Tiny Dots Challenge

A monthly writing challenge that arrives in your mailbox.

Each month, an interactive writing prompt will arrive in your mailbox containing five paper goods that you would find in daily life. Read them, find their meaning, and connect the dots to create a story.

Join the challenge

Writers at every stage of their journey are welcome to join. Tiny Dots Challenge pushes people to look more closely at ordinary things to find the connections, themes, and stories that they hold.

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Up close, they're just Tiny Dots. Step back, they tell a story.

Read Past Stories →

A birthday card, a crumpled receipt, the recipe you asked for from a friend at the barbecue. Ordinary things with traces of the past. What stories do they hold?