The Ever-Generating Story Awards | TEGSA 2026
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Welcome to The Ever-Generating Story Awards!
TEGSA 2026 is here!
Can you craft an entire storyline based on ten prompts in a specific order? It's not as hard as it sounds. (Really, it's not.)
A song will be assigned to each of your ten main chapters. You may use their titles, the names of the songwriters/performers, or meanings to create your prompt. The best part? You have the freedom to interpret them in any genre you want.
You know the prompts are calling your name. Are you ready?
(Fanfiction is welcome as long as it's read as a stand-alone, and readers do not need prior knowledge of the original fiction to read it.)
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For Centuries Grim has been collecting souls. It's what he does, it's his purpose. One day, while collecting a soul in the park, he comes across a lost puppy. For reasons he can't explain, the urge to return the small dog to his owner is overwhelming. He soon finds the animal's owner, a woman in her mid-twenties named Maria. He is struck down by her beauty and realizes that he had once claimed the soul of someone she loved. He becomes even more conflicted when he realizes he has just one year to claim her soul.
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