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The Forgotten Room Challenge Winners
Some doors stay shut because crossing the threshold changes something. In The Forgotten Room, writers stepped into spaces thick with dust, memory, and silence. What they found there wasn’t always safe or clear, but it was honest, layered, and unforgettable. Here, setting isn’t background noise; it’s the heart of the story, carrying the weight of what’s been hidden or avoided.
By Vocal Curation Team3 months ago in Resources
FPS: Harvest of Memory Challenge Winners
It's that time again, welcome back to the Fall Poetry Series! What do we carry, and what carries us? The Harvest of Memory challenge invited poets to gather what they couldn’t bear to lose, a moment, a person, a feeling, and hold it in language. The submissions were full of quiet power: some aching, some joyful, many both at once.
By Vocal Curation Team3 months ago in Resources
Maps of the Self Challenge Winners
Happy Thanksgiving Eve. We’re especially grateful today for the ways you show up with honesty, creativity, and heart. We all carry maps. Of who we’ve been, what we’ve felt, and the paths we’ve taken to get here. In this Challenge, we asked you to chart something that can’t be folded up or pinned to a wall, to trace a shape made of memory, identity, or change.
By Vocal Curation Team3 months ago in Resources
FPS: The Sound of First Frost Challenge Winners
For The Sound of First Frost, we asked you to tune into the subtle shift where autumn fades and winter begins. That in-between time when the air turns sharper, the light leans paler, and everything, from sound, to scent, to texture, feels just a little different.
By Vocal Curation Team3 months ago in Resources
Through the Keyhole Challenge Winners
It starts with a look you were not supposed to take. Through the Keyhole asked writers to explore what happens next, the truth that seeps in, the lines that blur, the things we cannot unsee. Here are the pieces that hold that moment open just long enough to let the light in...
By Vocal Curation Team4 months ago in Resources
FPS: Poetry of the Hunt Challenge Winners
Welcome back, writers. This time, the chase took center stage. For Poetry of the Hunt, we asked poets to explore what it means to pursue something, or someone, that may never be caught. Whether the chase unfolded in the wild or within, these pieces moved with instinct and tension, carrying the quiet ache of almost finding what was lost.
By Vocal Curation Team4 months ago in Resources
FPS: Haunted Echoes Challenge Winners
🎃 Happy Halloween and welcome back to our Fall Poetry Series! For this round, we asked writers to distill fear or mystery into just three lines. No cheap jump scares or horror clichés, just the lingering unease that creeps in when the lights go out.
By Vocal Curation Team4 months ago in Resources
Parallel Lives Challenge Winners
One small moment, two lives unfolding. In Parallel Lives, writers stepped into the in-between, the crossroads where a single decision can redraw everything. Some followed their characters into dreamlike symmetry, others into chaos, but each story revealed the haunting beauty of what might have been.
By Vocal Curation Team4 months ago in Resources
FPS: Lantern Light Challenge Winners
For this challenge, we asked you to write around one lantern and let it guide the work. The submissions were thoughtful, inventive, and full of feeling. Each poem found a different way to hold light, to keep it steady, or to let it fade just enough to make room for wonder.
By Vocal Curation Team4 months ago in Resources
A Knock at the Door Challenge Winners
Sometimes a story begins with a sound. A quiet knock, a pause, that single moment when everything shifts. For the A Knock at the Door Challenge, we asked writers to start there and follow the mystery wherever it led. The result was a collection of stories that pulled us into the unknown and kept us there until the very last word.
By Vocal Curation Team4 months ago in Resources
FPS: Masks We Wear Challenge Winners
The Masks We Wear Challenge asked writers to explore what hides beneath the surface. The sides of ourselves we protect, the stories we tell without words, the versions we choose to share. What came back were poems full of contrast and emotion, where honesty and illusion moved together in surprising ways. Some lifted the mask to find courage, others found power in keeping it on, and all reminded us that what we hide can be just as revealing as what we show.
By Vocal Curation Team4 months ago in Resources
