The worst challenge!

[M_K_Babalon]

Unfinished Tales.

Have too many already.

 

[lovecraft68]

Joaquin Phoenix should be in the movie version. By the way, I assume there are some females among these clowns?

I'll never be able to think of clowns in any kind of sex story without thinking of that weird episode of CSI (I forget which one) but a clown was murdered and they discovered a couple killed him because they found the suit. The husband would put it on to have sex with the wife after the murder.

 

[Tio_Narratore]

Write an erotic story in the style of Finnegans Wake.

Blesse me Mither fer I have grinned. It’s bin a forthright of ages and aeons since me last confusion, end long I’ve bin led down the primrosest path tween devilfish and their deeperbluesea.

Yea, 13 times hath that audacious Ausustrian girl dared me heed the longpast participles of her audeamus et gaudeamus and risk readying meself for the sin and din of battled sexes reviberating in untolden measures of unfolden pleasures when thighs will be undone. And yes, me trice-holied Mither, it was meself who did the dark deeds in thought and word and meself alone who bends in blame while yet inflamed by her bends and sways. Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxwellhouse cuppa, and by Java! By Joe! I’ll take her in tow to the theater’s back row at the end of the show to atone her with a very-firm-purpose of Amen-meant as we strive and scrive and shrive for a simultumultuous organum!

And what then, Mother-confessor, wouldst thou have of penisance from me, a most denoted pairisonher?

 

[SissyBrandi19]

Yes, I know. Nobody is forcing us to take part in the challenges. If the theme doesn't appeal, we can just shrug and move on to something else.

But imagine Lit had a rule that you had to enter at least one challenge each year, and they all sucked. Let's have some ideas for "this is really terrible, but I could see someone actually organising it" challenges. The weirder the better.

(This thread was inspired by listening to Tanita Tikaram's "Twist In My Sobriety" so soon after the "Born to Run" challenge.)

All within Lit's normal publishing rules, of course. And all in the spirit of good fun. I'm OK with someone suggesting a "Day in the life of StillStunned" challenge, but let's not be nasty to other posters, readers, kinks, people with different political views, etc.

Anyway, my suggestion for an awful challenge: "Waiting for Godot but you're not allowed to say 'he said he'd come'".

Anyone else?

I like your idea. In the book I have scheduled for release Oct-Nov, I have an essay titled "Top 5 Ridiculous As Fuck Camping Scenarios Experts Totally Fucking Ignore" where the presenter goes into great detail on 5 different camping-related events that absolutely have zero possibility of ever occurring and what to do if they happen (they never possibly can) and how to avoid them (though the probability of their occurrence is, again, precisely zero). It's...different. And yes, I'm using this as a non-subtle means to promote my upcoming book (working) title "I Think, Therefore I Offend". It is guaranteed to offend you while also being hilariously entertaining (Not A Guarantee).

 

[SissyBrandi19]

Welcome to the 2026 Erotic Literature Challenge! The theme at hand is "Thinking Outside The Box". As we all have perhaps encountered in seeking employment, companies are quick to say they want someone who can "think outside the box". Of course, no company in the history of corporations wants someone of that sort, as every idea the person comes up with will be summarily dismissed, due to it "not being aligned with how we do things here" and "how would this possibly work? I don't see how this could possibly work" and said person will not last even through their 90-day probationary period.

Rules for This Theme - there are only two.

1. Explore an aspect of sexuality and eroticism never before written about in history.
2. Don't make it weird.

Good luck, people!

 

[SissyBrandi19]

I'm actually toying with the idea of a Munchhausen challenge for next year: far-fetched and implausible scenarios told with a straight face and complete conviction.

Soooo....kind of like a Harris/Walz presidency? Got it! (joke!)

 

[SissyBrandi19]

Yes, I know. Nobody is forcing us to take part in the challenges. If the theme doesn't appeal, we can just shrug and move on to something else.

But imagine Lit had a rule that you had to enter at least one challenge each year, and they all sucked. Let's have some ideas for "this is really terrible, but I could see someone actually organising it" challenges. The weirder the better.

(This thread was inspired by listening to Tanita Tikaram's "Twist In My Sobriety" so soon after the "Born to Run" challenge.)

All within Lit's normal publishing rules, of course. And all in the spirit of good fun. I'm OK with someone suggesting a "Day in the life of StillStunned" challenge, but let's not be nasty to other posters, readers, kinks, people with different political views, etc.

Anyway, my suggestion for an awful challenge: "Waiting for Godot but you're not allowed to say 'he said he'd come'".

Anyone else?

Literotica Writer Challenge 2026 Theme: "What Is That Smell?"

 

[KittyOfSteele]

You have to write a story which incorporates all of the most redundant AH themes

The over 18 rule
AI rejection
Continuing another author's story
How long will it take to get published
Ideal story length
Stroke vs Substance
The merit or lack of for a Red H.

Additional challenge, during the course of the story a recurring male character has to keep popping up and saying "Question just for the ladies; what makes you horny?"

This is not a challenge. This is a bingo card.

 

[iwatchus]

Write a story about an orgy where people have to come up with bad challenges and then write to someone else’s challenge to participate

 

[TiberiusPrime]

The 2025 Loving Wives Contest! Write a realistic Burn the Bitch story where the husband wins. Only ratings of 4.5 or higher wins, minimum of 100 votes.

 

[gunhilltrain]

Blesse me Mither fer I have grinned. It’s bin a forthright of ages and aeons since me last confusion, end long I’ve bin led down the primrosest path tween devilfish and their deeperbluesea.

Yea, 13 times hath that audacious Ausustrian girl dared me heed the longpast participles of her audeamus et gaudeamus and risk readying meself for the sin and din of battled sexes reviberating in untolden measures of unfolden pleasures when thighs will be undone. And yes, me trice-holied Mither, it was meself who did the dark deeds in thought and word and meself alone who bends in blame while yet inflamed by her bends and sways. Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxwellhouse cuppa, and by Java! By Joe! I’ll take her in tow to the theater’s back row at the end of the show to atone her with a very-firm-purpose of Amen-meant as we strive and scrive and shrive for a simultumultuous organum!

And what then, Mother-confessor, wouldst thou have of penisance from me, a most denoted pairisonher?

Very good! Now do one in the style of Gravity's Rainbow. There's a guy on YouTube who spends an hour describing "how to read" it. Infinite Jest is another challenge, but it would be like 900 or so print pages.

I would think front to back is adequate advice for most books.

 

[gunhilltrain]

I'll never be able to think of clowns in any kind of sex story without thinking of that weird episode of CSI (I forget which one) but a clown was murdered and they discovered a couple killed him because they found the suit. The husband would put it on to have sex with the wife after the murder.

It would really be weird if they killed him only to have the clown suit available for sexual activities. Sort of like Buffalo Bill with - well, you know. Anyway, somehow just renting a suit wouldn't have the same erotic charge.

 

[Five_Inch_Heels]

First Thing One

Then Thing Two.

You'll not know

What's cum over you.


Was it Suess?

Was it Zeus?

Or was it a Deuce

On the Loose.

 

[talemestories]

Write a story about a clown orgy, but it cant be a horror story.

A Comfort of Clowns?

 

[EmilyMiller]

I will not fuck you in the ass
I will not use a dildo glass
I will not fuck your derriere
I will not fuck you anywhere

Do you really want me to get into Geisel parodies?

IDK, I get the feeling I actually might have posted one on AH back in the day. I’ve actually posted or published, parodies of Poe, Cobain, Swift (T), and Cyrus (M).

Am seriously considering a Non-human story called Pink Pony Club.

 

[EmilyMiller]

The worst challenge!​

Edgar Allen Poe, but with furries.

The Tell Tail Heart
The Pit Bull and the Pendulum
The Man that was Used Pup
The Masque of the Red Panda
The Oblong Fox

 

[Djmac1031]

Edgar Allen Poe, but with furries.

The Tell Tail Heart
The Pit Bull and the Pendulum
The Man that was Used Pup
The Masque of the Red Panda
The Oblong Fox

Quote the raven, "Never, whore!"

 

[EmilyMiller]

Quote the raven, "Never, whore!"

Ravenous

 

[Djmac1031]

Ravenous

how have i not seen that one before?

 

[KittyOfSteele]

Edgar Allen Poe, but with furries.

The Tell Tail Heart
The Pit Bull and the Pendulum
The Man that was Used Pup
The Masque of the Red Panda
The Oblong Fox

The Bat of Amontillado.

 

[SkyBubble]

Erotica in the style of T.S. Eliot.

 

[FrancesScott]

Erotica in the style of T.S. Eliot.

I already wrote erotica in the style of Fitzgerald.

 

[mrs_mackenzie]

The 'It's called a penis, sweetie' Challenge - write a story in the most insufferably patronising way.

Or alternatively, a challenge to write and submit the longest possible story by word count (no copying and pasting). This would be the worst challenge because after months of work and just after you'd seen your 250k-word story go up, someone would smugly announce the publication of their 2-million-word masterpiece...

 

[StillStunned]

The Animal Farm Erotica challenge, with strict adherence to Lit's "no bestiality" rule.

 

[HordHolm]

Or alternatively, a challenge to write and submit the longest possible story by word count (no copying and pasting). This would be the worst challenge because after months of work and just after you'd seen your 250k-word story go up, someone would smugly announce the publication of their 2-million-word masterpiece...

I like this - there could even be a subject: the What is Erotica? Challenge. The aim would be to provide the most in-depth deconstruction of erotica, with an emphasis on definitions and historical development, with an expectation to analyse genres and provide examples. The longest wins, of course, added to which almost nobody would read it.