And that's a wrap for the #NYCMidnight #RhymingStoryChallenge ... Or at least, I have a version in which has been successfully submitted (although I still have a few hours to tweak it if required) 🤔😎 Now to lift my head back into the real world 🤔♥️💜🤗
Good luck to everyone else taking part 🍀🤞
Good luck to everyone else taking part 🍀🤞
September 20, 2026 at 4:12 PM
And that's a wrap for the #NYCMidnight #RhymingStoryChallenge ... Or at least, I have a version in which has been successfully submitted (although I still have a few hours to tweak it if required) 🤔😎 Now to lift my head back into the real world 🤔♥️💜🤗
Good luck to everyone else taking part 🍀🤞
Good luck to everyone else taking part 🍀🤞
This is my first @nycmidnight.bsky.social #rhymingstorychallenge and I got the words:
- Comedy
- A career
- Astonished
It has been a learning curve for sure - and so much fun!
100% plan on being back for the scary story challenge in October … I fear I’m addicted 😱
Good luck to everyone taking part.
- Comedy
- A career
- Astonished
It has been a learning curve for sure - and so much fun!
100% plan on being back for the scary story challenge in October … I fear I’m addicted 😱
Good luck to everyone taking part.
September 20, 2026 at 6:39 AM
This is my first @nycmidnight.bsky.social #rhymingstorychallenge and I got the words:
- Comedy
- A career
- Astonished
It has been a learning curve for sure - and so much fun!
100% plan on being back for the scary story challenge in October … I fear I’m addicted 😱
Good luck to everyone taking part.
- Comedy
- A career
- Astonished
It has been a learning curve for sure - and so much fun!
100% plan on being back for the scary story challenge in October … I fear I’m addicted 😱
Good luck to everyone taking part.
My #NYCMidnight #RhymingStoryChallenge prompts have dropped & overall these give me lots of scope 🤔😎 Now to spend 5 days crafting, editing & swearing over 500 word rhyming narratives ... Question is, do I allow my mind to wander too far into temptation 👀😮🤗♥️💜
Good luck to everyone else taking part 🍀🤞
Good luck to everyone else taking part 🍀🤞
September 16, 2026 at 7:17 AM
My #NYCMidnight #RhymingStoryChallenge prompts have dropped & overall these give me lots of scope 🤔😎 Now to spend 5 days crafting, editing & swearing over 500 word rhyming narratives ... Question is, do I allow my mind to wander too far into temptation 👀😮🤗♥️💜
Good luck to everyone else taking part 🍀🤞
Good luck to everyone else taking part 🍀🤞
Day 30-something
#43daysofwritinginsanity is wrapping up this week.
Submitted to #FuriousFiction and #RhymingStoryChallenge today. The Rhyming was particularly challenging for me and I was waaaaay out of my comfort zone. Happy to get something in though. On to #twistedtournament
#contestgoblin
#43daysofwritinginsanity is wrapping up this week.
Submitted to #FuriousFiction and #RhymingStoryChallenge today. The Rhyming was particularly challenging for me and I was waaaaay out of my comfort zone. Happy to get something in though. On to #twistedtournament
#contestgoblin
November 10, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Day 30-something
#43daysofwritinginsanity is wrapping up this week.
Submitted to #FuriousFiction and #RhymingStoryChallenge today. The Rhyming was particularly challenging for me and I was waaaaay out of my comfort zone. Happy to get something in though. On to #twistedtournament
#contestgoblin
#43daysofwritinginsanity is wrapping up this week.
Submitted to #FuriousFiction and #RhymingStoryChallenge today. The Rhyming was particularly challenging for me and I was waaaaay out of my comfort zone. Happy to get something in though. On to #twistedtournament
#contestgoblin
That was a weird, challenging & against the wire 72 hours creating a #500Word #GhostStory (not normally my forte) for R2 of the #NYCMidnight #RhymingStoryChallenge ... Anyone else late night #Editing 🤔💜❤️😎
Good luck to everyone else taking part 🍀🍀
#WritingCommunity #CreativeWriting #WritersAndEdtors
Good luck to everyone else taking part 🍀🍀
#WritingCommunity #CreativeWriting #WritersAndEdtors
November 9, 2025 at 10:18 PM
That was a weird, challenging & against the wire 72 hours creating a #500Word #GhostStory (not normally my forte) for R2 of the #NYCMidnight #RhymingStoryChallenge ... Anyone else late night #Editing 🤔💜❤️😎
Good luck to everyone else taking part 🍀🍀
#WritingCommunity #CreativeWriting #WritersAndEdtors
Good luck to everyone else taking part 🍀🍀
#WritingCommunity #CreativeWriting #WritersAndEdtors
R2 of the #NYCMidnight #RhymingStoryChallenge underway😎 (Ghost Story 😱👻🥺) I might have to do what I did in R1 & lean into the advice of Shannon Eilis in her blog on 'The Shape of the Poem' (hosted by Angel Editing) 💜❤️😎... www.angel-editing.com/post/the-sha...
Good luck to everyone else taking part 🍀
Good luck to everyone else taking part 🍀
November 7, 2025 at 7:27 AM
R2 of the #NYCMidnight #RhymingStoryChallenge underway😎 (Ghost Story 😱👻🥺) I might have to do what I did in R1 & lean into the advice of Shannon Eilis in her blog on 'The Shape of the Poem' (hosted by Angel Editing) 💜❤️😎... www.angel-editing.com/post/the-sha...
Good luck to everyone else taking part 🍀
Good luck to everyone else taking part 🍀
#RhymingStoryChallenge: A week
To write six hundred words
I waited til I had six hours
To write the last two-thirds.
I could have used a bit more time
But I'd have frittered it away
At last my story's at an end
As so, too, is the day.
To write six hundred words
I waited til I had six hours
To write the last two-thirds.
I could have used a bit more time
But I'd have frittered it away
At last my story's at an end
As so, too, is the day.
November 5, 2025 at 1:30 PM
8th place in round 1 of the #NYCMidnight #RhymingStoryChallenge .... I'll take that 😎💜❤️ ... Now to wait nervously for round 2 prompts dropping tomorrow 🥺😱🍀🍀
#WritingCommunity #CreativeWriting #WritersAndEdtors #WritersThreads #writesky
#WritingCommunity #CreativeWriting #WritersAndEdtors #WritersThreads #writesky
November 5, 2025 at 7:54 AM
8th place in round 1 of the #NYCMidnight #RhymingStoryChallenge .... I'll take that 😎💜❤️ ... Now to wait nervously for round 2 prompts dropping tomorrow 🥺😱🍀🍀
#WritingCommunity #CreativeWriting #WritersAndEdtors #WritersThreads #writesky
#WritingCommunity #CreativeWriting #WritersAndEdtors #WritersThreads #writesky
Day 30???
#43daysofwritinginsanity
Completed both #ScaryStoryChallenge & #WBAutumn today and I am beat.
Tomorrow marks the start of the second 3-day break before #FuriousFiction & hopefully #RhymingStoryChallenge next weekend.
It's great to be a #contestgoblin.
#43daysofwritinginsanity
Completed both #ScaryStoryChallenge & #WBAutumn today and I am beat.
Tomorrow marks the start of the second 3-day break before #FuriousFiction & hopefully #RhymingStoryChallenge next weekend.
It's great to be a #contestgoblin.
November 3, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Day 30???
#43daysofwritinginsanity
Completed both #ScaryStoryChallenge & #WBAutumn today and I am beat.
Tomorrow marks the start of the second 3-day break before #FuriousFiction & hopefully #RhymingStoryChallenge next weekend.
It's great to be a #contestgoblin.
#43daysofwritinginsanity
Completed both #ScaryStoryChallenge & #WBAutumn today and I am beat.
Tomorrow marks the start of the second 3-day break before #FuriousFiction & hopefully #RhymingStoryChallenge next weekend.
It's great to be a #contestgoblin.
Sundays are for contest submissions! Thanks @nycmidnight.bsky.social #RhymingStoryChallenge and #kidlitchucklechallenge
September 14, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Sundays are for contest submissions! Thanks @nycmidnight.bsky.social #RhymingStoryChallenge and #kidlitchucklechallenge
#RhymingStoryChallenge: A week
To write six hundred words
I waited til I had six hours
To write the last two-thirds.
I could have used a bit more time
But I'd have frittered it away
At last my story's at an end
As so, too, is the day.
To write six hundred words
I waited til I had six hours
To write the last two-thirds.
I could have used a bit more time
But I'd have frittered it away
At last my story's at an end
As so, too, is the day.
September 14, 2025 at 3:40 AM
#RhymingStoryChallenge: A week
To write six hundred words
I waited til I had six hours
To write the last two-thirds.
I could have used a bit more time
But I'd have frittered it away
At last my story's at an end
As so, too, is the day.
To write six hundred words
I waited til I had six hours
To write the last two-thirds.
I could have used a bit more time
But I'd have frittered it away
At last my story's at an end
As so, too, is the day.
Welp, there's another one in the books for me! The way I struggled with this @nycmidnight.bsky.social #RhymingStoryChallenge piece was painful! I almost thought I'd have nothing to submit, but I did. Not sure it fits the assignment 100%, but I still love what I had & the rhyming didn't suck.
September 14, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Welp, there's another one in the books for me! The way I struggled with this @nycmidnight.bsky.social #RhymingStoryChallenge piece was painful! I almost thought I'd have nothing to submit, but I did. Not sure it fits the assignment 100%, but I still love what I had & the rhyming didn't suck.
Just submitted my #NYCMidnight #RhymingStoryChallenge and really had fun with it. It's been a rough year for writing, but my comedy prompt fit perfectly with an idea I'd been holding onto for a while, so it was great to finally put pen to paper on it!
September 13, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Just submitted my #NYCMidnight #RhymingStoryChallenge and really had fun with it. It's been a rough year for writing, but my comedy prompt fit perfectly with an idea I'd been holding onto for a while, so it was great to finally put pen to paper on it!
Just submitted my first story for NYC Midnight, so fun! The short timeframe and word count makes it so you have to do a lot of tightening up in a short period of time, and then this particular one had to rhyme! I don't have any expectations, but hey, fingers crossed ;) #RhymingStoryChallenge
September 13, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Just submitted my first story for NYC Midnight, so fun! The short timeframe and word count makes it so you have to do a lot of tightening up in a short period of time, and then this particular one had to rhyme! I don't have any expectations, but hey, fingers crossed ;) #RhymingStoryChallenge
Submitted my first round story for NYCMidnight's #RhymingStoryChallenge. That was a ton of fun. Fingers crossed I make it to the next round, but I'm looking forward to getting feedback no matter what. Now to finish that short story I'm writing for Monday's submission deadline!
September 13, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Submitted my first round story for NYCMidnight's #RhymingStoryChallenge. That was a ton of fun. Fingers crossed I make it to the next round, but I'm looking forward to getting feedback no matter what. Now to finish that short story I'm writing for Monday's submission deadline!
Needed the extra time for R1 of the #NYCMidnight #RhymingStoryChallenge 👀🤔💜❤️😎 Took me a couple of days to settle on an idea & even then I wasn't sure 🤔 Once I had the plot sketched out against a series of stanzas/acts, it began to coalesce ... Still took 4 days of conjuring the narrative rhymes 🙄😂😎
September 13, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Needed the extra time for R1 of the #NYCMidnight #RhymingStoryChallenge 👀🤔💜❤️😎 Took me a couple of days to settle on an idea & even then I wasn't sure 🤔 Once I had the plot sketched out against a series of stanzas/acts, it began to coalesce ... Still took 4 days of conjuring the narrative rhymes 🙄😂😎
While I'm squirreling away (nut ref🤔😂) with the #RhymingStoryChallenge here's a squishy intro (marshmallow ref 🤔😂) to this #DadJoke 🤔😂🙃😂 .... Just joking BTW.... Chocolate forever!!!! 💜❤️😎
#WritingCommunity #CreativeWriting #WritersAndEdtors #WritersThreads #writesky
#WritingCommunity #CreativeWriting #WritersAndEdtors #WritersThreads #writesky
September 12, 2025 at 6:58 AM
While I'm squirreling away (nut ref🤔😂) with the #RhymingStoryChallenge here's a squishy intro (marshmallow ref 🤔😂) to this #DadJoke 🤔😂🙃😂 .... Just joking BTW.... Chocolate forever!!!! 💜❤️😎
#WritingCommunity #CreativeWriting #WritersAndEdtors #WritersThreads #writesky
#WritingCommunity #CreativeWriting #WritersAndEdtors #WritersThreads #writesky
And off we go with the #NYCMidnight #RhymingStoryChallenge 😎 (interesting prompts 🤔) I might have to lean into the advice of Shannon Eilis' blog on 'The Shape of the Poem' (hosted by Angel Editing) 💜❤️😎... www.angel-editing.com/post/the-sha...
#WritingCommunity #CreativeWriting #WritersAndEdtors
#WritingCommunity #CreativeWriting #WritersAndEdtors
September 6, 2025 at 7:00 AM
And off we go with the #NYCMidnight #RhymingStoryChallenge 😎 (interesting prompts 🤔) I might have to lean into the advice of Shannon Eilis' blog on 'The Shape of the Poem' (hosted by Angel Editing) 💜❤️😎... www.angel-editing.com/post/the-sha...
#WritingCommunity #CreativeWriting #WritersAndEdtors
#WritingCommunity #CreativeWriting #WritersAndEdtors
Looking forward to the @nycmidnight.bsky.social #RhymingStoryChallenge starting tonight. I had so much fun writing my rhyming stories last year!
September 6, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Looking forward to the @nycmidnight.bsky.social #RhymingStoryChallenge starting tonight. I had so much fun writing my rhyming stories last year!
Sharing an incredible rhyming story below - DO READ! The @nycmidnight.bsky.social #rhymingstorychallenge starts next week. It's not for #kidlit, but I have fun entering to practice rhyme and meter. Give it a try!
www.nycmidnight.com/rhyme
www.nycmidnight.com/rhyme
August 29, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Sharing an incredible rhyming story below - DO READ! The @nycmidnight.bsky.social #rhymingstorychallenge starts next week. It's not for #kidlit, but I have fun entering to practice rhyme and meter. Give it a try!
www.nycmidnight.com/rhyme
www.nycmidnight.com/rhyme
2-3 contests this month, depending on whether I make it to the final round of @nycmidnight.bsky.social's #RhymingStoryChallenge. So... hopefully 3!
a man is sitting on a couch with a glass of wine in his hand and the words fingers crossed above him .
Alt: Titus from Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt crosses himself, then elaborates into a series of dance moves. The text "Fingers Crossed" is overlaid.
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January 3, 2025 at 4:42 PM
2-3 contests this month, depending on whether I make it to the final round of @nycmidnight.bsky.social's #RhymingStoryChallenge. So... hopefully 3!
NYC Midnight #rhymingstorychallenge:
FAIRY TALE
The Tale of Bouba and Kiki
If you dare to go out in the wood, you might meet a creature who’s up to no good. Read this story, before it’s too late – learn about Boubakiki and you might not get ate.
FAIRY TALE
The Tale of Bouba and Kiki
If you dare to go out in the wood, you might meet a creature who’s up to no good. Read this story, before it’s too late – learn about Boubakiki and you might not get ate.
The Tale of Bouba and Kiki
If you dare to go out in the wood, you might meet a creature who’s up to no good. Read this story, before it’s too late – learn about Boubakiki and you might not get ate.
writermcnaughton.wordpress.com
November 20, 2024 at 8:03 PM
NYC Midnight #rhymingstorychallenge:
FAIRY TALE
The Tale of Bouba and Kiki
If you dare to go out in the wood, you might meet a creature who’s up to no good. Read this story, before it’s too late – learn about Boubakiki and you might not get ate.
FAIRY TALE
The Tale of Bouba and Kiki
If you dare to go out in the wood, you might meet a creature who’s up to no good. Read this story, before it’s too late – learn about Boubakiki and you might not get ate.
I finished all three #TwistedTournament stories and have finished the first draft of the #NYCMidnight #rhymingstorychallenge with >6 hours to go… and all while battling strep throat. 🤧😷🥴
November 17, 2024 at 10:24 PM
I finished all three #TwistedTournament stories and have finished the first draft of the #NYCMidnight #rhymingstorychallenge with >6 hours to go… and all while battling strep throat. 🤧😷🥴
In SPRITE NIGHT, BRIGHT NIGHT, Bree, a unicorn with seasonal affective disorder, quests to bring light back to her wintry forest home, persevering through greed, grumpiness, and more to find friendship. 4th place #NYCMidnight #RhymingStoryChallenge round 2; 555 words. #Fantasy #SEL #PB #SkyPitch
October 23, 2024 at 3:40 PM
In SPRITE NIGHT, BRIGHT NIGHT, Bree, a unicorn with seasonal affective disorder, quests to bring light back to her wintry forest home, persevering through greed, grumpiness, and more to find friendship. 4th place #NYCMidnight #RhymingStoryChallenge round 2; 555 words. #Fantasy #SEL #PB #SkyPitch
DONE!! 😎 Hopefully the judges like my #nycmidnight #RhymingStoryChallenge entry 😳. It's probably the hardest I've fought with a story to get it to work in every aspect 😱. Good luck to others in the #writingcommunity who are taking part 🍀🤞😎
December 17, 2023 at 3:21 PM
DONE!! 😎 Hopefully the judges like my #nycmidnight #RhymingStoryChallenge entry 😳. It's probably the hardest I've fought with a story to get it to work in every aspect 😱. Good luck to others in the #writingcommunity who are taking part 🍀🤞😎