Good morning, Prosers,

It’s week fifty-two of the Prose Challenge of the Week! Last week saw you all writing synopses for our new Prose Original series, Collabowrite. We had shed-loads of superb entries to read, so thank you everyone.

Before we find out which one of you takes the $100 prize and the runner-up prize of 1000 coins, let’s take a look at this week’s prompt:

Prose Challenge of the Week #52: Pick a classic poem and re-write it, modernize it, and share your poetic interpretation of the piece. The winner will be chosen based on a number of criteria, this includes: fire, form, and creative edge. Number of reads, bookmarks, and shares will also be taken into consideration. The winner will receive $100 and will be placed first on our Spotlight page and the runner-up will receive 1000 coins. When sharing to social media, please use the hashtag #ProseChallenge #getlit #itslit

Get writing now

Back to the winner of week fifty-one. We have read all of your entries and thoroughly enjoyed every single one. There can only be one winner and one runner up, however, and after much deliberation the runner up, and the recipient of 1000 coins is, @LaurusTet with their piece “Walls of New Caledonia.” Congratulations! Now for the champion of the challenge, our winner this week is, @Sandflea68 with their piece “Sinister Disconnection.” Congratulations to you, we will be in touch shortly to arrange transfer of your winnings! It is also @Sandflea68’s job to write the first chapter of our Prose Collabowrite Original Book. If you want to get involved and write a subsequent chapter, comment below!

That’s all for this week, here’s to a week filled with all things Prose!

Until next time, Prosers,

Prose.

Lie down on the cold wax paper,

Legs open wide.

Metal sticks inserted and moved around.

Check for diseases, for what’s been shared.

If it stings, hold your tongue,

You’ve been taught not to make a sound.

Swallow the blue pill three weeks,

Gulp down the green pill for one.

Make sure there isn’t a baby’s cry.

Be told the pills are forbidden

By men who don’t feel a baby’s body

Rips its way free from yours.

Watch blood stain clean water.

Keel over in pain.

Block your groans with a fist in mouth.

Let slip a sign of frustration.

Be told you don’t have an excuse.

It’s divine punishment, a woman’s role.

Find someone and exchange consent.

Share bodies, pant, desperate for a pleasing scream.

Be found without consent.

Legs ripped wide open.

Cry, breathe hard, and desperate for it to end.

Be told it’s your fault.

Your body, their rules.

Broken system, broken woman.

Good morning, Prosers,

It’s week forty-nine of the Prose Challenge of the Week! Last week saw you all writing your mini-manifestos. We had shed-loads of superb entries to read, so thank you everyone.

Before we find out which one of you takes the $100 prize, let’s take a look at this week’s prompt:

Prose Challenge of the Week #49: Use this sentence to inspire your piece of poetry or prose: We are all broken. The winner will be chosen based on a number of criteria, this includes: fire, form, and creative edge. Number of reads, bookmarks, and shares will also be taken into consideration. The winner will receive $100 and will be placed first on our Spotlight page and the runner-up will receive 1000 coins. When sharing to social media, please use the hashtag #ProseChallenge #getlit #itslit

Get writing, now.

From this point forward, the winner will not only receive $100, but they will also have their post Spotlighted. This means that anyone who visits theprose.com and isn’t logged in, will see your post first, before anyone else. So, make your words count. Not only this but we are now offering the person who comes in second place 1000 coins to buy some beautiful word porn! How about that for incentive to enter?

Back to the winner of week forty-eight. We have read all of your entries and thoroughly enjoyed every single one. There can only be one winner, however, and after much deliberation that winner is @PhynneBelle with their piece “an aspiration.” Congratulations to you, we will be in touch shortly to arrange transfer of your winnings!

That’s all for this week, here’s to a week filled with all things Prose!

Until next time, Prosers,

Prose.