Surely, forests have featured in adventure stories more than any other setting. Alternately quiet and peaceful, magical and mysterious, dark and forbidding, forests have loomed large in literature, music and art for hundreds of years.

This month we give you the opportunity to write your own short story inspired by one of the prompts below - all about forests.

"She ran off the path into the woods looking for flowers. Each time she picked one she thought that she could see an even more beautiful one a little way off, and she ran after it, going further and further into the woods..."

― Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, Little Red Cap (1812)

"Save the elephants, and then you save the forest and then you save yourself."

― Mark Shand

"It was the forest's fault. Those two handsome woodcutters. An evil place, the forest, everyone knew it, full of temptations and imps..."

― Tanith Lee

"For you, it's all about money, money, money. But what about the forests I say? Some of those trees have been there for hundreds of years. What right have you to destroy that?"

― Emily Arden

"The Enchanted Wood loomed up big and dark. The trees spoke to one another softly. "Wisha, wisha, wisha," they said. "Wisha, wisha, wisha!"

― Enid Blyton, The Magic Faraway Tree (1943)

Disclaimer: Please note, the following contest and its rules are the creation of a team of Ambassadors and is in no way affiliated with Wattpad or its staff. Judging of said contest is entirely run by its creators and is not the responsibility of Wattpad or its staff.

Total Word count: 1000 to 2000 words

Language English

The contest will end at midnight on the 31st March 2019.

Submission Criteria:

· You may choose any ONE prompt.

· Pay attention to your grammar and spelling to make sure that your story is understandable and accessible.

· Try to convey feeling and emotion in your story with ample depth and detail.

· Keep your content appropriate for everyone to enjoy. Please ensure that your stories are correctly categorized as .

· Please tag your story with .

· Entries may be submitted in a new book or in a collection but , please

· Stay positive and be kind, as we love writers who respect the Wattpad community and fans.

· Entries must be written in English and relevant to the prompt.

· Winners will be announced as soon as the judging finishes.

Prizes include profile shout outs, specially made badge and automatically adding the winners to our Contest Winners Reading Lists.