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Toasted Cheese Literary Journal + Writing Community SearchLiterary Journal Submission Guidelines Book Review Guidelines Contest Guidelines Forums Chat Calendar Articles Article Guidelines Exercises Writing Exercises Daily Writing Prompts Archive Resources Masthead Privacy Policy Media + Awards | Writing Community Media + Awards | Literary Journal Post navigation ← Older posts A Midsummer Tale 2024 Featured Posted on April 1, 2024 by TC Editors Reply A Midsummer Tale is a summer-themed narrative writing contest open to non-genre fiction and creative nonfiction. The theme of the 2024 A Midsummer Tale writing contest is: Summer Olympics . Possible takes on this theme include, but are not limited to, stories involving a child’s dreams of being an Olympic champion; an athlete training in an Olympic sport; a former Olympic athlete; an Olympics broadcast as a backdrop for a concurrent story; the host city during an Olympics as the setting for a story; Olympics merchandise or swag or an Olympic medal as a key element in a story; and stories from the perspective of anyone involved in producing an Olympics, from executives and builders to food vendors and security to coaches and broadcasters. Take your story in any direction you like as long as it involves a past, present or future Summer Olympics in some way. Your story must be set during the hot summer months and the theme must play an integral role in the story. Deadline for entries is June 21, 2024. Complete Rules General Contest Guidelines Posted in Literary Journal | Tagged A Midsummer Tale , Writing Contests | Leave a reply Toasted Cheese 24:1 Featured Posted on March 1, 2024 by TC Editors Reply The March 2024 issue of Toasted Cheese features poetry by Richard Dinges, Jr., Liz Dolan, James Croal Jackson, Connie Johnson, Theresa Stitt, and J.S. Watts. TC 24:1 also includes the 24th Annual Dead of Winter Writing Contest winning stories by Steve Burford & Vivienne Moles. At Candle-Ends, Shelley Carpenter reviews Perestroika: Eye for an Eye; Tooth for a Tooth by João Cerqueira. The cover image is by Mark Bonica on Flickr, with additional photos by photographers around the world, all of whom have generously made their work available for use under Creative Commons licenses. Please click through and check out their photostreams. Congratulations to all. Happy reading ! Posted in Literary Journal | Tagged Book Reviews , Candle-Ends , Creative Nonfiction , Dead of Winter , Fiction , Flash , Poetry | Leave a reply 2024 Savage Mystery Writing Results Posted on May 1, 2024 by TC Editors Reply Congratulations to the winners of the 2024 Savage Mystery Writing Contest ! First Place: The Most Important Lie” by Robert Hanover Second Place: Mr. Ridgely’s Hobby” by Jay Bechtol Third Place: Vanishing Kin” by Bruno Lowagie The winning entries will appear in the upcoming issue of Toasted Cheese . We’d like to thank everyone who entered. There were a lot of interesting ways digital media manipulation played a role in the story. I hope everyone had as much fun writing the stories as I had reading them. Amanda (The Bellman) Marlowe The Savage 48-hour Writing Contest is back in September with our science fiction/fantasy edition. The 2024 A Midsummer Tale Narrative Writing Contest (open to creative nonfiction and non-genre fiction) is currently open for entries. Posted in Literary Journal | Tagged Community , Contests , Savage Mystery | Leave a reply April 2024 Daily Writing Prompts Posted on April 30, 2024 by TC Editors Reply Write a story in honor of an April fool. Use these five words: sassy, counsel, flower, spurious, amusement Write about trying to amuse a lazy cat. Write about a misunderstanding. Describe the sun coming out after a storm. Use these five words: paint, steward, refrigerator, verdict, bite Join us for a live Writing Chat every Sunday! Use the following five words: owe, sailor, twitch, relaxation, bait. Use the phrase, I think they have a nest there.” Write about a conspiracy theory. Use these five words: share, space, plot, puzzled, efficacious Write about interrupting an activity to answer the door. Use these five words: mew, welter, antibacterial, steady, cluck Write about reading about a friend in a news story. Start your story at sunset on a beach. Write about the spring thaw after a long winter. Join us for a live Writing Chat every Sunday! Use the following five words: analysis, laborer, fan, realism, plaster. Use the phrase, That’s not the way I remember it.” Write about taking notes at a meeting. Reinterpret a memory. Use these five words: shaky, armored, rearward, dialectic, peewit Write about an autocorrect mistake. Use these five words: order, cheer, rabbits, kick, ear Write about accidentally telling a secret. Write about a conflict that can’t be easily simplified into right and wrong. Join us for a live Writing Chat every Sunday! Use the following five words: sweat, brilliance, property, scream, depressed. Use the phrase, I’ve gotten out of the habit.” Write about creative cooking. Start with this line: Do you want something to eat? Write about missing a rehearsal. Write about a plane forced to return to its starting point. Write a stream of consciousness. Start your story with an unfriending. Write about completing a task in pieces. Join us for a live Writing Chat every Sunday! Use the following 5 words: projection, disgrace, joy, national, hallway. Use the phrase, I knew it wasn’t him.” Write about starting a difficult conversation. Write about a celebration that went overboard. Start with this line: People change. Posted in A Pen In Each Hand , WP 2024 | Tagged Calendar , Daily Writing Prompts Archive | Leave a reply March 2024 Daily Writing Prompts Posted on March 31, 2024 by TC Editors Reply Use the phrase, Oh. I thought it was Wednesday.” Start with this line: I don’t believe lying is kind. Join us for a live Writing Chat every Sunday! Use the following five words: fabricate, gate, departure, rotten, agreement. Fill in the blank: I need to come up with _________.” Write about a problem that’s getting worse. Start your story with a character setting a boundary. Write about overheated equipment. Use these five words: business, mum, overglaze, overriding, dodge Write about a helper who messes things up. Start your story with an expert testifying in a court case. Write about a computer crash. Join us for a live Writing Chat every Sunday! Use the following five words: student, grind, average, private, spill. Fill in the blank: _________ is what I’m here to do.” Write about parting. Write about a sudden change in the weather. Use these five words: dissipate, elaborate, forearm, oration, straight Write about fasting when other people are eating. Use these five words: sturgeon, grown, herd, gander, crab Write about an Ides of March celebration. Use these five words: genealogy, antiquate, sharpen, musculoskeletal, flaw Join us for a live Writing Chat every Sunday! Use the following five words: proof, straight, drain, maximum, bind. Fill in the blank: I’m not looking forward to _________.” Write about looking at a picture. Start your story with a brainstorming session. Write about a kid visiting a construction site. Use these five words: inform, zoo, muddled, trite, habitual Write about a fat-finger mistake. Start your story on the first night of an adventure. Write about a confusing set of instructions. Join us for a live Writing Chat every Sunday! Use the following five words: budge, toll, city, thrust, earthquake. Fill in the blank: It was built for _________.” Write about doing several jobs at once. Write about grass stains in unexpected places. Write about a boring autobiography. Write about repurposing equipment. Use these five words: power, advantage, journal, pull, family Write a creative caption for a picture. Start your story with a dispute over the use of a euphemism. Join us for a live Writing Chat every Sunday! Use the following five words: dog, access, outline, interest, experience....