloggers within the Carrot Ranch Literary Community.)

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Title:   Weekend Coffee Share

• Host Name: Natalie
• Host Blog:  Natalie the Explorer
• Type of Challenge: General – Writing and Photography welcome
• Short Description: Weekend Coffee Share is a time for us to take a break out of our lives and enjoy some time catching up with friends (old and new)!
• Day challenge is published and frequency:  Friday, Weekly

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Name: Whatsoever is Lovely

• Name: XingfuMama
• Host Blog: XingfuMama
• Type of Challenge: Photo or Writing
• Description: This challenge is simple: step back for a few minutes each week to find a lovely thing, a precious moment, anything you find lovely. Then post about it. You can just post a picture or you can go into detail and tell it as a reflection, story or poem. 
• Day Challenge is published and frequency: Sunday (Pacific Time), Weekly

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Title: #writephoto prompt

• Host Name: KL Caley
• Host Blog:  New2Writing
• Type of Challenge: General – Writing
• Short Description: Use the image and prompt as inspiration to create a post on your own blog… poetry, prose, humour… light or dark, whatever you choose, as long as it is fairly family-friendly.
• Day challenge is published and frequency: Thursday, Noon GMT

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Title:   Writer’s Quotes Wednesdays Writing Challenge

• Host Name: Marsha Ingrao
• Host Blog:  Marsha Ingrao – Always Write
• Type of Challenge: General – Writing and Photography welcome
• Short Description: Pick a quote that fits the weekly topic or theme. Write a response or find a photo that works well with the quote.
• Day challenge is published and frequency:  Wednesday, Weekly

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