Is this your first time here? Writers are readers!
Welcome! If you have a well-told personal essay or traditional blog anecdote to share with us, and it’s no longer than 600 words, please feel free to join us for our friendly little writing competition. Check out our FAQ and other details on our how yeah write works page. If you’ve read and read and you can’t figure out, please email us and we’ll help start you on your way. Read and read some more before sending us the crankiest email you’ve ever written, though. It’s the kind and courteous thing to do.
If short fiction and poetry is your gig, please head over to the speakeasy for some prompted goodness. This week and next week will be the final speakeasy grids for the summer, so make the most of it.
Our basic mission—to develop and showcase the writing talent of our community
Wait. Maybe we have two. One is to showcase the talents of the best writers who come our way. The other is to help our beginning and emerging writers find their talent. Most of the year, we accomplish this dual mission by setting and displaying examples, but it’s over the summer we take the time to be very hands-on about it. For the entire month of July 2013, Sundays included, we’ll be hosting the yeah write version of ProBlogger’s 31 Days to Build a Better Blog series.
You know us: we’re not gonna just teach you to be a better blogger, we’re gonna teach you to be a better writer and, possibly, a better person, mainly because your Aunt Selina specifically wrote to us about the thing last holiday. Don’t act all surprised: you know what you did. And we’re gonna handle it all month long.
Stay tuned for details. For those of you who budget for good things ahead of time: the ProBlogger book we’ll be following is $29.99. The yeah write narrative sessions will be $45 a week. Take one weekly narrative session along with the 31DBBB series or take all four. Take the writing session and skip 31DBBB, follow along with 31DBBB and skip the writing sessions. Whatever your calendar or budget will allow, all scheduled within the month of July. Watch your yeah write email blast for the registration form.
Are you a yeah write supporting subscriber at the $10/mo. level, originally signed up for at least 12 months? Are you planning on becoming a yeah write supporting subscriber at the $10/mo. level, signing up for at least 12 months? If this is you by June 15, you can register for one of the four narrative session at no charge. Perks have perks. Watch your email.
Yeah write #110 weekly writing challenge is open
The grid is open submissions. What’s the grid? It’s the array of thumbnail avatars right below this body of text you blew past on the first read-through. You can add what you want as long as it meets our submission guidelines. If it doesn’t meet the guidelines and you add it anyway, please wait by your inbox for a love letter from our submissions editor. The letter will contain everything you need for a properly edited submission. And love. It may contain love.
Speaking of love
Please leave any questions, concerns or sweet talk in comments. We always want to know when you’re reading or listening or just hanging out. Need a super secret, I’m-paying-attention phrase? Um, lessee. How about “We’re out of lobster already?”
Odds, ends, reminders
- Your post can be no longer than 600 words
- Your post can be dated no earlier than May 19th, the day the yeah write #110 badges were officially posted
- The grid is open from Tuesday at 12:01 a.m. to Wednesday at 11:59 p.m. US eastern [-4 GMT]
- It is limited to 50 bloggers
- Voting will take place Thursday from midnight to 10:00 p.m. US eastern [-4 GMT]
- The winners’ post will be published by noon on Friday
- Our new weekend moonshine grid will open Friday at 6 p.m. and close Monday by 12:01 a.m. US eastern [-4 GMT]
- No self-promotional posts are allowed on the yeah write grid, including those containing links to other blog events and Internet contests
- Combining your yeah write post with other blog events meant to maximize your exposure and minimize your effort is a no-no
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Lobsters are a sneaky bunch. You’re walking home at night then they just jump out of the darkness and murder you with a sword. Then they disappear in a cloud of smoke.
Wait…I might be thinking about ninjas. I always get those two confused.
All out of lobster already, huh? I was hankering for a lobster roll. Got any clam chowder? Oh – and some of those tasty hush puppies?
Out of lobster ALREADY?? What is left to live for?
At least, is there coffee? Please tell me there’s coffee.
There is always coffee.
We’re out of lobster already? Well, what’s the point?
You were so close to 30 entries that I had to submit despite our insane week.
I can’t wait for the summer series! I enjoyed the last one so much!
Thank you thank you! Both for pushing us toward 30 and for being excited about the summer series.
I have a seafood allergy, but I’m coming to the table anyways!!!
I started last summer while I was, uh, incapacitated. It was one if the things that got me through the rough stuff. Heading out to the great unknown. See you end of July. Will there be any lobster left then?
Maybe!
We’re out of lobster already? That’s okay. Never got the hang of eating it anyway – all that cracking and tearing apart and dipping in butter! I’m down with sinusitis right now so I’m liable to be cranky about whatever food is around. Hope I feel good enough to get writing this week!
I am doing my best to join the grid this week, but my brain is resistant to the idea. If I can’t write anything tonight, it’s because I have a heavy workload waiting for me at my desk tomorrow.
I have actually never eaten lobster. I am more of a crawfish or shrimp kinda gal.
I don’t even like lobster. Is that weird? It’s only 2:30 and we’re already halfway to an invitational! Keep ’em coming. Loving the reads so far!
I do love the variety this week! It’s always hard to gauge if we’re gonna hit 30 by a certain time, but I hope we get there.
Oh, and do I need to be out of lobster already? Because lobster dinners are so 1999.
I can’t wait for the summer series. I came in right at the tail end of last year’s and wished I had been around for the whole thing.
We’re out of lobster already?! No problem! Here in Bawl-mer we eat crabs, hon! Linking up this morning in honor of my oldest’s preschool graduation. Really? They have preschool graduation?
I love that there will be a new summer series. Last year’s was so helpful. I can’t wait to see what’s in store for this year. However, we’re out of lobster already? That’s disappointing.
July sounds like a blast! Look forward to it.
Look at Kirsten: she may be busy with her newest addition, but she still likes to show up when the grid opens and leave a comment. 🙂
It’s because I’m always up nursing that dang (cute) baby. 🙂
Congrats on the new baby, mama! Leave it to Cyn to let us know what’s going on in our community. Here is to health, happiness and sleepless nights.