by Rowan | Jun 25, 2021 | Fiction|Poetry, Super Challenge, Winners, YeahWrite
On fire Not literally, as in living in Oregon during this 114F/45C heatwave, but figuratively, as in the fires of love, or “your story is on fire.” We are feeling inappropriately smug about this prompt combo, which yielded one of our best crops of...
by Rowan | Jun 4, 2021 | Fiction|Poetry, Super Challenge, YeahWrite
Round 2 Closes in: Day(s) : Hour(s) : Minute(s) : Second(s) Inventive Headline Goes Here It’s the final round of the 20th Super Challenge and is your brain as tired of coming up with ideas as mine? Probably. The good news is, your story doesn’t have to be...
by Rowan | Jun 2, 2021 | Fiction|Poetry, Super Challenge, Winners, YeahWrite
A token of our affection As the token gamer of the team, I’ve been playing a lot of, well, stuff lately. Some to relax, some to catch up (first of all, the Hugos have a video game category this year; second of all, I have a lot of Zelda to replay before all the...
by Rowan | May 28, 2021 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Candy I used to stock my shelves with books and music without really paying much attention to if I liked them or not. Instead, I acquired things that the person I thought I’d like to be–the person I wanted people to think I was–would enjoy. I watched...
by Rowan | May 7, 2021 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Super Challenge, YeahWrite
Round One Closes in: Day(s) : Hour(s) : Minute(s) : Second(s) April showers bring May… Allergies. Also flowers, I guess. I had no idea until I started wearing masks and not getting sick how many of my seasonal colds were exacerbated by having moved away and back...
by Rowan | May 1, 2021 | Fiction|Poetry, Navigating Prompts, Nonfiction, Writing Help, YeahWrite
Sneaking a peek If you’re anything like me, you’re given to sneaking a peek into the market basket of the person ahead of you in line. Sure, it’s gotten a bit more difficult with social distancing, but I can still make out a lot of the contents. I...
