COSMIC WRITE
CONTEST SERIES
Enter one. Enter all. Begin wherever it hurts most.
We’ve opened six contests shaped by the emotional force of Greek Tragedy. Each theme is a modern rite — a place to speak what your silence once protected. Sharp, bloody or tender, each story becomes its own catharsis.
This year, we’re offering two kinds of contests:
Micro-writing contests — short literary stories of up to 20 words, crafted using all 4 prompts from our Catharsis constellation
Prompt creation contests — single, emotionally resonant prompts or reflections, also shaped through the 4-word Catharsis constellation
You may enter any of the six contests at any time — write whenever the emotion hits. Each contest will be judged and awarded at the end of its respective month.
HOW TO PARTICIPATE
- Visit CosmicWrite.com
- Go to the writing area
- Toggle “Catharsis” mode using the 4-word constellation interface
- For micro-writing: write a story of up to 20 words using all 4 constellation prompts
- For prompt creation: write 1 clear, emotionally honest prompt, reflection, or instruction — for someone to plug into an AI model
- Include the correct contest hashtag (#anger, #shame, #sadness, etc.)
- Title your piece, optionally add a dedication, and click Publish to enter automatically
PRIZES (per contest)
- 1st Place: $150
- 2nd Place: $100
- 10 Honorable Mentions: $10 each
All winners receive a 1-year Cosmic Write subscription
Winning stories featured in the Catharsis Gallery
Winning prompts featured in the AI Prompt Library
SEPTEMBER CONTEST
(Prompt Creation)
The lie they taught you to wear as your skin.
Shame is borrowed guilt — installed to keep you small.
Write a prompt that invites others to explore, name, or rewrite their shame.
#shameOCTOBER CONTESTS
(Micro-writing — Honoring Halloween)
What binds, betrays, and bursts through the skin.
Blood is horror. Blood is myth. Blood is what leaks when the mask slips.
Write the moment your character saw the wound — and what crawled out.
#bloodOCTOBER CONTESTS
(Micro-writing)
The emotion they fear most when it’s yours.
Anger isn’t destruction — it’s heat that wants validation: rage, boundaries, truth finally voiced.
Write the moment your character stopped being polite — and started being real.
#angerNOVEMBER CONTESTS
(Micro-writing)
Where the house looked perfect and the wiring was on fire.
Where the house looked perfect and the wiring was on fire.
Write the moment your character cracked the illusion — and saw the system underneath.
#dysfunctionalfamiliesNOVEMBER CONTESTS
(Micro-writing)
The softness beneath the survival mask.
The softness beneath the survival mask.
Write the moment your character let go — and it finally surfaced.
#sadnessDECEMBER CONTEST
(Prompt Creation)
The silence that was never yours to carry.
The silence that was never yours to carry.
Write a prompt that speaks directly to sexual trauma — something you wish you’d been asked, or dared to ask yourself.
#sexualabuse