by Rowan | Jun 23, 2023 | Fiction|Poetry, Super Challenge, Winners, YeahWrite
Unraveling As we mentioned in our guide to genre prompts a while back (cue the “it’s been 84 years” meme) there are some genres that are checklists of things to be included, and some that ask you to change your style or narrative voice. Both kinds,...
by Rowan | May 31, 2023 | Fiction|Poetry, Super Challenge, Winners, YeahWrite
Think positive! By now, all of our writers have been gnashing their teeth over their feedback for a few hours. It’s easy to focus on the negatives, but remember: the judges are specifically asked to point out what they see as the strong points as well as the...
by Rowan | Mar 31, 2023 | Nonfiction, Super Challenge, Winners, YeahWrite
Dear diary (don’t) The trick to writing good memoir – and personal essays are a form of memoir – is making sure you don’t tell the reader more about yourself than you intended. What you thought was a funny story might end up being, well,...
by Rowan | Mar 8, 2023 | Nonfiction, Super Challenge, Winners, YeahWrite
Write here, write now. Creative nonfiction is uncomfortable. It’s vulnerable. And it’s amazing. Congratulations to ALL our writers. The judges worked hard to give you the valuable feedback that could take your essays to the next level (if you’re not...
by Rowan | Dec 23, 2022 | Fiction|Poetry, Super Challenge, Winners, YeahWrite
A few of my favorite things No, it’s not raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens. OK the kittens thing maybe. I don’t have a cat problem, and I’m not a cat lady, I swear. But besides kittens, what I love is feedback from our judges that goes like...
by Rowan | Nov 30, 2022 | Fiction|Poetry, Super Challenge, Winners, YeahWrite
Why we’re all here I’m going to keep this short and sweet – we all know you’re really here for the results! As YeahWrite’s Editor-in-Chief, I don’t usually get the chance to comment on the Super Challenge stories. But I do make a...