by Arden Ruth | Nov 10, 2017 | Weekend Showcase, YeahWrite
The Weekend Writing Showcase is open! TGIF, YeahWriters! Let’s make this place your home for all the stories that didn’t make it to the YeahWrite competitive grids this week. As a refresher, here’s what we had going on! Nonfiction Know-How: Rhythm Writing – like music...
by Rowan | Nov 10, 2017 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Winners
Cheers to the freakin’ weekend And to the one person besides me who’s now got that song stuck in their head. Sorrynotsorry. Whether your weekend is a time of relaxation or whether you’re one of our final ten writers in the Super Challenge, I hope you...
by Stacie Dalrymple | Nov 8, 2017 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Shhh Fall is beautiful in New England but the volume of dropped leaves looms large. The main problem, as far as I’m concerned, is the noise. Leaf blowers run all day; their loud consistent buzzing makes my head want to explode. I can’t escape. I...
by Rowan | Nov 8, 2017 | Fiction|Poetry, Super Challenge, Winners
When we sat down to design the Super Challenge, we asked ourselves three questions: what makes a writing contest great, what do we enjoy doing, and what is hardly anyone else doing? We came up with our prompts because they make the kind of stories and challenges that...
by Michelle Longo | Nov 5, 2017 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Pocket Full of Sunshine Daylight Saving Time ends here in the US today. Apparently there is a whole lot of clock-changing happening around the world and my heart goes out to those affected. Messing with time is really absurd to me, even if this is the part where I get...
by Arden Ruth | Nov 3, 2017 | Weekend Showcase, YeahWrite
The Weekend Writing Showcase is open! TGIF, YeahWriters! Let’s make this place your home for all the stories that didn’t make it to the YeahWrite competitive grids this week. As a refresher, here’s what we had going on! Nonfiction Know-How: Rhythm Writing – like...