Thanks to everyone for writing with us, submitting prompt words, and nominating your favourite terrifying tales for the #HorrorPromptAwards. Here’s the September line-up:
Horror Writing Prompts

#horrorprompt
- 1201 drain
- 1202 devour
- 1203 irascible
- 1204 cracked elbows
- 1205 bridge of sighs
- 1206 throat
- 1207 refreshing
- 1208 faceless
- 1209 golden
- 1210 moonless
- 1211 restless
- 1212 jagged
- 1213 atrocity
- 1214 bayou beasts
- 1215 ink well
- 1216 brachial
- 1217 frozen
- 1218 limbo
- 1219 xanthous
- 1220 eerie
- 1221 give rise to
- 1222 heinous fiend
- 1223 sublimation
- 1224 forgotten
- 1225 trash compactor
- 1226 decapitated
- 1227 stark
- 1228 monotonous knocking
- 1229 frozen
- 1230 grin

#haikuhorrorprompt
- 769 needle
- 770 lake
- 771 hellbent
- 772 madness
- 773 fountain of blood
- 774 broken machine
- 775 erased
- 776 tintinnabulation
- 777 razor wire
- 778 electrocution
- 779 shadow
- 780 severed
- 781 charred
- 782 mandible
- 783 carrier
- 784 cavern chaos
- 785 repulsiveness
- 786 invoke
- 787 rime
- 788 navigate
- 789 toxins
- 790 oasis
- 791 helpless
- 792 mercurial laughter
- 793 recipe
- 794 vivarium
- 795 reduce
- 796 dregs
- 797 trapped
- 798 disposed mementos
Prompt Word Contributors
Thank you for inspiring works of horror!
Unicyclesteve @unicyclesteve
Shaq @Alexander_Shaq
Rixari @PoetrybyRixari
Mistress Of Spooky And Spice @LauraHuntley79
Matthew_NCC1701 @Matthew_DS9
Randy Graf @RandyGrafCanada
вríttαnч @LateAndConfused
Fizzy AllsortsOfAllsorts @Fizzytwizler
Slightly Howling @slightlyhowling
Chris Page @nutupdate
james mullen @narwhals9
GregS @freginold_JS
ShakinItDown @ShakinItDown
LeeAnndelCasti2 @LeeAnndelCastil
Sir Sean of Nerve @SeanCLogue
The Tao Of Poetry @TaoPoetry
Jessica Laymon @JessicaELaymon
Uergui
C. Kiefer @Author_C_Kiefer
Jen
PromptTimes @PromptAdvant
OCDalvey @OCDalvey
Mamyaw @mommymyaw
PG Patey @PGPayT
#vsshorror @vsshorror
vssWritingRT @vssWritingRT
Rebel Without Applause @TymothyLongoria
Jaime @jaim_ee_bree
Savannah R James
Stur Poet @PoetStur
October Submissions Open!
October prompt word submissions are open! Submit your words before midnight (EST) on September 22, 2023, to reserve your spot and inspire works of horror in the spookiest month of the year.

#HorrorPromptAwards
#HorrorPromptAwards #58 winner
#HorrorPromptAwards #59 winner
#HorrorPromptAwards #60 winner
#HorrorPromptAwards #61 winner
👏💀🖤 Congratulations to our August winners, and thank you to everyone who took the time to nominate the most terrifying tales! Share these scary stories with your friends and reach out to the author if you love their work.
Stay scary!
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