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Look up the prompt on Google and get inspired by the results there, whether it be images or websites.
Find the history of the prompt and draw from that.
Think outside the box of the prompt. Find an unexpected route that could be taken to incorporate it.
Talk it out. You can either talk about it with other people in your life or just to yourself. This process can get a flow of ideas coming when you think you have none.
If the prompt really doesn't inspire you, just don't write for it. Write another idea that you have and maybe the prompt will naturally work its way back in.
Here's my response to the question you asked: I always have issues with too many similar deadlines. 
I wish I knew why I pile these up on myself, but I do get them all completed after almost running for the hills. 
How do I handle it? I prioritize them all and work away at them one step at a time. For me, if it's something I have to write, I find I do better under the pressure of the deadline. If I have to judge a contest, I try to send the reviews before the deadline, but that doesn't always work . . .um, because I have too many deadlines, (
