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A contest inspired by the serious need for more good sci-fi

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Welcome back to the Science Fiction Short Story Contest, where each month will offer a new and broad prompt for a science fiction story. Here, you can bring your hopes and fears about science and technology to life.



The Rules


What I'm looking for




May 2023 Prompt: Limitless Growth
Every living thing grows, and every community of humans (or creatures) grows until it reaches the carrying capacity of its environment. But this month, share your tale about what happens when you get too much of a good thing. Did the carrots grow too tall, the empire too big, or did that healthy community become a cancer...?


Example story (breaking my own rule and sharing something from the past that really fits this prompt):
 
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Unnatural Growth  (13+)
Science Fiction Short Story Contest Example for April
#2248284 by BlackAdder




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May Entries:
 Rain, Rain Almost Never Goes Away  (18+)
Living on Cacith wasn’t easy. After all, four-fifth of the year it was raining.
#2294718 by PureSciFi

 
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No Horizon  (13+)
If there are no limits to the horizon then there is no limit to growth
#2295052 by LightinMind

 Tree  (E)
A sentient plant considers its fate
#2296303 by BrokenPen



April Entries:

 The Emperor's Daughter  (13+)
A hunter above the cloud line notices red streaks in the sky...
#2293437 by LightinMind

 Rain, Rain Almost Never Goes Away  (18+)
Living on Cacith wasn’t easy. After all, four-fifth of the year it was raining.
#2294718 by PureSciFi



March Winner!
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Bent  (13+)
If you're not the one doing the bending, you're the one being bent.
#2293003 by WriterAngel



March Entries
"The Great Deceiver [13+]
"The Wacky World of Tom Gilford [E]
"Bent [13+]
"Cloud Communities [18+]
"A Dark Illusion [18+]



Recent Prompts:

Science Fiction Short Story Contest Entries of Ages Past


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by BlackAdder  •  06-03-23 @ 12:49 pm
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by PureSciFi  •  05-30-23 @ 11:28 pm
#3563730
by BrokenPen  •  05-25-23 @ 7:28 pm
#3562972
by LightinMind  •  05-20-23 @ 5:23 am
#3560146
by BlackAdder  •  05-01-23 @ 11:17 pm
#3559396
by PureSciFi  •  04-27-23 @ 11:21 am
#3557134
by LightinMind  •  04-14-23 @ 3:59 pm
#3554619
by BrokenPen  •  04-01-23 @ 5:46 pm
#3554603
by BlackAdder  •  04-01-23 @ 4:21 pm
#3554441
by Annette  •  03-31-23 @ 8:43 pm
#3554051
by PureSciFi  •  03-29-23 @ 6:01 pm
#3553432
by WriterAngel  •  03-26-23 @ 7:51 pm
#3551870
by Espero  •  03-18-23 @ 10:22 am
#3551844
by Espero  •  03-16-23 @ 2:31 pm
#3551842
by BlackAdder  •  03-16-23 @ 2:25 pm
#3551840
by Espero  •  03-16-23 @ 2:14 pm
#3551836
by BlackAdder  •  03-16-23 @ 1:48 pm
#3551815
by Espero  •  03-16-23 @ 11:54 am
#3551098
by LightinMind  •  03-11-23 @ 2:36 am
#3550912
by BlackAdder  •  03-09-23 @ 6:23 pm
#3550873
by BrokenPen  •  03-09-23 @ 1:54 pm
#3549432
by PureSciFi  •  02-28-23 @ 9:04 am
#3549058
by Tileira  •  02-26-23 @ 10:53 am
#3548461
by LightinMind  •  02-22-23 @ 11:56 am
#3546016
by PureSciFi  •  02-06-23 @ 11:46 pm

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