‘Genius in a Bottle’ Prompted Writing Challenge

Endless Loss

GiaB writing prompt #2–2

Passing hours resound like a clanging in my head. My life ebbs away.

The most permanent element of our existence, yet one we lose every second of our lifetime. Time. The major determiner of life.

After all, what is life without the figure that defines it?

Nothing in our life is quite like time.

It can pass slowly, or race with pressured speed.

It can stand still, or shift across time zones.

It can seem to go on forever, or it can be lost in an instant.

We can be slaves to time, checking every moment of our existence against the clock. Or we can have blackouts where we don’t realise time has passed.

In fact, time can’t be described by any tongue of mankind.

We know only that despite being infinite, it is finite to everything in creation.

Our relationship with time is everything.

The Challenge

We invite writers to produce a piece of poetry, fiction or non-fiction on the theme of Time.

This prompt will close on 15th September, 2021 at 9:00AM PST/PDT. At which time, the next prompt will be released.

The Guidelines

We cannot publish pieces or reward writers who self publish or publish at another publication, so those pieces have to remain external to the challenge. Only pieces submitted to Genius in a Bottle will be considered for the challenge. If inviting other writers from outside the publication, please ensure they are aware of this.

Poetry is to be limited to 30 lines but can be in any style. Fiction and non-fiction submissions are to be capped at 750 words.

Please refer to the prompt in the subtitle. Feel free to copy this as a template: GiaB prompt # [insert prompt number and theme here].

When submitting, please ensure that one of the 5 tags is GiaBprompt. Please ensure a second tag is Poetry, fiction, or non-fiction, as appropriate.

We would like to become exposed to writers and pieces that you have enjoyed in all of Medium. Please tag up to ten writers whose pieces you have enjoyed recently, or who you feel may enjoy participating in this challenge.

For further information pertaining to the challenge, please refer to the rules and guidelines.

And away we go. We look forward to enjoying the paradise of the written word with you all.

Victor Sarkin

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