SPOILER ALERT: I WON! Thanks to all my haters for keeping me motivated and my fan (singular) for putting our kids to bed so I can write and thanks to Murderbot for helping me think about how to write a sexbot with a personality. And thanks to Writing Battle for the rest of it!

🎉Tempest Owl 2026 Final Results!🎉 Of the 2748 registered writers, 2131 entered a short story to face off in Battle. (1/X) Keep reading to find out the winners...

Ancient Astronauts Initially received this Genre but then nope'd out: 98 Stayed with Genre and submitted a story: 120 Landed on this after a redraw and submitted a story: 41 Held this Genre card at the end and did not submit story: 62 Number of houses: 5 Total Stories: 161 🧵...

This week you swap out your writing quill (keyboard) for a judge’s gavel. We will be emailing you before every Duel, but please go to the Rules page to see the dates. Starting Tuesday, you have some undoubtedly tough decisions to make! -The Writing Battle Team Art by Vincenzo Ingenito

The prompts are now locked and can no longer be redrawn. The deadline to submit your story is Sunday, Feb 8th, at 10pm ET. Look out for an email in your inbox with further instructions. Submission is done on the Battle page of the site: www.writingbattle.com/battle

There's still time to join! You can join the Battle as a late entrant until Friday, Feb 6th at 10pm ET. www.writingbattle.com/join-battle Crossworld Fantasy Paranormal Romance Cursed Artifact Second Chances Workplace Comedy Ancient Astronauts Dying Earth Origin Story Conspiracy Theory

Prompts drop tomorrow night at 10pm ET. You ready to Battle? www.writingbattle.com/join-battle As soon as the Genres are revealed, you can no longer select a Class. Register before the Battle begins to select a Class and perhaps receive a Genre that better suits your writing style.

Autumn Raven 2025 Winners! The Pirate and the Priest by author Exeter T. Stevens @exeterstevens.bsky.social Aisles 11 by author Dean Koorey Baked Good by author Riley Nowak @pollyhedral.bsky.social Awaiting Dawn by author Terra Babcock @terrawrites.bsky.social writingbattle.com/past-winners...

We would like to announce the Tempest Owl 2026 Battle Stats (see thread below): Art by Vincenzo Ingenito

Pens/keyboards down, your time is up! Our Pro Judges will begin making some undoubtedly tough decisions! The Judges will be assigned your stories in matchups much like our peer contests but for now, YOUR part is complete. Debrief will be live Tuesday. Art by Vincenzo Ingenito

The prompts are now locked and can no longer be redrawn. The deadline to submit your story is Sunday, January 18, at 10pm ET. Look out for an email in your inbox with further instructions. Submission is done on the Battle page of the site: writingbattle.com/battle

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Peter Chiykowski @storyenginedeck.bsky.social is one of our industry judges for the Battle that launched last night, the Tempest Owl Battle! Psst... there's still time to join. You can join "late" up until 10pm ET on Jan 16. Stories are due Jan 18, 10pm ET. www.writingbattle.com/join-battle

You're late! But there's still time to join! You can register as a late entrant until Friday, Jan 16th at 10pm ET. Join today: www.writingbattle.com/join-battle

Prompts drop TONIGHT at 10pm ET. You ready to Battle? www.writingbattle.com/join-battle As soon as the Genres are revealed, you can no longer select a Class. Register before the Battle begins to select a Class and perhaps receive a Genre that better suits your writing style.

First Battle of 2026 kicks off tomorrow. Ready to Battle? www.writingbattle.com/join-battle Art by Vincenzo Ingenito

Tuesday night the prompts drop. What will be in the cards for you? Five days to write a 1000 word story. Register today: www.writingbattle.com/join-battle Art by Vincenzo Ingenito

The Tempest Owl Battle begins in ONE WEEK! Register today to make sure you can choose your Class and receive your prompts when the Battle starts. writingbattle.com/join-battle Art by Vincenzo Ingenito

🎉Autumn 2025 Final Results!🎉 Of the 2195 registered writers, 1458 entered a short story to face off in Battle. Four Winners, four Runner-Ups and eight Semi-Finalists emerged from the Autumn 2025 Short Story Battle. ....

🎉Fear 2025 Final Results!🎉 Our four winners each won $3,400 USD! Dystopia -- Disassembly by author Chad Frame Horror -- Red is the Ribbon by author anne wilkins Mystery -- Some People Need Erasing by author Sara McBride Thriller & Suspense -- Until You're Better by author Joseph Miller

$150,000 USD cash prize pool for the 2026 Battle Season. We'd also like to announce a Bundle for the EIGHT Battles next year that gets you 15% off. Head on over the the Join Battle page to learn more: writingbattle.com/join-battle Hope to see you in the 2026 Battle season! Art by Vincenzo Ingenito

There's still time to join! You can join the Battle as a late entrant until Friday, Oct 31st at 10pm ET. Your story will still be due the same time as everyone else: Sunday, Nov 2nd at 10pm ET. Join the Battle: writingbattle.com/join-battle

TONIGHT at 10 pm ET. The four genres drop! You'll be given seven days to write a 2000 word story. Join the Battle: www.writingbattle.com/join-battle #writersofbluesky

The Fear Battle begins TONIGHT! $20,000 cash prize pool! 7 days to write a 1000 word short story. You up to the task? www.writingbattle.com/join-battle

🎉Summer 2025 Final Results!🎉 Of the 1867 registered writers, 1497 entered a short story to face off in Battle. Four Winners, four Runner-Ups and eight Semi-Finalists emerged from the Summer 2025 Nanofiction Battle. 1/5