Margaret Atwood’s story “The Freeze-Dried Groom,” from her new collection Stone Mattress, leaves the reader with many tantalizing questions. How does it end? Will Sam be a killer or a victim? What are the other characters’ versions of events? Answer some of these questions, or ask some of your own, by writing a fanfic...
"As a child, I was one of those who buried treasures in jars, with the idea that someone, some day, might come along and dig them up. I found similar things while digging in the various gardens I have made: old nails, old medicine bottles, fragments of china plates... That is what the Future Library is like, in part:...
A contest entry for Margaret Atwood's Dear 2114 Writing Contest Category: Dear 2114 I know I may not live to the year 2114... Or maybe I could. But if I cant... This is for my grand daughter in the year 2114, I hope you enjoy this letter from your grandma who is just a 17 year old girl
Write the future with Margaret Atwood If you could write a story for a time capsule, one that wouldn’t be opened until the year 2114, what would you say? To celebrate the creation of Katie Paterson's artwork Future Library, we’re hosting the “Dear 2114” Future Library writing contest with Margaret Atwood. The Writ...
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He doesn't even know her name. And she hasn't asked for his, not that it matters. He wouldn't tell her anyway. And it's probably for the best. The less they know about each other, the better. As it stands now, he knows more than he would ever want to know about her and her freeze-dried groom stashed in the unit that...
We had to write a poem from the inspiration of Margaret Atwood using 10-15 words from her originals. The words I used were: shadows, bones, green, blood, tree, consume, body, eyes, death, man and air. Use these words (or variations of them ex. Death-> Die) to make your own!! It's quite fun!!
Margaret Atwood’s new novel, The Heart Goes Last, imagines a world turned upside-down by a massive economic collapse. Stan and Charmaine, a married couple who were once gainfully employed, are forced to live in their car, vulnerable to roving bands of criminals. The Positron Project in the town of Consilience seems...
My entry into Margaret Atwood's #Freeze-Dried Fiction contest. Read Margaret Atwood's story, the Freeze Dried Groom, then read my story as a prequel. When Dr. Claire Ledus loses her sister in a tragic accident, her life is changed forever. As she grieves, she struggles to forgive the man whose carelessness cut her sis...
In Thriller Suite -- appearing serially for the first time on Wattpad -- Margaret Atwood has gathered these new poems inspired by her long history as a reader of strange tales, from 19th century gothic classics to ghost stories to crime fiction and thrillers. Poems that cross thresholds...
Poems and forms Free Verse: "Home for causes, lost" Nursery Rhyme: "Ending a fairy tale" Dramatic Monologue: "Ariel's Odyssey" Narrative poem: "Estella" Villanelle: "Circle of Life" Epithalamion: "Groom to Bride" Carpe Diem: "Don't wait" Clerihew: "Margaret Atwood" Recueillement: "Am I a poet?" Octave: "Promise"
