You don’t have to be screwball mad – like our avocado-colored pond friend above – to enter the SCENIC WRITER’S SHACK 2026 writing contest… but it probably wouldn’t hurt either.

What you do have to be is funny. Or at least mildly amusing. Because it is a HUMOROUS short story competition.

You can get all the knee-slapping, side-splitting details right HERE.

T minus 10, 9, 8, 7 – we have main engine start – 6, 5, 4 – prepare to launch – 3, 2, 1 – liftoff!

The 2026 SCENIC WRITER’S SHACK Humorous Short Story Competition kicks off today.

Here’s everything you need to know…

Entrants have a maximum of 500 words to compose a humorous short story based on one of the following four prompts –