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Doctor Funny’s Refrigerator Magnet 12-Word Story Challenge — June, 2025

A Doctor Funny writing challenge returns from the dead

It’s like this, but with words. Photo by Jason Leung on Unsplash

Most of our writing prompts get ignored.

We’re hoping this one will be different… we’re shooting for ‘largely ignored’.

Long ago, in a galaxy far far away during Medium’s Golden Age, a writer by the name of

Christopher Robin

contributed a monthly 12-word writing challenge to Doctor Funny.

So many writers participated that the 12-word challenge became as popular as tear gas at a Trump meet-and-greet.

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We’re about to resurrect the Doctor Funny 12-Word Writing Challenge.

Christopher Robin

, if you’re still out there and want to chime in, we’d love to see your witty words on our pages once again.

But, first the rules. Just two.

😃 Your Doctor Funny 12-Word Writing Challenge story has got to be…