MerMay 2026!

May is here, and with it comes MerMay, a month-long celebration of mermaids, merfolk, and everything beneath the waves. From May 1 through May 31 , we invite you to dive into our daily prompt challenge. Each day brings a new, short prompt designed to spark your imagination. Write for any fandom, any rating, any length. May 1: Breathe for me. May 2: Scales where skin was. May 3: Blood attracts sharks. May 4: Never coming ashore. May 5: Your voice, my curse. May 6: Hooks and nets. May 7: Drown with me. May 8: Found you floating. May 9: No longer human. May 10: Kiss of the deep. May 11: They took my scales. May 12: Sing you home. May 13: Father was a sailor. May 14: Bleeding into saltwater. May 15: Anchor through my heart. May 16: Can't remember land. May 17: Saved by a monster. May 18: Betrayed by the tide. May 19: Your warmth, my burning. May 20: Only salt remains. May 21: One breath left. May 22: Drowned crown. May 23: Forgot how to speak. May 24: Undertow. May 25: Born from shipwreck. May 26: Love you, leave you. May 27: No tide pulls back. May 28: What the sea took. May 29: Deep, deep, deep. May 30: Wait for my return. May 31: Become the ocean.