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2000+ Creative Writing Prompts for Teens (Ultimate Master List by Genre, Trope, Season & Month)
Explore more than 2000 creative writing prompts for teens in this growing master list. Each themed collection includes 70 original prompts designed to spark imagination, build storytelling confidence, and support daily writing habits. Browse by genre, trope, holiday, season or month to find the right ideas for fiction writing, journaling or creative warm-ups. New collections are added every Friday, making this resource ideal for teen writers, creative writing clubs, homeschool and classroom activities. Bookmark this page and return as the list expands.
70 Cyberpunk Writing Prompts for Teens: Story Starters, Titles, Characters, Settings & Visual Ideas
Cyberpunk writing prompts for teens explore futures shaped by surveillance, megacorporations, and technology that controls as much as it empowers. Rooted in questions of power, identity, and resistance, cyberpunk fiction asks what happens when systems outgrow the people living inside them. This collection of 70 cyberpunk writing prompts includes plot hooks, story titles, opening and closing lines, character ideas, immersive settings, and picture prompts designed to support consequence-driven storytelling. From social credit systems and hacked identities to corporate control and digital rebellion, these prompts help teen writers build speculative worlds that feel unsettlingly plausible. Ideal for classroom creative writing, science fiction units, or independent projects, these cyberpunk prompts encourage ethical thinking, modern worldbuilding, and narrative tension — making them a powerful resource for teachers and young writers exploring contemporary speculative fiction.