Weekly Writing Challenges: Fiction|Poetry Archive

Welcome to YeahWrite’s fiction and poetry archives, a collection of nearly ten years’ worth of fiction and poetry prompts, responses, and competitions. For 500 weeks we hosted a “weekly grid” which enabled writers to link their self-hosted responses, and to read and vote on each others’ work, as well as commenting. While we no longer host a weekly competition grid, we’re still delivering the prompts you love as well as our Super Challenge and classes. Stop by our latest posts to see this week’s prompt, live every Friday at noon US Eastern Time.

yeah write weekly writing challenge #218: popular vote winners and editors’ picks

by Arden Ruth | Jun 19, 2015 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, gargleblaster, micro challenge, microfiction, Microprose, Nonfiction, the speakeasy, Winners, YeahWrite | 1 Comment

[vc_row][vc_column width="1/1"][vc_column_text]I think everyone could use a little extra love this week, don't you? As I stressed last week, yeah write isn't just about boosting your blog. It's about building a community of great writers who want to better themselves...

yeah write #218 weekly writing challenge is open for popular voting

by Arden Ruth | Jun 17, 2015 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, gargleblaster, micro challenge, microfiction, Microprose, Nonfiction, the speakeasy, Voting, YeahWrite | 0 Comments

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Vote for your favorite nonfiction, fiction and microstories here Welcome to yeah write #218 which is another unmoderated week at yeah write. Did you know we're unmoderated all summer? You betcha! It may be too late to submit this...

yeah write #218 weekly writing challenge is open for fiction|poetry

by YeahWrite Editor | Jun 16, 2015 | Fiction|Poetry, the speakeasy, YeahWrite | 0 Comments

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Free to be you and me Fiction is the only form where I feel free to truly express what I'm trying to say. There's no fear of hurting anyone's feelings, no self-consciousness holding me back, no memory confusing times and exact...

yeah write weekly writing challenge #217: popular vote winners and editors’ picks

by Arden Ruth | Jun 12, 2015 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, gargleblaster, micro challenge, microfiction, Microprose, Nonfiction, the speakeasy, Winners, YeahWrite | 5 Comments

[vc_row][vc_column width="1/1"][vc_column_text]I know, I know. It's so easy to just scroll down as quickly as possible without reading the post. You want to know who won! I get it. But make sure you come back here when you're done. Let's chat. It can become very easy...

yeah write #217 weekly writing challenge is open for popular voting: nonfiction, fiction|poetry and microstories

by Arden Ruth | Jun 10, 2015 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, gargleblaster, micro challenge, microfiction, Microprose, Nonfiction, the speakeasy, Voting, YeahWrite | 0 Comments

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Vote for your favorite nonfiction, fiction and microstories here It's that time again! Welcome to another unmoderated week at yeah write. We'll be like this all summer. It's a great time for you lurkers and virgins out there to dive...

yeah write #217 weekly writing challenge is open for fiction|poetry

by YeahWrite Editor | Jun 9, 2015 | Fiction|Poetry, the speakeasy, YeahWrite | 0 Comments

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Thankfully, they weren't wearing bikinis Last week I went to the dog beach with a friend. It's been a while since I've been around such unbridled joy. Pups of all shapes and sizes were kicking up sand and playing an endless game of...

yeah write weekly writing challenge #216: popular vote winners and editors’ picks

by YeahWrite Editor | Jun 5, 2015 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, gargleblaster, micro challenge, microfiction, Microprose, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite | 4 Comments

[vc_row][vc_column width="1/1"][vc_column_text](Yep, I'm subbing for the amazing Rowan this week to announce our challenge winners. She has big floppy shoes to fill and I have teeny-tiny feet, but I'll try.) I want to comment about comments. One of the reasons I love...

yeah write #216 weekly writing challenge is open for popular voting: nonfiction, fiction|poetry and microstories

by YeahWrite Editor | Jun 3, 2015 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, gargleblaster, micro challenge, microfiction, Microprose, Nonfiction, the speakeasy, Voting, YeahWrite | 0 Comments

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Vote for your favorite nonfiction, fiction and microstories here "How high the moon?" I guess it depends on where you're standing, which makes it all the more fun as yeah write's microstory question and optional prompt. Betty Davis...

yeah write #216 weekly writing challenge is open for fiction|poetry

by YeahWrite Editor | Jun 2, 2015 | Fiction|Poetry, the speakeasy, YeahWrite | 1 Comment

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Though the words may be wrong Scat singing is so cool. Glamorous people, such as Ella Fitzgerald and Scatman Crothers, practiced so much that they could sing made-up words to a melody and still manage to keep their audience's...