Shark Attack!
Daa-dun... Daa-dun... Daa-dun...
It’s Shark Week... and that means shark themed challenges!
Now, I’m not talking about the folks that are good at poker. I’m talking about REAL terrifying killers of the oceans and seas. Great Whites, Hammerheads, Tigers, Whales Sharks, nothing but the most awesome fish family of all time.
With next week being Shark Week and a the new movie The Meg, a film about a giant killer shark, hitting theaters next month. I figured now was the time to make some challenges centered around sharks. All challenges will end on August 10, just in time for my review of The Meg.
Have fun, write on, and just keep swimming! Don't forget to tag me into your entries too.
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MICROPOETRY
Prompt: Here’s a fun challenge. Write an acrostic stanza. Six words per line, and five lines spelling out ‘SHARK’. That makes 30 words total. The topic of your acrostic stanza can be about anything you can write up, but it must be able to spell out the word ‘SHARK’. The following rhyme of your poem should also be AABBA. I’ll leave a few extra words open for whatever hashtags you wish to include in your write.
Word Count: 35
Link: https://theprose.com/challenge/7428
FICTION
Prompt: Write a fish tale about an encounter with the largest shark that ever swam the seas... the Megalodon!
Word Count: 15-20000
Link: https://theprose.com/challenge/7427
STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS
Prompt: What is it about sharks that we love or fear?
Word Count: 15-2500
Link: https://theprose.com/challenge/7426
NONFICTION
Prompt: When was the first time you saw a real shark? In an aquarium? In open waters? TV? Documentary? How do you feel about them now after that experience? Share your story!
Word Count: 15-2500
Link: https://theprose.com/challenge/7425
SCIENCE FICTION
Prompt: Invent your own shark-monster hybrid, and write a short story about it. One that would be worthy to end up as a Syfy Channel original movie.
Word Count: 25-500
Link: https://theprose.com/challenge/7424
FLASH FICTION
Prompt: Write a short fish tale from a shark's perspective.
Word Count: 25-350
Link: https://theprose.com/challenge/7423
HORROR
Prompt: Write a terrifying tale about a shark attack. Does anyone live in the end, or do they end up as fish food?
Word Count: 50-5000
Link: https://theprose.com/challenge/7422
EDUCATION
Prompt: An estimated 100 million sharks are killed annually, along with an estimated 28 percent of shark species are at risk of extinction. They are at risk of overfishing, pollution, and bycatch--where a shark becomes entangled inside a fishing gear set for fish. Some just kill sharks just for the sake of it due to their reputation of being predators. What is one thing you can say to teach the world that sharks are not the killers we've imagined them to be? Tell us why their lives matter to the world.
Word Count: 150-2500
Link: https://theprose.com/challenge/7421
REVIEWS
Prompt: What is the best movie about sharks, or a movie that features sharks, you ever saw?
Word Count: 15-1500