
Cozy Corner
Write about your favorite space that makes you feel most at home.
Prizes
- First place:
- $1,000
- Second place:
- $500
- Third place:
- $250
Status
CompletedTimeline
Submissions opened
Jan 07, 2021
Submissions closed
Jan 14, 2021 4:59 AM CUT
Results
Jan 15, 2021
Prizes
- First place:
- $1,000
- Second place:
- $500
- Third place:
- $250
Status
CompletedTimeline
Submissions opened
Jan 07, 2021
Submissions closed
Jan 14, 2021 4:59 AM CUT
Results
Jan 15, 2021
About this challenge
We all need a space that serves as an escape, even for just a moment. With a little personal decor and TLC, any space—a walk-in closet, a home gym, a DIY patio, or even just a corner bookshelf filled with knick-knacks—can become a reflection of you.
Enter the Cozy Corner Challenge showing us your absolute favorite spot in your house, apartment, backyard, fire escape, or wherever you call home. This could be a plush reading nook, a sleek kitchen countertop, a fort you built for your cat, or even your growing veggies on the balcony—any space that you've transformed into somewhere you're proud of that makes you feel at home. Remember to share photos of your space, and we promise not to invite ourselves over!
How to enter
For your story to be eligible, it must include original photography and be between 600 and 5,000 words and adhere to our Community Guidelines. Stories published on Vocal and entered into the contest up until January 12, 2021, at 11:59 PM EST will be entered for consideration. Official Rules for the Challenge can be found here.
The Cozy Corner Challenge is exclusive to Vocal+ members. To learn more and upgrade to Vocal+ visit https://vocal.media/vocal-plus.
To be eligible to win the grand prize, second place, or third place prizes, you must be over the age of 13 and residing in a country where Stripe is available at the time of entry. A complete list of countries where Stripe is available can be found here—winners will need to have a Stripe account created and connected in order to receive the prizes. For this reason, entrants located outside of any of these 39 countries will not be eligible to win.
Open challenges
Challenges you can enter now for a chance to win.
Word Hunt
Write a story that incorporates three words from the provided word search puzzle.
$500 Grand Prize2 days leftDancing with Distraction
Write an acrostic using the word distraction.
$500 Grand Prize9 days leftMicro Heist
Write a microfiction story about a heist in exactly 200 words.
$500 Grand Prize14 days leftFather's Footprint
Write a reflective essay exploring the role a father figure has played in shaping your identity.
$500 Grand Prize17 days leftPainted Prose
Write a story inspired by a work of art.
$500 Grand Prize24 days leftPast Life
Write about what your occupation would be if you were born in a different historical period.
$500 Grand Prize31 days leftPitch Your Pilot
Write a pitch for the pilot of a comedy TV series.
$500 Grand Prize38 days left
Challenge resources
Unexpected Uncovering Challenge Winners
This Challenge inspired some incredibly inventive unexpected uncoverings! And we know this is no simple feat as it's never easy to destabilize a relationship in a fresh and new way. From serious illnesses to serial killers on the weekends to silly little traits that grow to become impossible to ignore, we never knew there were so many ways to be surprised by a partner.
Vocal Curation TeamPublished 6 days ago in ResourcesSensational Challenge Winners
At Vocal, we're always going on and on about the freedoms of limitation and how walls and decisions and editing make great art. But sometimes you just need to let your creative hair down, throw some paint at the wall. This was one of our more open prompts, free for interpretation, few limits, just give us a poem, a sense of the senses.
Vocal Curation TeamPublished 7 days ago in ResourcesEpistolary Challenge Winners
What a unique Challenge, to write a poem in letter form. This brilliant idea was inspired by Korina Camel from our Shape the Future of Vocal session!
Vocal Curation TeamPublished 19 days ago in Resources