Americas writing prompt
The Rubber Barons’ Advance
Place your story in a small indigenous community in the Amazon rainforest during the early 20th century when rubber barons began to invade their lands. Explore the conflict through the eyes of a young native boy, his family's struggles, and their fight for survival and autonomy.
Suggested length: A short story: 1,500 to 5,000 words, or flash fiction under 1,000
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- 1Write it as a letter that took weeks to arrive.
- 2End with a choice that history would never record.
- 3Let your character believe something about their world that turned out to be wrong.
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