Born to Run 2025 - Coming Soon

Celebrate the Boss's breakthrough album with the

Born to Run Story Event

From the creator and organizer of this event WaxPhilosophic:

August 25, 2025 will mark the 50th anniversary of Bruce Springsteen's Born to Run album. Arguably Springsteen's breakthrough and most well-known work, the album embodies the idea of escape, freedom of the open road, and taking a last-gasp chance at finding happiness.

To celebrate this bit of musical history, I'm using it as the basis for my first ever story event.

The Challenge

Pick a line from any song on the Born to Run album and write a story around it.

There's the obvious, "Wendy let me in, I want to be your friend, I want to guard your dreams and visions," from the title track that conjures ideas of wooing the girl of your dreams.

There's the melancholy, "No one watches when the ambulance pulls away. Or as the girl shuts out the bedroom light," from Jungleland that brings up images of sadness and loss.

Or there's "So you're scared, and you're thinking that maybe we ain't that young anymore," from Thunder Road that suggests throwing caution to the wind and finally pursuing a dream before it slips away.

Plenty of good lines, themes, and imagery to choose from.

Born to Run 2025 Story Event InfoOpen to all authors provided they read and understand the concept.

organizer: WaxPhilosophic

submission deadline: August 1st through 18th)

challenge date: stories posted on: August 25th

Rules & Guidelines• All LITEROTICA RULES APPLY,

• This is an open challenge. Any author may take part. Any category is acceptable.

• Author must include the phrase "BornToRun" in the "Notes" field of the submission. We recommend that you COPY & PASTE it into the NOTES field to avoid typos.

• Please use "Born to Run 2025" as a story tag to help group your submission with others participating in the challenge..

Please see the "Born to Run" Story Event: Official Support Thread if you have questions, need clarification, or just want to discuss the event with the participating authors.

If you've got an idea for a themed writing challenge, feel free to contact us anytime! We're open to anyone organizing a new event.

And if you're looking for a fun way to stretch your skills, check out our list of current author-organized challenges!

We here at Lit offer a big thank-you to the readers who have supported the site and the writers by way of views, votes and comments.

And a huge thank-you to WaxPhilosophic for creating and organizing this awesome event!