A journey of words. A festival of imagination. A challenge of the mind.
Hosted with ✨global soul and desi heart✨
Dates: June 04 – July 04, 2025
Brief: Choose only ONE challenge from Poetry, Short Story, FanFiction, or MicroFiction and let your creativity shine!
Challenge 1: Sonnet of Shackles and Sky
Write a 14-line sonnet using metaphors from mythology, nature, or history (e.g., caged birds, cracked anklets, open skies). Optional: Frame it during a national or personal liberation moment.
Challenge 2: Freedom in Fragments (Multilingual Mosaic)
Craft a bilingual or trilingual poem about personal vs. collective freedom, using code-switching between languages (with translations). Let the form itself feel fragmented, mirroring the struggle to unify identity.
Challenge 3: The 24-Hour Escape
Tell the story of a character trying to reclaim physical or emotional freedom in a single day. They must navigate social, political, or family constraints. No internal monologue allowed — everything must be shown through action and dialogue.
Challenge 4: The Cage They Chose
Narrate from an unreliable narrator who claims they are “free” — but clues in the environment and interactions suggest otherwise. Explore psychological imprisonment masked as independence.
Challenge 5: Divergence — When They Said No
Choose a canonical scene where a character follows orders or accepts fate. Rewrite the moment where they choose freedom instead — with emotional stakes and consequences that reshape the world. Optional: Infuse diasporic or cultural reinterpretations.
Challenge 6: Villain’s Breakout — Redemption as Liberation
Tell a slow-burn story of a villain who must free themselves from their past, ideology, or master. Use dual POV to contrast how freedom is perceived: one as threat, one as salvation.
Challenge 7: One Sentence, One Uprising
Write a one-sentence story (max 40 words) that captures the instant someone chooses freedom — or loses it. Go for punch, clarity, and contradiction.
Challenge 8: 2065 - What We Buried to Be Free
In 150 words or less, write about an object found in a time capsule that reveals what a generation gave up to gain freedom. Hope, regret, and rebirth should pulse through.
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