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Summer vacations play a significant role in literature, particularly in young adult fiction. This is because it symbolizes youth and freedom, as most school-aged characters are out of school and free to do anything they want during this time of the year.

One of the most notable stories about summer vacation is The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares—a series that tells the story of four young girls who acquire a pair of jeans that fit all of them perfectly even though they have different body shapes and sizes, during the most important summer vacations of their lives. Another is Second Chance Summer—a novel that follows a girl named Taylor Edwards as she and her family return to their old lake house after her father receives terrible news.

If you want to create your own novel or short story about summer vacations, here are interesting writing prompts for you to try:

It’s summer vacation and you decide to go on a family trip to the zoo.
Write about something you did on summer vacation that you wish you had not done.
Write this scene as a missing child report from police.
Write about summer vacation.
Prepare the best summer family vacation you can
Write about the extremes of summer vacation.
You and your family move and end up living by the beach for the summer.
Everybody you know moved away, so you get a roommate for free during the summer vacation.
Write about an old man who has a tough summer vacation.
Write a letter you sent to a friend on summer vacation.
You have been cursed to spend the rest of your life on summer vacation.
It’s summer vacation and all you want to do is sleep.
Your family spends a lot of time in nature camping. You go on the worst camping trip ever.
One year at summer vacation, you forgot to go on vacation but somehow have slipped back in time.
Write about a time when school got cancelled for some reason.
People have traveled to your town during summer vacation and ruined something special. Write about what that something special was.
You are on a small, tropical island off the coast of Hawaii with a small group of people and one of them has gone missing.
You are at summer camp and all the kids in your cabin play pranks, whatever they can think of.
Describe your first real summer job.
Your family moves to a new town during summer vacation. At the end of the first day, you actually make a friend. Write about the ways that friendship progresses over the course of the summer.
It’s summer vacation. Write a poem about it.
Write a scene with three of your favorite weather elements.
Write about what a terrible day it’s turning out to be.
You’re out camping with your family or friends. Something goes terribly wrong.
Your family is taking a trip on a pirate ship. Write about it.
Spending summer with . . .
Write about a problem you face that you would rather forget about.
Write about the worst summer vacation experience.
You have a week-long vacation at a beach house. What happens at the beach house?
Unlikely friendship carried out during a summer vacation.
It is the summer of hot fudge sundaes, right down the street from you. Write about this.
Harry and Lloyd take the girls on a road trip.
The first day of summer vacation is the best.
Write about your favorite summer activity.
Summer vacation is boring until something exciting happens to you.
Write about your dream summer vacation.
You move from a city to the country and realize that insects can now get to you.
You have been banned from summer vacation because of a prank. Write about how you are coping.
Write about being bitten by a dog.
Make a list of the summer things you do or want to do.
Write about your least favorite summer vacation.
Write about the summer vacation you thought you would take. Things kept getting in the way. Now it’s next summer and it’s too late.
Write about an awkward moment you had while on summer vacation.
Write about a vacation disaster.
Write about your last summer vacation.
The next president’s vacation has to be written about. The writer must choose the setting and make the writer feel like they are there.
Write about some childhood summer vacations you remember.
Your family hired an outdated watchdog named “Fido” for security.
Later in the summer you notice your eye’s iris is turning a brilliant shade of green.
Write about the time you spent in summer school.
Use at least three of the quotes in this article.
The summer vacation turns ugly when you are split apart from your friends. You decide to go on a journey to find them again.
Write from the perspective of an odd family tradition. They roll up the carpets during the summer and unplug all electronics so they won’t overheat.
Write about the time you did stand up at camp.
Summer vacation is the best season of the year. Bartender, I’ll have you know how school for adults does summer vacation!
It is summer vacation and two families are at a beach house in North Carolina.
It is summer vacation and you just started a new diet. What are your temptations?
You are stuck in an airport during a thunderstorm and you don’t know if you’re going to get to your flight or if your flight is going to take off.
Write about the most boring summer vacation.
Write about walking through the streets during a summer heat wave.
It’s summer vacation and the school has left you behind. You have no friends and nowhere to go. What do you do?
Someone you know is accused of doing something bad. You have to help them clear their name.
A parent is on a summer vacation and is trying their best to stay in touch with their loved ones everyday while being gone.
Summer break comes and you realize you have to find a summer job.
Summer vacation is the perfect time to start a new hobby. Write about it.
Your wife leaves you on the weekend of your anniversary during a heat wave. How do you survive it?
Stuck home alone and bored during vacation.
Describe your house on vacation.
Write about a character who goes on vacation to a tropical island.
It is the first day of summer vacation and one month until school starts. Write about how you’re feeling.
Write about something you want to do at some point during summer vacation Write about how you spent summer vacation. Write about what you want to spend your summer vacation doing.
It’s the first day of summer vacation and you aren’t looking forward to being awake for most of the day with nothing to do.
It is summer vacation and a tropical storm is moving in.
Attention everyone! We need more summer-themed stories.
Write about what it was like when you were ten and moving into high school.
It is the first day of school. Each student has to tell why their summer was the best.
Write about the summer vacation the world wishes it could see.
It’s summer vacation and you’re staying at your family house.
It’s the middle of summer vacation and your dog dies.
Summer has been going so fast you did not write down your employment details. You will get caught in a web of lies.
Middle school kids get summer vacation and senior prom mixed up. Include at least two go-to vacation foods.
Write about what happens on the first day of summer vacation.
Write about a comforting room in a summer house.
It is summer and one of the meteorologists from the local television station announces that the end of the world is coming.
Your best friend is leaving for a different continent the next day for vacation. For everyone who has a flight and misses their best friend, next summer is going to be more difficult.
Write about the worst summer vacation disaster.
You just returned from the coolest trip of the summer.
Your family has a problem with your summer vacation.
Write about a bad or horrible summer vacation you had.
Write about the day before summer vacation.
Your party boat is coming in for landing.
Write a one shot about a summer romance.
Summer vacation is over and you have to prepare for a big test.
Write about a summer vacation that never happened and the adventures you were going to have.
Write about your family at the beginning of summer.
Dreams of summer vacation
Write about the first time you went on a family vacation.
Write about a vacation you took without parents or guardians.
Set a contemporary story in summer time.
It is a day after your art camp and you’re reflecting on what happened.
You’ve been invited to be a resident P.I. intern.
The McAfee St. Louis Family Reunion is coming up and everyone will be there. Except your grandmother.
During summer, everyone wants a tan. Write about your tanning experience.
What would you do if your parents won the lottery?
Describe a summer vacation memory from your childhood.
The swimming pool in your backyard has a creature living beneath it. Write about what keeps you from telling anyone else.
Write about what you did last summer… or maybe that’s a secret you’d rather keep…
Write about a road trip.
Your father is a famous musician and your family is superstar famous. He always gets to do whatever he wants. Your mom is always busy with her job. How do you stand out of the crowd as an Average Joe?
You’re out somewhere late at night, when you run into something unexpected.
Someone writes on your back and you have to rearrange the words to get the story.
Write about how you plan your day so that you can spend every moment outside.
Your entire family just got in a car accident and you were the only survivor. You had to stay in the hospital for the summer and now you have to write about it.
It’s summer vacation and it just happens to be during monsoon season.
Write about a summer vacation experience.
A unique summer camp experience.
Traveling Out of Town for the Summer 1) Write about the time you had to leave town for the summer. It can involve family, friends, pets, or be set anywhere in the world.
Write about your exciting summer vacation.
It is July 30th and you’re ready to head back to school.
It’s summer vacation, time to go exploring!
What are you going to do for summer vacation?
Write a story about an unexpected road trip you took with your family.
It’s your first summer vacation trip and you want it to be special.
Write about the biggest decision you made during summer vacation.
Write about when vacation is canceled due to someone’s job loss.
Write about christmas vacation.
The hottest day of the year happened in the worst week of vacation. Rules are you’re going to be home the entire time, there’s nothing to do, you’ve already been swimming and working out, and it’s still hot.
It is time for summer vacation and you get to decide where you want to go. However, you aren’t exactly getting along with one of your family members and it is affecting your ability to travel.
Write about swimming at the pool.
Write about the worst family car trip ever.
It’s summer vacation and you’re listening to your favorite song.
How does the heat affect your vacation?
Write a scene or a paper about your ideal summer vacation.
It is summer vacation in northern Minnesota. It is too cold
Write about a fight between parents during summer vacation.
The perfect day to spend at the beach, but, all your friends are grounded.
Make a list of 25 things you want to do on your summer vacation.
A teacher writes a letter to a former student that she hopes will change her and her family’s lives forever.
You are working hard in summer school to graduate early so you can get to vacation.
Write about what your favorite summer vacation was or what you want your summer vacation to be.
Write about a time you thought you got away with something, but later got discovered and were punished for it.
You and a friend are house sitting at a cottage for the summer.
You are working the 6 a.m. shift at a newspaper and find out a secret your town will never be the same.
In this world of technology and gadgets, you’re on summer vacation without any of that.
Write about the highlight of your summer vacation.
It’s the end of summer, you’ve enjoyed yourself, but soon school will be here. Write about any thoughts you have of the end of summer.
You have the opportunity to take a special trip for summer vacation. Where do you go and why?
Write about a day at the beach.
One day it’s summer and the next it’s winter.
Write about a time your plans for the summer vacation were not what you expected.
A bad storm has just come through and turned your house upside down.
It is summer vacation time and you get to see your favorite band in concert.
Make a list of the top ten things you want to do over summer vacation.
It’s summer vacation. No school, just you and your family… at the beach! Write about your day.
Parents have to work over the summer, and a list of annoying summer camp rules has to be followed. What happens?
There is a town that gets trapped beneath a giant acrylic domed structure and it is discovered that they freeze and thaw of each other.
It’s the summer before Senior year and looking back it seems like things are going by too fast.
It’s summer vacation. Your teacher is sick. What do you do?
Summer vacation is almost over, but there is one little adventure that you and your two best friends must go on.
Write about a time when you spent the summer with your grandmother.
Write about an amazing dream you had during summer vacation.
A love story set at summer camp.
You make one new friend on vacation and take him to an amusement park.
It is the weekend before summer vacation and your friends want to pull a prank on you.
Write about going to a summer camp.
Write about a boring summer vacation.
Summer vacation has come to an end and all you can do is reluctantly go back to school.
Write about any kind of travel you’ve had.
Write about your greatest summer vacation disaster.
Write about being stuck at the beach on Labor Day weekend.
It’s hot, hot, hot and you’re having trouble getting to sleep at night.
You are sailing across the Atlantic on a beautiful ship.
It’s your first day of summer vacation and you can’t sleep!
Write about a neighbor whose family goes on an annual summer vacation.
Mara and Hamilton are having a summer fling when Hamilton’s mother finds out and tells Mara that she has to break up with Hamilton or leave her family.
Summer vacation got cancelled because the family got in a bad car accident.
Write about your worst vacation ever.
Write about how you spend Christmas vacation.
Write about your worst summer vacation
It’s summer vacation and you’re worried about staying in shape.
A family makes a cross-country trip across the USA in a motorhome during summer vacation.
You’re visiting your aunt and uncle’s beach house for the summer. Bring along a family member of your choice.
It is summer vacation and you are bored. You wish something exciting would happen.
Your parents go on vacation again and forget you. Write about what you do and what you don’t tell them before they go.
Write about a summer vacation you would take if you had a time machine.
Write about a dark summer vacation.
Write about the day the weather goes crazy and all the random chaos that follows.
Write about a trip to a historic landmark at this time of year.
Describing what your favorite time of year is.
Write about a good summer vacation you know of.
Write about a summer vacation you had with someone or something from your story.
Write about the most adventurous thing you did over summer vacation.
You’ve been invited to the beach with your parents for the week.
In your novel, what kind of person goes on a summer vacation that will change them and their life irrevocably?
Your best friend asks you to describe your worst summer.
Throughout your entire summer vacation, your actions may mean the difference between saving Earth or letting it be destroyed.
Write about a time during your vacation when someone made you ashamed of yourself.
The family cat goes missing and the kid has to step up for the both of them.
It is summer vacation and school just ended.
Your boss has the summer off, but calls in sick for you. You improvise.
Write about a summer pet sitting like in the Air Bud movies
Write about a time when you were late for school or work because of a mosquito.
Write about a crazy road trip you took.
It’s summer vacation for you. The only problem is your boyfriend/girlfriend is away on their own summer vacation with family or friends where you’re not invited. How can you be with them or at least talk to them?
Summer vacation is here and everything is going great until someone says something wrong.
Have a favorite color? Take a bit of that color on a journey through your summer vacation.
Describe the day when your previous summer vacation ended.
It is the worst summer ever and the AC has gone out. Now your neighbors spread the rumor that you can’t survive the summer without air conditioning.
How long does it take for the adventure to be over?
Summer vacation is approved for release. Time to get started!
Write a problem and solution story related to summer vacation.
Write about how you’d feel if you were on summer vacation and tragedy struck.
Describe all the things you did at summer camp.
You just want to get away from it all, so you go to a cabin in the mountains.
Write about how you deal with the summer heat.
The summer vacation is over and now you have to go back to school. What do you want to be when you grow up?
Your grandfather won the lottery and buys your family the nicest house to live in. Your mother then decides that instead of the boring regular summer, they’re going to do something special, and all you are expected to do is act normal. Which you fail at.
A gotcha style play where someone gets a summer job that they weren’t expecting.
Write about how you feel just before going on summer vacation.
Summer vacation takes a really bad turn.
You need to work your way through summer vacation, but don’t want to. Everything gets in your way.
Write about your least favorite summer vacation you’ve ever been on.
For months you have been working with your family to get ready for your sister or brother’s wedding. That weekend finally comes but much to your surprise, your best friend ends up walking down the aisle instead.
Summer vacation has arrived and all the kids are bored. They find an old toy box full of old board games. The games have to be played and you are allowed to write about any game you want to.
You have three wishes. What happens during the summer vacation when you use the last wish?
Develop your Summer Vacations by Listing Out Your Three Must-Haves, One Must-Visit and One Must-Do.
Write the details about a birthday party you went to over the summer.
Write about the WORST summer vacation you can imagine.
Summer vacation is unholy and the heat is just unbearable. You have to resort to some subversive acts.
Write about a week in your life on your summer vacation.
Write about the time when you had to go to summer camp THUS initiating your hatred of fun. OR when you decided to make the most of your days at the fun farm.
Write about an exciting summer vacation you had.
It is summer vacation and you have just moved to a new town. You venture to the nearest lake and find something unexpected there.
It’s hot, hot, so hot! You are stuck outside in the summer heat and there’s no way to cool down. What do you do?
Write a poem about warm weather.
It’s summer and it’s hot outside. All you can think about is how much you want to be cooling down by the water.
Write about the weirdest summer job you ever had.
The day is a scorcher and there’s no air or water anywhere!
It is the last week of Summer vacation. What will you do with the remaining time?
Do you have to work on vacation? Write about it.
A nurse friend is super rude to you because she thinks that you are still a medical mess. How do you approach this?…
Write a scene with a car full of kids on their way to camp.
Move to a new town.
Write about the yearly family vacation.
A competition is held just two weeks before the end of summer vacation. Each person throws ideas into a hat until all have stories written.
A careless driver causes an accident while taking a summer vacation.
Write an adventure story where the main character is on vacation with friends.
Write about something good that happened during summer vacation you’ll never forget.
Write about the day the summer heat followed you indoors.
Summer vacation has turned out to be everything you hoped it could be.
Explain that you witnessed an unwanted pregnancy in the summer.
Summers here are crazy hot. What do you do to try to stay cool?
You go to camp and learn a valuable lesson.
It is Christmas Eve, in Summer
Write about a summer vacation that ended in disaster for your character.
A journal entry about a series of summer jobs – held by the same person.
The summer heat is getting to you.
Write a black comedy about horrible summer vacation events.
Write about your worst summer vacation.
It is the last day of school and summer vacation is almost here. You get stuck working with somebody you barely know. What do you do? You are on vacation and your grandad has died. Explain how you are feeling. It’s summer vacation. Start by describing what you are doing.
What is the strangest and weirdest thing that ever happened to you during summer vacation?
Write about your family going on summer vacation, something exciting happens there.
You take a vacation to a place you have always dreamed of going to. You take a leap of faith and risk your safety. Write about it!
Write about the oddest odd jobs you have had this summer.
When you were in the past, what is your favorite summer vacation spot? What is it about that place that makes it a favorite?
Dad responds to the question, “Do you remember your favorite summer of your childhood?” about you by recounting the terrors of your younger years.
After school it’s time for – flip-cup.
Explain an incident that occurred during the summer of your childhood that you will never forget. Condense the story to three sentences that highlight what was memorable about it.
You’re on vacation with your family doing shore fishing. During the trip, you come across an incredible encounter.
It is the last day of summer vacation but you won’t be going back to school.
Write about a vacation you plan to take in the future.
Write about the hottest day of your life.
When your parents go out to dinner, they leave you home with an impossible task.
This is the view from your apartment window.
You have a heart breaker on your date but you’re stuck in bumper to bumper traffic.
You’ve decided to make walking the dog your summer job.
Describe someone you know well taking their first summer vacation.
Write about your least favorite summer vacation.
One day of summer vacation goes by with boredom.
Your family doesn’t use technology/social media because of your beliefs. Your parents now want you to use technology for school.
It’s summer vacation. You really want to visit some relatives but end up making other plans in a new city. What do you do?
A powerful dragon appears over the summer camp.
It’s the summer between 7th and 8th grade.
Write about a day on your favorite beach.
It is summer vacation and kids run free.
Write about summer vacation from another culture’s view.
Summer vacation in your mind.
Snowpea is going on summer vacation. She would like to bring a good book. Write about what she reads.
Family leaves the pet home alone for the first time.
During summer vacation, a mischief-making dragon terrorizes a town.
A horrible storm hits just as you are on vacation.
Write about a dream you had during the summer.
Write about your last summer vacation.
An airplane crash in 1960s-era Hawaii leads Indiana Jones to an adventurous summer adventure.
A rainstorm interrupts your summer vacation.
You were on summer vacation and forgot to eat. You were just about to faint and collapse, but a stranger helped you. Explain the dream.
It’s summer vacation and your family is traveling. Your parents want you kids to enjoy this break and have fun while learning something new.
A group of friends come across a stranger in the woods while vacationing.
It’s the first day of summer vacation. You’re not at home, but you’re not with all your friends either. Where are you?
This list of writing prompts can help school students keep their mind fresh and positive during house construction.
Write about a bad experience you had on vacation one year.
Write about what you would do if you were stuck at the airport terminal during an intense storm.
Describe a sunny day that was ruined by a storm.
There’s a huge snowstorm on summer vacation.
Write about your summer vacation when you were a child.
An older sibling goes on a long awaited camping trip. He gets sick but no one will come out and get him.
Write about a summer vacation that happened when you were young.
Spend a day at summer camp.
A zombie apocalypse is going on and you must save your family. You’ll need your goldfish to make a quick getaway.
You have been gone for days on vacation and now you return.
Write about the things your family and friends did on summer vacation.
You are on summer vacation at your favorite place. You’re sitting on a beach, soaking in the sun. It’s warm and comfortable. You’re surrounded by friends. You don’t hear a sound, that is until…
The ice cream truck stopped by.
Here is the summer vacation you always dreamed of.
Write about the best beach vacation ever!
Describe a non-vacation summer day.
You have just received part of your college rejection letter. What do you plan to do about finding the perfect summer vacation spot? Write about the plan.
Something goes wrong and summer vacation ends early. Write about the ending of vacation.
Bring your summer vacation to a close by writing it as if it were a cooking recipe.
Your family decides to travel. While traveling, something happens to you that changes your life forever.
Your best friend saves up her money to go on a trip to the Bahamas and invites you along…by mistake.
Describe your average day at summer camp.
Write about the weirdest summer vacation you’ve ever had.
Julie’s family plans a vacation to some Scandinavian country for the summer. They don’t tell Julie about it ahead of time and instead notify her at the airport.
A tornado hits and you have to seek shelter from the storm.
Just before summer vacation, someone stole your swimsuit. How do you get it back? What does it look like? What was it like when you got it?
A husband and wife travel on a road trip and face a terrible band of brothers in the middle of nowhere.
You live in paradise but it’s hot and miserable. What do you do?
Start off with the facts, then write about how you feel about the situation using your opinion, feelings, thoughts, etc.
If you pick your school you friend group, you just might live a life of summer vacations. 17.
What do you expect to experience during your childhood summer vacation?
Write about your first summer vacation when you were nine years old.
Write a scene taking place in a dream that happens during the summer.
It is winter, and the snow has unexpectedly piled up. School is canceled. Write about your idea of fun during the winter.
Summer vacation is over and you feel really nostalgic about it.
Using a journal write about what you do on an average summer vacation.
Write about a kid who is home alone or the only kid on vacation.
Write about a summer-long episode of your favorite television show, novel, etc.
Discovering your sibling’s diary by accident over the summer.
Write about the day you caught yellow fever.
The weather has been strange all summer.
Interview a teenager for the school newspaper about their summer vacation.
An entire family has to work in their summer vacations.
It’s summer vacation and you have left your cell phone at home. When you realize your mistake, you’re halfway around the country. Write what happens.
Write about your dream summer vacation.
Write about a risky thing you would do during the summer if you got the opportunity.
Summer vacation comes to an end all too soon.
A family goes to England for summer vacation.
A group of friends decided to throw an outdoor party on the last day of summer vacation, on the beach.
You discover you have a summer job and your boss is not only a horrendous person, but also a liar.
It’s summer vacation and a storm is happening outside.
Write about a summer where it’s too hot to do anything.
A person who usually doesn’t like to travel appreciates a trip he takes unexpectedly.
Write about a week of your summer vacation.
It’s summer vacation and you don’t want to be in your hometown.
You are stuck inside by the heat and the only cool place is the fridge. What do you find there? And how do you keep cool while staying inside?
It is another gorgeous summer vacation and you are stuck in your small hometown summer jobless and bored. Does it change your view of being at home for the summer? Write a letter to the editor to complain or make suggestions for how the city can welcome people if they could not be here when hurricane season is over.
Write about a friend who is going away during summer vacation.
Write a diary entry from the point of view of two brothers on the day before school starts. One brother is quite excited to go back to school while the other brother is dreading the experience.
It’s summer vacation. Write about what you would be doing, working on, or every day.
Write about a day at the beach.
Write about your favorite restaurant from a previous summer.
Write about a summer night when something strange happened.
Summer vacation means…
It is summer vacation and you’re scared to leave your house.
Write about your best summer vacation.
You unexpectedly meet an old flame on vacation.
Write about your last summer. Whoever was there with you is gone or is not doing well. You have to do something to fix things, but that person is still not there with you. Write about your feelings during and after.
Write a summer vacation interruption story.
You decided to take a road trip cross country alone. Write about your trip experiences.
Christmas Vacation
Detention can wear down your mental state over time. Write about the craziest things people do while they are in detention.
Summer vacation is coming up and you just have to figure out what you’re going to do.
Write about a summer vacation you never want to end.
Write about the first day of summer vacation.
Write about a typical morning in summer vacation.
You go on holiday to a remote location for summer vacation with your family. Something happens which leads to the beginning of a new mystery and you become a real life Nancy Drew.
Take a “trip” to a place you’ve never been. Write a travel brochure using all the elements of persuasion.
There has been a power outage, summer vacation has arrived, and now you and your family must pitch in together to get through on your summer vacation.
You have a grand adventure planned for summer vacation, but mother nature isn’t cooperating.
On summer vacation you are visited by an unlikely person.
The last week of summer vacation. You’re exhausted from it all.
Bill takes his kids on summer vacation. They run into trouble on the road. How does Bill deal with it?
Free write about it.
It’s the summer after high school and you have to do something with your life. Write about it.
What would you do if you saw a boy at the beach you really didn’t like wearing nothing but swim trunks.
A girl travels to Greece on summer vacation and meets a mysterious boy.
A soccer game is disrupted by a monster that just won’t leave.
The kids have all mixed up their sneakers and now they are taking turns in a footrace to put the right pair on.
Write about a time you were almost eaten by a shark, or about a time you wished you were.
Think of a place that you would like to visit one day.
Write about visiting somewhere on vacation.
Write about your first day of summer vacation.
Your winter plans changed and you find yourself with a lot of extra summer vacation time. What happens next?
Write about the funniest family vacation you’ve been on.
It’s summer vacation and there is something in the news about a missing child. What if it is your cousin who is missing?
You have the day off work and your friends are busy with their summer vacation.
Write about bad luck. Write about good luck. Write a story about who gets what kind of luck in the end.
Vacation time!
What happens on summer vacation that is so crazy it has to be kept a secret?
A group of friends goes off on a weekend road trip and causes trouble.
Write about summer vacation memories from long ago. Start with your trip to Disneyland or your experience camping with relatives. They don’t have to be happy memories either.
A family travels to Alaska for summer vacation and comes across a strange family.
It’s summer vacation and your family is hiring countless amounts of tutors just so you can gain a college scholarship.
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You’re given a summer job. You can choose it or its location.
Write about the worst day you’ve had during summer vacation.
Write about the saddest vacation memory.
Summer School vs. Summer vacation. Tell me about your summer school experience.
Write about a summer vacation that takes place in a science fiction or fantasy world. It can be on another planet or a version of Earth in the future.
Write about a paradise that turns into a place of trouble.
Write about the last thing you do before leaving on summer vacation.
It is summer vacation and it’s raining.
Write about a family trip or day hike gone wrong.
Write from the perspective of a disgruntled or excited teenager about how they are spending their summer vacation.
Write about a vacation that you had to cancel last minute because of inclement weather and how your family got refunds.
Write about a moment when you were wishing you could go on summer vacation.
Write about a character wishing they were secretly off on summer vacation.
Write about a family road trip.
Write about a great way to enjoy a vacation.
Your entire family goes on a yacht vacation. Disaster follows.
You’re on your first job/career interview, and you discover something surprising is asked of you.
Summer vacation and it’s your last fling before high school. Also, it is the last time you will see someone special.
Write about the best and worst thing about summer vacation.
You’ve decided to forget about stupid little things and celebrate summer for what it is.
Write about your worst vacation.
Your summer vacation is hard work but worth it for the reward.
Write about your dream vacation place.
Give us an essay on your best summer vacation memories.
A person dies in a freak accident and goes to heaven and forgets what a vacation is.
It is summer vacation and you are stuck at home while all of your friends are going on an extravagant vacation.
A star player’s parents just got divorced and it seems that everything just went horrible this summer for the youth.
You could choose to do more mundane things, but you decide to take on the challenge of writing the best short story you can.
You never really knew how long summer vacation was until it was gone.
Write about summer vacation from some other person’s point of view.
What is your school holiday break like? Write a journal entry chronicling the excitement of the first vacation you or your family ever took together.
Write about a famous summer vacation spot.
It’s your summer vacation, your dreams have come true! After your vacation ends, your dream becomes your reality because of an unexpected development. Was it a good thing or bad thing?
Your writing prompt is to write about going on vacation to somewhere you haven’t been to before.
Write a brief note to the person sitting next to you on a plane. Make sure
Summer vacation has begun and your family has headed to the beach. After a day in the sun, you play a little joke on your friend who’s thinking of joining the roller derby.
The electricity is out all summer. Not being able to turn on the air conditioner or refrigerator makes life interesting.
Write about a happy summer vacation memory.
Write about the summer you moved away to the country and had to adjust to living in a place where you were not close to everything.
Your summer vacation is going great until the littlest member of the family gets kidnapped by a super villain.
It’s Christmas and because of the harsh winter your parents decide it’s too much to travel to see your family.
Write about the first day of summer school and what you did on break.
It’s summer vacation and you just got a new digital camera. Everything is awesome!
It’s possible that effective storytellers always have such in
Vacation at the lake gets interrupted when you see something unbelievable,
You’re at a summer camp, but it’s not your typical camp. Map out the camp.
On your summer vacation all the game consoles broke and will cost money to fix.
During summer vacation, the parents of a family go out of town and leave the children home alone.
It’s summer vacation at the beach. The water looks incredibly enticing. You’ve never gone swimming before…
A mother takes her children on a hike and is injured. The children have to find a way to help.
Write about what you think is the most difficult part of vacation.
Let’s have a summer vacation where we actually leave the house.
Write about a nightmare you had which “happens” to be your summer vacation.
It is your third summer vacation at this resort and you love it. Suddenly the most important person to you isn’t going to be there next summer. Write about it.
It is summer vacation and your mother says you have to babysit younger siblings.
It’s Christmas Eve, summer vacation is almost over. Your child complains about how bored things are.
Write about the perfect summer day.
Summer vacation and you are sick for the first time.
You had the worst summer vacation of your life. Write about it.
It’s summer vacation. You want to write a war story, or something. Write a flash piece instead about a normal day, the end of the day, etc.
Write about a summer vacation of a past family trip.
Your summer vacation is cut tragically short as your house burns down late one summer afternoon.
Someone gave you a time machine for summer vacation and you could travel anywhere in time. Where do you go?
If you’re stuck in an airport for a long time, what do you do?
Your boss wants volunteers to take a two-week vacation in his place. What do you do?
You just graduated from high school and are eager to go to college. What do you do over the summer?
A teenager is starting her first summer job.
Write about the vacation destination you have always wanted to go to.
Write about your worst summer vacation.
Write about your first time on a plane.
Day 1 – Write a poem about your first day of summer break.
Write about something you did during a summer vacation that you wouldn’t do again but you will never forget.
Write about a character with an odd summer vacation.
The end of summer vacation is coming up and you have one day left. What do you do?
Write about the worst summer vacation you can think of.
What do you need to have in your beach kitty to enjoy the beach?
Write about the panic of a late night phone call.
You are on vacation with your family and you stumble upon someone you dislike very much.
You’re overseas on vacation and find yourself in a risky situation.
The family summer vacation was ruined by a natural disaster.
Write about something you love that summer took away from you.
Write a song about your summer vacation. How does it compare to one of your favorite vacation songs?
Introduce a character that seems to be stuck in some oppressive environment with no escape.
Write about your favorite place to go on vacation.
Everyone is out hiking and having the time of their lives. Everyone except you.
Write about a summer vacation you have planned. This could be real or a fantasy.
In the trash can
Pick a place you want to visit and use a summer vacation activity as a life choice.
Write about a family vacation in a foreign country.
Write about a summer vacation camping trip.
Write about leaving your house on vacation.
Write about a summer day down by the lake or beach.
Your city is hosting the Olympics this summer.
Write about spring fever, the feeling you get when you can’t wait to get out of school and have summer vacation.
You’re on leave after college and trying to decide where to go on vacation.
Write about meeting your favorite band.
Write a short story about your favorite part of summer vacation.
Write about your first summer as a teenager.
Write about the many things your family does over the summer vacation.
Your doorbell rings this summer. A note with a riddle is left behind. You must solve the riddle to find the location of a summer event.
Summer vacation and every kid is going to the amusement park. Write about a character who is too short to ride any of the rides.
It is summer vacation and you are staying home. However, you want to go places but can’t. What do you do?
Write about the most exciting thing that ever happened to you during summer vacation.
Facing Death
Godzilla finds himself on the streets of New York during Summer Vacation.
You’re on a summer-long search for a job.
Write about a summer vacation with your boyfriend/girlfriend’s family.
It is a long, hot summer. Your weekend plans just fell through and it seems like nothing is going right. What do you do to cope?
It’s summer vacation and your mom cancels your plans and makes you guys spend it at the beach.
A man or woman has been out with friends and they are very very drunk.
Describe an object you would like to take on a summer vacation trip. Where do you go and what will you do with it?
You wake up one morning in the middle of summer vacation and realize you drool in your sleep.
Write about what you enjoy most about summer vacation
It’s summer. You’re hot. You get up to go get a drink and you discover that your entire house has melted.
A frustrated writer goes on a summer vacation with no plans to write. A week later they’ve written their best material ever. Explain.
Describe a summer day from your perspective.
Write about your favorite summer vacation food.
Vacation reminds you that home has chores.
You’ve had a conflict with a teacher and you have to work together to correct it.
A typical day at summer camp.
Write about your summer vacation when something was repeatedly happening.
How was my recent vacation? The ups and downs…the funny stories, and the not so funny stories.
Middle school students discover summer plans are canceled.
The weather really rained on your summer vacation plans.
It is the most boring summer summer ever. All your friends got together and are leaving on an awesome trip and you are stuck at home. Now your summer sucks.
A stranger offers your eleven-year-old the illicit drug of his choice. What will he choose?
Write about a time you were forced to quit something.
Based on the book Never Let Me Go, write about your summer vacation from your point of view.
Write about a summer vacation gone very wrong, or very right.
You’re at a beach watching the sunset and everything goes black.
You rent a motorhome for your summer vacation. There’s nothing about the car to suggest it is haunted, is there?
Write about an unfavourable vacation and something that makes you feel better about it.
There is a big bind up of roads that lead to your vacation destination. Only thing is, they are all closed. You get stuck in traffic and your vacation is ruined. You’re sort of like green with envy. “Yes,” you think, “I would love for someone to do that to me!”
You just moved to a new city and summer vacation is about to start. Write about your plans.
Write about a summer vacation from your childhood.
Write about a year in your life when vacation was the most important thing for part of it.
Write about the best vacation you ever had.
These first three stories occur over a long summer break, off and on. The last story occurs when summer is almost over and the narrator knows that school is starting the next day. In this story the summer is symbolized by a motorcycle.
You get to take a trip to anywhere in the world you want!
It’s vacation and mom wants to escape the heat. Have them go to the beach.
It is summer vacation and you have decided to take a road trip through the west.
Write about a day when it is taking forever to finish summer vacation.
Write about a day at the beach during summer vacation. Essentially, this prompt is a huge gimmick since this article is clearly written for children FOR SUMMER VACATION.
You finally get to go to Spain on vacation. While you are there, you find out the hotel you are staying in used to be a hospital for people with the Black Death.
It is the summer before senior year and one student has to stay behind to work.
A teenage girl from Spain is spending the summer in America with her grandparents. She has trouble adjusting to the new culture.
Write about a summer event that affected everyone
Write about a grandparent taking their grandchildren on vacation.
Write about your worst summer vacation experience.
Write about getting your summer job, or about working during the summer.
You get picked out of a hat and you have to spend your summer vacation with someone you really don’t get along with.
It is the worst summer ever because you have no money for a vacation, your neighbors are being audibly noisy and your best friend moved away.
It is summer vacation time and here is your day…
Summer vacation is over already and you were supposed to …… Do anything you are able to do about it.
Write about your typical summer vacation.
You always dreamed of going to summer camp and you finally get to go but it’s not what you expected.
You are a flea. Write about your summer vacation.
A long summer vacationing with your grandmother.
Write about how the summer heat affects school.
People aren’t playing as nice as they did before the school shootings. Write about that skyrocketing summer anxiety.
It is probably every child’s nightmare…summer school.
It is a buddy cop movie with two cops and one who is stuck at home for the summer.
Summer vacation has been spent studying, now actually show your report to a teacher.
Write about finding adventure on the summer vacation.
It’s summer vacation and you are jogging. You see a stranger on the side of the road.
A day during summer vacation.
Write about what grandma will do and what grandpa will do during summer vacation.
A summer day that begins like any other.
Someone tries to “prank” you while you’re on vacation and things don’t go the way they planned.
Write about a vacation gone wrong.
Summer vacation is terrible! Research a topic of interest to create an entertaining essay.
Hunger strikes – write a story about a survivor of the famines in Chad. Tell how they find water, food, and shelter.
It’s the tenth summer anniversary of one of your friends and he or she begins reminiscing about the . . .
It is 3 in the morning. A burglar breaks into your house.
Write about yourself doing something strange on summer vacation.
Tell the story of a vacation where either your flight, car broke down, a family emergency came up, or comparable incident.
Every year people lock in deposits to vacation spots months in advance. This year they fail to do so and everything is booked. Write what happens next.
Write a letter to the editor of your local paper about the impact of global warming.
It is the hottest August in history.
You’re facing the first day of summer vacation. You’re a little nervous about going back to school — what went on over the summer that you’d like to get into?
It’s the last day of summer vacation and you forgot to have fun.
You are visiting your grandparents in the mountains and something creepy finds you in the house.
Write about something that happened to you as a kid during the summer time.
Having kids is like summer vacation.
The cat does not want to go outside.
Your summer is filled with boredom.
Write about the best vacation someone has ever been on.
Write about your idea of an ideal summer vacation.
The city or town you visited for summer vacation doesn’t go according to your plan.
It’s the hottest day of the summer. Write about as much as you can about it.
Write about a time you went to the beach with your family.
Write about an unexpected guest who shows up at your summer vacation home.
It is summer vacation. The weather really sucks. Write about how awesome it is to be inside playing video games or reading comics.
Summer vacation moves really slowly.
Every morning it rains and your family must stay indoors.
Write about your worst summer vacation.
It’s summer vacation and the whole school is on a trip to Istanbul. You find yourself squished next to a stranger on the plane. What happens next?
Recently divorced, you decide to take a last-minute summer vacation by yourself. You stay in a hotel by yourself and experience something unexpected.
Write about doing something you’ve never done before with a friend.
You turn to find an unusual character following you.
It is summer vacation and you are at a camp with your friends. You find out that the camp mysteriously is harboring someone.
Your Christmas is ruined by a snowstorm in the middle of summer. Write about it.
Having summer off school isn’t all that great. Facing the end of summer is harder than expected.
You have just arrived at a vacation destination. Write about the first thing you see.
You promised your little brother/sister that you would take them to a water park but things obviously changed. Where would you take them now?
When you have enough power to charge your phone and nothing gets done
Write about the strangest thing you have done on summer vacation.
Before the summer vacation, you feel like a sidekick but after the summer vacation you feel like a superhero because of your experiences.
Write about your uneventful summer vacation.
Write a journal entry from your parents’ perspectives while on summer vacation.
Write about going on a summer vacation.
Write from the perspective of food.
Write about a time when you lost your way.
It’s summer vacation and it’s raining.
Write a scene where someone experiences heatstroke and has a panic attack.
Write about the worst summer vacation you ever had.
A child’s family is having a reunion in the middle of summer vacation. The rest of the world hurries to get ready, but this family is ever ready to go.
You’re a lonely kid visiting your grandparents’ house for the day. Explore your grandparents’, your own feelings, or create a full story.
Write about a summer cold or flu.
Tell the story of an average summer vacation.
It is the middle of summer vacation and the workers strike. You are stuck.
Your high school Prom is in just a few days and you’re working on your big date. Everyone else wants to go to a concert that same weekend, making coming up with a solution difficult.
Summer vacation is over. Your parents are driving you back to school when something goes horribly wrong.
Write about a vacation gone wrong.
It’s summer and everyone is heading up to the mountains to camp, but you are not going anywhere. This is when you realize what a burden you are to the family.
There’s a campfire going and your friends and family are telling stories. Tell one.
Write a story using the two plot techniques given here.
Three teens travel to Italy. Their life is about to change drastically.
An unfortunate Boy Scout trip ends in death.
It’s been raining for days and everyone is inside. Someone might have come inside but you’re not sure.
You just discovered that the place you are staying has a ghost.
It is summer vacation and a bunch of your friends come up with a great idea for a prank but will you go along with it?
In summer vacation, your house catches on fire.
Write about an Indian Summer.
Dream journal with a focus on a specific event in summer vacation.
Summer is here and your sister needs your help. Find out why.
Your parents have a spat that ruins your summer plans.
Write about the fear you felt when you were waiting for your summer vacation dates from school.
You download the vacation app for your phone but you cannot access any information. Not even a single word. How can you live on vacation now?
There’s a person in your neighborhood/city that is great at playing the guitar.
A popular recording artist played your hometown this year and you are bummed, because you were hoping to see them in concert.
You come across a message in a bottle while on vacation.
Someone organizes a Treasure Hunt to celebrate summer vacation.
Write about what your family does for summer vacation.
On a trip to the museum discover a family secret that keeps you coming back every summer.
There is no air conditioning in your home and the weather has been unbearable. How do you survive?
What does summer vacation look like to kids today? What did it look like when you were a kid?
Write about a lazy summer day.
It is the first day of summer vacation and you’re trying to avoid the summer sun.
It’s summer vacation and your parents are out of town.
Write about a vacation you went on that ended in disaster.
It is the hottest summer ever and the AC just went out. Talk about what you did to keep cool.
Write about a day you forgot your umbrella and it starts raining.
It’s summer vacation and as a family, you are in between homes. It’s super hot. You’re stranded at a hotel by the dusty interstate because of a snowstorm. The school inspectors suspect you aren’t from around there, but they can’t prove it. You’ll be kicked out of the hotel in a few days. What do you do?
Write about your morning commute to school. It’s summer vacation and you’re still on the clock.
It is your first summer vacation.
Write about time-travel to summer vacation in the past and future.
You go to the saloon in summer to rob it but your plans change when you see an old flame there.
Write about a family spending a summer vacation – either real or imagined.
What do you do during the summer vacation?
Someone sees a ghost on their summer vacation.
It’s the Fourth of July, but no one wants to visit the fireworks. For one reason or another.
You head out to summer vacation with full expectations, but something goes terribly wrong and you’re forced to return home.
What is a story that all people should take away from summer vacation?
Write about the first summer vacation you remember.
The police suspect you did something and have you in their interrogation room. Write about what you tell them. The police think you have information on a crime, but you don’t. They don’t believe you and beat you before you give them the answer. Write about the answer you tell them.
On your last summer vacation you went deep sea fishing. The boat tipped over and now you are stuck in the middle of the ocean on a floating piece of wood. Describe your predicament or whatever predicament you come up with.
Write about an unexpected item you needed on vacation.
Summer vacation means four weeks of opposite-sex neighbor camp. The boy you secretly like is staying in the cabin right next door. What happens?
Your parents use the money you saved over your winter vacation to buy a second car.
It is the start of summer and all the stores have very few things left.
You are stranded on a deserted island and forced to survive the summer.
Write about your first summer developing a crush on another person.
Your parents decide to send you to military school. Summer vacation is just around the corner, what would you do?
It is the hottest summer ever and you just got fired.
Write about the hottest summer ever and what you do about it.
Two unpopular kids are on summer vacation and somehow don’t end up at the pool or beach like most low-status kids.
There is a storm at night and you are home alone.
Write about what you would do if you tried and failed to steal the school bell.
Describe a perfect summer vacation.
It is the most boring and frustrating summer vacation ever. But not until the very end of summer vacation. Now write about the amazing and action packed first day of summer vacation.
It is a boring summer vacation and you worry that this is going to ruin your summer. Anything goes.
Your child has a summer job.
You go out of town for the summer and your house is robbed.
Write about a summer vacation to another planet.
Write about your first summer at summer camp.
Write about your students going on summer vacation.
Three friends are on the beach and find an urn.
Describe a deserted island. Do you end up stranded?
Write about your first year of summer vacation.
You are on summer vacation. You are inspired and ready to write. But all the material is here. What do you do?
So Much Paper, So Much Paper
Write a story about what you don’t like about summer vacation.
Your family wins a trip to the far side of the world, but only for one week.
Write about a day you had on vacation.
The water park has been the only place to cool down all summer long. Then, you discover, it’s been filled with the toxin that has been turning people into alligators!
Imagine you get a summer job as a lifeguard and it starts to get hot. What happens?
A teenager goes wild on summer vacation.
It’s summer vacation and you’re with family on a vacation. Write the next day’s blog entry.
Write about your worst vacation disaster.
The hotel your family is staying in is haunted.
Tell a story of a fun filled day at Disneyland
A group of friends that normally don’t get along must spend summer break together. What happens?
Does your holiday routine change when summer vacation arrives?
It’s the most depressing day of the summer.
Is your city or town famous for anything? What?
Write about your first job.
You are a queen. Your husband has just died, and your advisors have managed to convince you that the most sensible course of action is to remarry the most vile, repulsive man they can find. Summer rolls around, and you mount your horse to leave your summer palace to find a suitor. Who ____ decides to pursue you?
Your family decides to get a seasonal job so you can afford that new swimming pool.
It is Your Birthday and you would like to make a tribute blog about your life so far!
Write a scene using all dialogue only.
Describe the worst summer vacation experience you ever had.
Write about a funny thing your sister or brother does or says when you are on vacation.
Write about your favorite summer memory.
Write about a time where you got severely sunburned while on vacation.
The summer boredom has gotten to you. You have gone a little crazy and discovered something on your own.
Write about a person who is having a hard time during summer vacation.
Write about a summer vacation where it is sunny and fun every single day, something completely unexpected.
You get locked out of your home during the hottest summer ever.
You’ve just been informed that you get all summer off and an entire month of summer school from the teacher’s union. How do you spend the summer?
You wake up one morning to find a creature in your bedroom. What is it? Where did it come from? How do you get rid of it?
It is summer vacation and for some reason you are stuck inside.
What kind of training do you do in your vacation days?
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Write about the apocalypse happening on the first day of summer vacation.
In the middle of summer vacation, you receive a phone call. Write about the plot of what happens over the summer vacation.
Write about a day at the beach.
A writer’s biggest fan vacations at the same location every summer. Write one of their letters.
It’s summer vacation and you’re at summer camp. You happen upon something in the woods and it might just be the death of you.
It’s the last day of school but you are determined to have the greatest summer vacation ever.
Write about visiting international relatives that live in a country with a really hot climate.
You’re given a tutor for the summer. Your parents didn’t tell you he’s silver and bigger than they are. Will you tell your parents about your tutor?
Your favorite beach is slowly being covered by the rising tides due to global warming.
Write about an argument you had with a sibling over the summer.
Although it is summer vacation you have to work all the time.
It is high school graduation day. Write about your friends preparing for high school graduation.
A family summer vacation to the beach. It can be skit, or a play or even just dialogue. But this has to be the hottest time ever. One person must break out and use magic and all sorts of interesting things.
During a summer vacation, a family stumbles across some unexpected friends.
It is summer vacation and your parents have gone on a “blind date”. They get stuck with no telephone, and you need to call them. How do you do it?
Write about a lazy summer afternoon.
Write about something going on during summer vacation that was more exciting than you expected.
It is the hottest day on record and everyone starts to argue with each other.
It’s summer vacation and you run away. What happens?
Beach Vacation
Write about the first time you swam in the ocean.
The story of a summer romance.
The teacher goes on vacation for the whole month of June and just forgot to write the final essay.
Write about your most miserable vacation ever.
Write about your summer vacation immersed in Minecraft or similar video games.
It is the best of times and the worst of times.
Write about a kid who goes on the perfect spring break.
You’ve been dreading your summer vacation for the last few years. This year you get to leave and go to your dream destination.
It is parent-teacher night at your child’s kindergarten. You wake up the morning of it wearing explosive diarrhea as a result of eating bad seafood. Your wife chastises you for doing so as you need to wear khakis to the meeting tonight. What do you do?
Text only or write?
What do you do during summer vacation?
Your best friend is coming to visit and they want to go on a hot date. What do you do?
A very hot summer day.
You are a police officer on summer vacation dealing with a particularly goofy case.
What’s the most ____ thing you’ve ever done in the summer?
A child describes their perfect summer vacation.
Write about a community where everyone is required to do the same thing for summer vacation.
A pool party.
You’re a college student who has to work at a summer job. Write about your experiences.
The family car breaks down in an unfamiliar town on summer vacation.
You wake up at the beginning of summer vacation on the worst possible day for it.
Your family wins a cruise! The best part is that you just get to stay in a suite for the whole time, and the worst part is that someone has to take over watch for pirates.
Write about the best way to spend your summer vacation. What will you be doing? Will you be traveling or just staying at home?
It’s summer vacation and your parents are fighting ALL the time. What do you do?
Write about the last summer vacation you went on.
At summer camp, what is the funniest thing that’s ever happened?
Kids ignore all the risks and climb through an abandoned ventilation shaft fossil dig at the local museum.
What do you do on summer break that relates to your writing?
What are your plans for summer vacation?
Write about a summer vacation that changes your life.
You travel with your family to another country for summer vacation. The trip involves a bicycle tour through the desert. How do you get through this trip?
You and your family have been invited to attend a two-week music festival in another country. You even get to sleep in different tents. What instrument do you play and how far do you go with your guitar?
Write about a summer vacation gone wrong.
It’s the summer before school begins and you have even less free time than usual. How do you occupy your time?
Write about an unexpected end to your summer vacation.
Someone you tossed pennies into a fountain for luck is now alive and sitting right beside you.
During summer vacation, you got pushed into some water and almost drowned.
What is your favorite place to spend summer vacation?
Summer vacation finally comes.
Write about something you learned on vacation as you wandered.
Write a list of things you do to stay cool during the summer heat.
Write a creative piece of dialogue about summer vacation.
Your parents are ship-wrecked and are now stranded on a desert island. What do they do?
Summer vacation is a great time for catching up on chores or doing some things you’ve wanted to do for a long time.
A thunderstorm rolls in and the power goes out.
Your favorite film/movie is being made into a musical. They are shooting it on your favorite beach. What do you do if you see the cameras rolling?
You are planning the perfect summer vacation but your plans are ruined. Write about what happens.
Write an empowering letter to a fictional or non-fictional character explaining how you want your summer vacation to go.
John and Mary are searching for a hotel for the night.
You’re fifteen-years-old. School starts in two weeks. What do you want to happen that summer?
Write about a night in which a hailstorm threatens your summer vacation home.
Write about the first date you had in the summer. Something you should never write about involves your summer vacation.
Your parents want to get a divorce and you’re not sure how to react.
It is your last summer vacation with your cousins. They’re moving away.
People just cannot turn down free food.
Parents leave for an International trip leaving you and your siblings. What do you do?
You are at a theme park and one of your friends spots a ride that looks like fun. You do not want to ride it and you tell your friends. Why can’t you ride the ride?
Write about an experience from summer vacation before you had children.
A week at the beach means sun, surf and weird people.
Write a story set during the fourth of July holiday weekend.
The best summer of your life starts out wrong. Years later you’re thankful for it.
Write a scene of a vacation to Germany.
While on summer vacation, Alex is haunted by a dream.
You move to the country for the summer.
Your last day of summer vacation gets interrupted by the most peculiar visitor.
Write about enjoying a wonderful summer day
It’s summer vacation but none of your friends are around.
Write about your family struggling to survive a summer without electricity. A summer-long power outage would cause people to express their true feelings for their loved ones.
Summer vacation is coming up. The whole grade is celebrating
Write about a time you got heatstroke.
There is major traffic on the Cross Bronx Expressway. People leave their cars and hike out until they find a truck stop with AC.
A character has to make summer vacation plans when one of their relatives unexpectedly arrives for the week including that relative.
Winter Vacation Writing Prompts
The air conditioning unit at a public pool has broken. It is really hot outside, it feels like one hundred degrees outside. The day is long and you are hot and sweaty.
Write about the coolest summer vacation you ever had.
A day at the beach takes a turn for the worse.
Write about the most exciting thing you did on summer vacation.
Write about getting into trouble over the summer.
Write about the very first part of your vacation, then shift to the last part of your vacation. See if the ending differs.
It’s July, mid-summer, and it’s the heat wave of the century.
Write about the changing relationship between two characters during summer vacation.
It’s summer vacation and your teacher hurries up to each of you to say goodbye and hopes you have fun.
You and your mom go to a pool for a swim and get whacked by all the kids splashing around.
It is your first summer living alone and you feel like it’s just not going well.
You are a camp counselor for a rowdy inner-city youth full of gang members. What do you do?
Write about your least favorite memory of summer vacation.
It is the day of your favorite vacation. You took care of every last thing at home, packed your bag, and got everything ready. When you get to the airport, you find out your reservation is missing the destination you thought was Hawaii. It’s been mixed up with Ottawa. How do you handle this very important trip?
The dog just had puppies and one of the puppies was hiding in your suitcase. The puppy pooped in your suitcase.
Write an interesting story about a typical summer afternoon.
Write a story about your experience with a sleepover.
Your best childhood summer vacation memory and why it is your most prized summer vacation memory.
It’s the end of the school year and all the girls are getting new clothes. The guys act like it doesn’t matter.
It is the summer and anyone and/or anything is mobile.
You went to summer camp and it is time to go home, the only problem is that you have been kicked out due to an unknown miracle. Write about it.
It’s the hottest summer ever. You have been locked out of the hottest car ever.
It’s summer vacation and you’ve been stuck inside a cave for the past 6 months. You’re finally free to go out in the sun but you can’t take off the blindfold and earplugs.
Parents leave on vacation and leave kids a list of chores, but no one wants to do them.
You’ll need cool, nomalicious summer vacation food. Write about your ideal one.
Write about a terrible summer vacation.
Write about a perfect summer morning.
Write about the worst summer vacation ever or a time when you enjoyed not going on vacation.
You find yourself trapped in a car in an endless summer traffic jam.
Write about the most 5 star vacation you have ever been on.
Describe a typical summer vacation day.
You bust your neighbor sneaking into the pool during the night.
Suzanne’s summer vacation turned out badly and she became famous.
Tell us about a summer vacation that had a great beginning, but ended in disaster.
You just moved to the Caribbean and it will be your first summer in a hot place.
Write about summer vacation from the perspective of a camping trip.
Write from the POV of a house pet that is alone all summer.
Write about your summer vacation from last year. Write about it as if you are on vacation right now at the exact same moment last year.
Consider making your summer vacation stranger than anything you could imagine.
You’re set out on Thanksgiving to spend Thanksgiving alone.
Fun in the sun is over and it is back to school. Write about what you did on summer vacation.
Write about what you want to do about summer vacation so far.
On a family vacation with your boyfriend and his parents, siblings and grandparents, you encounter a problem that requires unique talent to solve.
Kids are supposed to stay within the confines of the bunk or cabin while on school group hike. Terrifying things happen as a result of this.
Describe a busy, non-stop, out-of-control summer vacation.
Write about what you should bring, do, or see while on summer vacation.
Write about a time you went to college in the summer.
A mutant and his searching for a way to save his home planet lands on the original mutant homeland. He decides to return with a weapon.
Your family pressures you to take vacation photos in order to use them for the next year’s Christmas cards.
Write a story about your summer vacation.
Write about the best summer job you ever had and why it was so good, and why you didn’t last.
It’s the first day of summer vacation. You’ve written a will, made out a professional, & drawn up a list of your final affairs.
You are on the other side of the world. Write about what you see.
Write about your first time camping or on a summer vacation.
Your summer vacation is over and you cannot believe it.
Visit your favorite beach and create a song, video, or painting about the experience.
Summer vacation is fast approaching. It’s been six months since you last saw your lover. Write about meeting up for vacation.
Write about your first summer vacation on your own, away from your parents.
A high school teacher finds out the secret that his students have been lying to him for years.
Brave, strong, and sensible are all effective words. Curly, freckly, and sweet, however, need not apply. Which child is the misfit in the group?
Everyone’s favorite summer vacation movie is “Jaws.”
Write about a special summer your family spent.
It is the hottest summer ever and the AC just went out. Your parents tell you that they won’t be able to afford air conditioning repair for the rest of the year and now you and your little sister need to find a way to stay cool.
Describe a “perfect” summer vacation.
There’s the luxury cruise, and then there’s your family’s two week driving vacation. After meeting the rest of your extended family in California, where are you headed?
Write about a summer vacation gone wrong.
It’s the last day before vacation is over, but someone forgot the sunscreen.
Summer vacation has arrived and you are given a trip to explore space.
How do you feel about summer vacation?
Your best friend doesn’t move away, so you declare it “The Summer of George.”
You have just had the most crowded and horrific experience on a plane of your life.
Write about an important lesson you learned while vacationing.
Lying on a beach and trying to write a novel.
Write a story about the last day of summer vacation.
You became famous overnight but one thing hasn’t changed and that’s your summer vacation plans.
Have you ever wished you were somewhere else during summer vacation?
Write about your hottest summer.
Write about a time you had to work or do chores during the summer because adults pressured you to.
You never wanted to travel during summer vacation, but this year your parents couldn’t agree on a vacation location, and now everyone in your family is at your house for the weekend.
Write about getting caught in a rainstorm while on vacation.
Write about the magical summer vacation you had that you wished would never end.
A field trip to the beach turns disastrous.
Families generalize family vacations- “It’s always the same.” However, for the first 24 hours everything is different.
You are at summer camp. An emergency is occurring. What is it?
There is a simmering war between the girls. Your best friend is in the middle.
Write about the perfect beach vacation.
Your father has a job that takes him out of the country for most of the summer.
Your favorite television show just got cancelled. How will you react?
You’re on the beach. The ocean is cool and the waves are high.
Write about your favorite summer vacation.
It’s summer vacation and you aren’t sure if that is a good thing or a bad thing.
What is your idea of a perfect summer vacation?
Write about your house being robbed while you’re on vacation.
Write your own summer vacation.
Summer vacation and you’re broke. How will you survive?
It’s summer vacation and your friends visit the same beach you visited last summer. What do you do?
Wake up on your first day of summer vacation. Where are your friends? What does everything look like?
Describe a summer day of your life.
Write about how your day is going at the beach/pool/park.
Write about losing your things at the beach/park/beach camp.
The kids take the family car and run off for a few days.
A spaceship lands in your backyard. They need help repairing the spaceship and the rocket ship away.
You’re a presenter and have to give a speech at your summer camp, but it turns out you slept through the most important meeting. How do I handle this?
You and your mother just had your first fight as a result of broken curfew.
Describe the last family vacation you took.
Write about death by heat stroke.
One of the characters in your story is struggling with a problem that is so consuming that you’re afraid that person is about to make a big mistake.
Write about a summer vacation being ruined by something unexpected that goes wrong.
Use the following list to write about an event that changes your life forever
The temperature is at an all-time high, but your family plans to go out to the beach all day.
Write about your favorite season plus summer. It could be fall, winter, spring or summer.
What’s the best part about summer vacation and what’s the most fun thing about summer vacation?
A family moves off the busy streets of New York City and onto quiet country roads.
Write about how you spend your summer vacation.
Write about a summer you remember, when everything went wrong.
Summer vacation is awful because you keep getting in fights with your siblings. Write about a time that you yourself had a great time on vacation. Write about your summer vacation. What did you do and what did you like the most? Describe a bad summer vacation that you remember. Write about a difficult experience that occurred on a vacation. What happened? What did you learn from the experience? Write about the worst tourist you have ever met. Write about the relaxing moments that you experienced during a summer vacation. What did you like about them? What did you experience?
You are out for a day of boating with your family on summer vacation. It is a lovely day and the family has just finished building a sand castle. You go to set sail for home. But when you turn the engine the entire boat goes completely black. You flip the light switch. Still nothing. You search for your phone and also can’t find it. You can’t remember if you put it in the bin where you put your sunscreen. The next morning you discover you don’t have service and your family’s phones don’t have any battery. How will you get help?
It is supposed to be summer vacation, but naturally everyone gets sick.
Summer vacation is nearing an end and the freedom that comes with it is about to wane.
Write about your favorite summer sport.
The sun is shining, but there is a storm approaching.
Your summer job is building houses, but you have nothing but time. What do you do?
Family vacation gets cut short when the parent’s job takes them back to the city.
Out for your morning run you witness a murder in an alley…then you wake up.
Write about what you regret doing during your last summer vacation.
Of course, you can always choose to make up your own subject, topic, and/or pronouns.
Write about the adventures of your family this summer.
Write about what happens if your hottest summer ever suddenly turns deadly.
Describe your worst summer vacation…ever!
Just because vacation is over doesn’t mean that it can’t be celebrated. What did you do during the end of your summer vacation?
Describe a family vacation in summer. What did you do? Did some new love blossom? Why didn’t you make it to Yellowstone National Park? How did you ruin the vacation overreacting to something small? What did you do to make up for it?
Write about a summer vacation survival guide
Write about your parents and your summer vacations.
You went on a summer vacation and you found a secret about your family which led you to an important decision.
Island fever hits and they have to get home, but there are no flights until tomorrow.
What would you do if you found yourself awake one night alone at home on summer vacation?
Write about a summer vacation you don’t want to return from.
Write about a family on a trek in Australia. A giant lizard attacks.
Write about your ideal adventure.
Your family travels to a foreign country. You’re just as excited as when you were little. The only problem is the country is not as welcoming as you’d like.
You escape from the zombie apocalypse at summer camp.
Summer vacation isn’t necessarily a good time for you. They’ve gotten much worse since you were a child.
Describe the littlest thing inducing summer vacation nostalgia for you.
Write about taking a family vacation where the children are the only ones who are excited about being there.
Describe your summer vacation.
Write about your life from June 1st through Labor Day of your junior year of college.
Take your favorite stuffed toy/teddy bear/puppet on vacation. Where does he go? What does he do?
During summer vacation, a normal summer day becomes anything but.
Do you prefer school holidays or long summer vacation?
Write about your dream summer vacation.
It’s summer vacation. You’re most excited about this.
Your husband has been transferred to Paris for three months and is asking you to go with him. You wouldn’t have to leave your children behind, but you would have to leave your family and friends. You get a call that you’re being transferred to Egypt for three months, but your children will stay behind and you must leave sooner than three months. You would have to leave it all behind. However, you wouldn’t have to leave your parents. So you are excited and hesitate because there is uncertainty involved. You must decide.
You meet your favorite celebrity who offers to take you on an adventure!
Write about your first day of summer vacation.
You’ve spent the majority of your vacation trying to reach someone, but to no avail.
Whatever happens, enjoy the summer!
Write about a favorite summer vacation memory from your childhood.
It is the coldest summer ever and the heater just went out.
Write about a horrible summer vacation.
You spend the summer vacation trapped in a hotel room.
Having to run the vacuum
Summer vacation is around the corner and at the same time, people are losing hope because of the economic financial situation. How can you help lift people’s spirits up?
Summer vacation, who-needs-it?
Summer vacation is here and you’ve got the beach in your sights. You’d be happy, except for one problem. It’s not your beach.
Write about a time when you had to do something for summer vacation.
Before next summer, your parents tell you you have to study more and you’re only allowed to open your window to get fresh air. All of a sudden your other parent says you’re forbidden to open your window.
It’s the beginning of summer vacation. What do you do on the first day? What happens on your last day? What does school feel like in between?
Write about the first day of summer vacation.
A magazine comes to your house selling “discounted” summer vacation packages. What might be the catch?
It’s summer time! Take a side job or go on a date.
School lets out for summer vacation and while most people take it easy, you party even harder … but at what cost?
Write about your worst vacation ever.
A boy’s summer vacation ends worse than he anticipated.
Summer vacation becomes a nightmare when your younger sibling continually follows you around.
Pick any place and write about a normal day there.
What if you had six months of summer vacation?
Write what you’d write to a friend if they were forced to spend summer vacation with their parents.
Write about what happens when someone tries to breach bedtime or curfew on summer vacation.
It’s summer vacation and the vacation you were supposed to take didn’t happen last summer. Time for make-up.

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