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Creative Challenges

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2025 Creative Challenges:

  • Flash Fiction February
  • April Daily Poem 
  • #StoCoComics Challenge 
  • June Journaling
  • Short Story September
  • #StoCoFanFic Challenge
  • November Worldbuilding
  • 31 Days of December Drafting


and more to be announced!

Our first creative challenge for Season of Storytelling is here!

Meet Your Instructors

Short Story September & Cultivating Your Writing Mindset Dr. Beth Ball

Beth Ball writes romantic epic fantasy tales of destiny, found family, and druidic magic woven with darkness and slow-burn. She's also an award-winning game designer specializing in one-on-one 5e.

Sersa Victory

Sersa Victory is a game designer and writer specializing in deathtrap dungeons for TTRPGs. He has published several top-selling adventures, including the ENnie Award-winning Shrine of the Jaguar Princess for the Shadowdark RPG. His other recent work includes the successfully crowdfunded tournament module Temple of the Green Devil, Crater of the Flaying Star for Kobold Press, and Dungeon Design Essentials: Traps for Storytelling Collective. His fiction has been published by DMR Books, Savage Realms Monthly, Scribemind Books, The Harrow, and others. In 2012, Chris Perkins and the D&D community voted him Apprentice of Acererak, the undead architect of the infamous Tomb of Horrors.

Director Ashley Warren

I'm Ashley Warren, the founder and director of the Storytelling Collective. I'm a former college English teacher, journalist, magazine editor, and literacy research academic. You might know me from projects including Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden; the Uncaged Anthology; The Citizen's Guide to Research; or my company, Scribemind. The one thing that links all of my creative projects is my passion for process and making creativity an organic part of our lives. I know what it's like to be daunted by the creative process, and I'm here to help. I've worked with hundreds of writers all over the world and I can't wait to work with you!

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Don't just take our word for it: hear from our community members

Sandra C.

Flash Fiction February participant

And I wanted to take this opportunity to thank you for facilitating this creative challenge. It made me realise that I can write if I put my mind to it. Thank you for the support and keep up the good work! We make the world better, one story at a time.

Dlood

Short Story September participant

I'm very happy to have happened upon this challenge and I'm glad I've participated. As a non-native speaker, I always struggled when it came to writing. I didn't really know where to start or how to start. But this challenge has shown me that it doesn't really matter where I start, as long as I can move forward step by step.

Firanai

Flash Fiction February participant

Thanks, to all of you. 28 days, 28 stories. For inspiring me with your stories and dedication. For this challenge that gave me the courage to try. For reminding me that storytelling is a process where we all learn. And most of all, thanks for helping me to finally create a writing habit. I hope it has helped you the same way it has helped me.

Deavon C.

Flash Fiction February participant

I have found it to be exceptionally helpful in improving my daily writing and helping me to get my creative juices flowing.