hiii!! yes, of course! self-prompting is an option for people who want to submit their own idea to write instead of something that was submitted through regular prompt submission. when you self-prompt, you use your own idea as a starting point for your story! it has to, of course, still be relevant to this fest and follow the fest's rules. you can choose self-prompting for whatever reason! maybe there isn't a prompt that strikes your fancy, maybe you have an idea you've wanted to work on for quite some time... any reason is valid!

you will be able to self-prompt through a dedicated form that will open 24 hours after the claiming form drops, so if you're interested in self-promptiing, wait for that! from there on out, your work won't be any different from the others, the only thing that will be different is the fact that your prompt won't appear in the prompt masterlist and will instead be revealed towards the end of the fest!