Steemit Challenge - Season 28 Week-3 : Hope Grows Like Spring

Dear Steemians,

"I welcome you to the Third Week of Season 28 of the Steemit Challenge, Duration Monday, 1st to- 7th December, 2025 ."

"Steemit Challenge Season 28" brings you an opportunity for "Creative Writing", allowing your imagination to go as wide as you allow it to, but I want you to come up with a story full of real life-facts which provide your readers a true sensation and take them to the world of fantasy as well.

The prompt of the week : Hope Grows Like Spring

 

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Ronny was in bad mood and hopeless as he had taken a long leave from his job after a breakup and he's sure he will not be in any relationship with anyone. That day he was sitting on the balcony, watching the city below moving on as usual, facing a strange storm inside him.

His friends had stopped calling after a while, and silence became his only companion. He would wake late, stare at the ceiling, and wonder if love had simply been a trick of fate. He had learned his lesson. He was sure that he would never be in another relationship again. Hopelessness kind of seeped into his life.

One morning, while walking through a park, Ronny noticed a gardener trimming the branches of a dead looking tree which had no leaves.

He was curious, "Why are you working on a dry tree?"

The gardener smiled and said, “This tree will bloom again when the season comes back.”

The words struck him deep as he looked at the tree once again. That tree stood bare, no color, no leaves, yet the gardener had a firm faith in his words.

From that day on he started walking to the park every morning. Slowly, something shifted inside him. He began to notice small things like, the smell of wet soil, the warmth of sunlight after rain. Grief no longer ruled him. Weeks later, as spring arrived, the same tree burst into soft pink bloom.

Ronny returned to work, feeling calm for the first time in months. He met a new colleague, Nina, who had just joined his team. Her laughter reminded him of his old flame Sameera but quieter, genuine, and full of life.

From this point the story is yours. It's your choice if you would like to fall Ronny in love once again or...

Points to build your story around:

A great starting scenario
The use of language
The emotions
The melodrama
The thoughs
End of story that leave an impact with a twist, evoke emotions, that leaves readers in a satisfying way.

Please note:

A well-crafted creative story provides an engaging plot, including how you unfold it, what actions your characters take, and how they interact with each other and proceed with the project.

• Your readers should enjoy what conversations your characters are having.
• Remember, you have to make your story meaningful through all these choices, and your marks will be based on all these facts.
• Please read the prompt carefully, noting how a story seizes the true imagination of the prompt.
• No greetings, etc. but come to the story straight away!
• Make your story stand out with an original concept, unexpected plot twists, or memorable characters.

This contest offers participants the opportunity to show their creativity in story writing niche as I expect participants to venture into the world of imagination and bring out their skills, and create breathtaking stories.

Contest Rules

 

Article Title: "Steemit Challenge s28wk3: When Hope Returns

• Your post must be on your blog only and not in any community.

• Paste the post link of your post in the comment section of this post, and don't forget to vote and resteem this post.

• If two or more participants score equal points we shall decide the winner based on post's quality, and team's internal decision or lucky wheel and that will be final.

• Your post must be at least 500 words and a maximum of 800 words (Prompt not included in word count).

• Your post must be free from plagiarism and AI, which will disqualify you from this contest.

• Please check your story for serious grammatical mistakes which entirely change the meaning of story.

• Share your post on any social media platform of your choice and share the link in comment section of your post.

• All Steemians acceptable barring the ones currently powering down.

• Use no more than one or two copyright-free images with proper sourcing for instance from pixabay, Pexels, etc. besides a thumbnail.

Post only on your Blog.

Participants can write in any language supported by Google Translate, or Deepl translator but must not deviate significantly from the given story prompt.
Participants must not use the official contest thumbnail or images.
Tags: #writing-s28wk3 # yourcountry #club if any and other suitable tags like #steemexclusive.
Use # burnsteem tag only if you set null as beneficiary @25%.

First tag #writing-s28wk3

Invite three friends to participate in this contest. For instance, @senehasa, @wilmer1998 and @cruzamilcar63

Timeline:

This contest starts on Monday, 1st December 2025 at 00:01 UTC and ends on Sunday, 7th December 2025, at 23:59 UTC. Posts submitted before or after will not be considered.

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Rewards:

SC01 upvotes will reward the top 6 participants based on our recommendation every week but expect votes from SC02 randomly on outstanding contributions.
Points

Points Based on:

Criteria	Marks	Remarks
Story start to finish	0/5
Originality & Uniqueness	0/3
Presentation	0/1
My observation	0/1
Total	0/10
Feedback	---
By	@

Your creativity and hard work will shine through in every sentence you write. Best of luck!

Cc @steemitblog