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Each week, we issue a writing prompt to our own staff, guest contributors, and readers like you. We welcome guest submissions, so if you’re interested in being featured or regularly contributing to the site, email your responses to kelaine.conochan [at] thepromptmag.com.


You know that distinct headspace when you get on an airplane and have nothing but time, space, and air? Maybe for you it’s anxiety. Maybe it’s calm. But it’s a feeling. And that’s where the story’s at this week.

This Week’s Writing Prompt: SHE LOOKED OUT THE PLANE WINDOW AND SIGHED.

This week, we’re looking for new original pieces, starting with the following sentence:

SHE LOOKED OUT THE PLANE WINDOW AND SIGHED.

If you’ve got an inspired ideas about how to respond to this week’s prompt, send us your submission of 400-700 words. Write us anything that comes to mind, when you start a story with SHE LOOKED OUT THE PLANE WINDOW AND SIGHED. It can be a personal essay, a poem, short story, script, or anything else original and fresh. Ironic or sincere, real or imagined—just make it worth our while and we’ll publish it, include it in our newsletter, and give you the chance to join the creative, talented staff writers here at The Prompt.

Email your responses to kelaine.conochan@thepromptmag.com by Wedneday February 8th at midnight EST.

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