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LIVE COMPETITION

Write a poem or story about a mirror struggling with the fact that she has no identity of her own. (What could this be symbolic of?)

Competition Info

May 12, 2025 to May 25, 2025
13 days left
11 Entries
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Live Competition

11 Entries
$100
Total Prize
1st Place$50
2nd Place$30
3rd Place$20
13
Days
09
Hours
59
Minutes
17
Seconds

Competition Rules

1
There is a word limit of 2,000 words.
2
You can submit multiple entries per competition.
3
You get three votes to place per competition.

By participating, you agree to follow all competition rules

Writing Entries
(11)
The broken mirror

Sophie Elizabeth

1 min read

Everyday I look into the mirror, the same mirror day in and day out. Why is my life so broken to the point i can’t even look at myself in the mirror? Is there even a sight of me beyond the glass? What if this is my life from now on, constantly looking in the mirror and judging myslef, comparing myself to everyone else i see....

YA fiction

Mystery

Who Am I ?

Shalotte Homu

1 min read

This time a code I can’t decipher

This time I stand in solitude

In this maze I am trapped in

A reflection

Of whoever stares at me

But never truly my identity


I am many faces

Yet my own is foreign to me

I always show the world what they want to see

And never truly me

Whoever that might be


Do I exist

When you’re not looking at me?

Who am I?

If not a copy


I dress the way you do

Talk the same w...

Poetry

Humour

1
Borrowed Faces

A.R Weedon

1 min read

No name, no voice, no skin.

Just waiting for another face to tell me who i’ve been.

They look at me to find themselves, so i’ll show them what they seek.

But when they leave i’m left alone.

Faceless, cold and bleak.

I watch their tears, their fears and shame, each time they pass through.

Still I am nothing of my own, once again I’m alone.

Just glass that copies you....

Poetry

Wounded Reflections

Its_Ady

3 min read

Every time a person came and went, they always saw the beauty in me.
However, there was just this one boy who, every time, would only see his flaws reflected in me.
He would look at me with horror or disgust.

My non-existent heart mourned for both him and myself.
He always left with a sad look on his face, and I tried everything I could to show him the beauty within me—that he was beautiful too.
O...

Drama

Mystery

1
6
“Life” Standards

chiyo | チヨ | 🇯🇵🍱🥢

1 min read

People use me everyday

To look at their hair,

Maybe brush it off,

Apply some chapstick

To their dry lips.


They look at me,

And brush their teeth

‘Till it’s sparkly clean,

Then get ready for the day.


But I can’t be in front of myself,

Brushing my own hair,

My own teeth, and hell,

Whatever else do humans do?


Their bodies are so delicate,

And so is my glass,


_So is the heart that I wish I had._


...

Poetry

What Makes Us Different

Twill

1 min read

They see their greatness in me and take pride in themselves. Why shouldn't they? I did nothing to help them mould the world into their dreams - that was all them.


They see their flaws in me with disgust as if I am a piece of reality too distasteful to face. Some look closer to verify if I really am that horrid. Such a preconception can rarely be overturned.


Then one solitary morning, I stood st...

Romance

1
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Live Competition

11 Entries
$100
Total Prize
1st Place$50
2nd Place$30
3rd Place$20
13
Days
09
Hours
59
Minutes
17
Seconds

Competition Rules

1
There is a word limit of 2,000 words.
2
You can submit multiple entries per competition.
3
You get three votes to place per competition.

By participating, you agree to follow all competition rules