Flash your badge for your very best writing
We all know it’s coming. Every Sunday we say “Dude! Here’s your badge!” and every Tuesday we open up the challenge grid. Are you a planner who carefully germinates and tends a blog post for the challenge grid? Or do you dash off a passionate rendition of a still raw memory and click publish before you lose your nerve? Either way – we want your very best, so give it to us. But first grab a badge from the sidebar!
Today is the earliest your yeah write #123 weekly writing challenge grid post can be dated. Any first-timers who feel insecure or confused should email us if they run into trouble. At yeah write, we’re here for you!
Challenge only for the summer; the fiction speakeasy is on hiatus
The grid opens Tuesday, and it’s just the place for your personal stories and true anecdotes. The speakeasy is still on summer hiatus, and we welcome the poets and fiction-writers a little creative non-fiction.
There’s a limit of 500 words plus 100 words grace if you need them
The challenge grid limits a post to 500 words. Editing and cutting helps a writer cut out the squishy bits while leaving the sweetness. Keeping it tight encourages readers to read your entire post — and then vote! So we are continuing with a 600-word limit—remember that’s 500 words plus grace. Use that grace wisely for a brief intro or a small footnote, if you like, but really try to stay closer to 500 words. We’re not trying to limit your creativity; we just know you can keep it together and hold your readers’ attention without fluff. You’ve got six days of the week to write as long as you like. Give us this one day.
The yeah write way
Yes, it is open submissions at the challenge grid, but editors will be kindly monitoring posts. If yours is returned to you this week, it’s not a comment on your writing, but a reflection of the yeah write guidelines. In other words: It’s not you, it’s us—helping you become a better writer. For more information, or a refresher, visit how yeah write works. We’re looking for a so what, empathetic characters and strong endings. You know, your best stuff!
Read well, write well, rewrite often
Yeah write #123 weekly writing challenge grid opens Tuesday. See you there – don’t forget your badge!
