‘Genius in a Bottle’ Prompted Writing Challenge

Having Patients

GiaB writing prompt #11

Prioritising one’s health goes against the grain. All the more reason.

2020 taught us a great many things as a global community. If nothing else, it re-focused our attention on our own health and that of our families and communities. It is very easy to take our health for granted since, for the most part, it is a restorative and reparative mechanism that occurs unconsciously and automatically, to maintain a body that we largely mistreat through our lifestyle, our choices and our circumstances.

We are fortunate that we have great heroes working in the healthcare industry to service the greatest machines and tools we have, namely our bodies. It seems, however, healthcare workers have become the unofficial custodians of our well being, since we have largely prioritised our sense desires and accepted running our bodies down in order to achieve them.

We have forgotten that no one can provide more care and maintenance of our bodies than ourselves, and that health care begins and ends with us.

Let the first GiaB Prompted Writing Challenge of 2021 focus on this all too important topic. Let our New Years resolution be the resolute care of our health, and the health of those around us.

The Challenge

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

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 and Chirag

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