Weekly Writing Challenges: Fiction|Poetry Archive
Welcome to YeahWrite’s Weekly Writing Challenge #479
Winter is ... here I'm not sure what the weather's like where you are, but it's very confused here. Yesterday began with frost on the grass and air so cold my breath fogged in it as I walked. By midday, I was peeling layers of clothing off, and in the evening, I was...
YeahWrite #478 Weekly Writing Challenge: Popular Vote Winners
Tell me a story When the world–the outside world or our internal landscape–gets too big to look at, one way we process is with stories. Stories are important: they let us examine aspects of reality, learn about each other, or access our feelings. Right now we're...
YeahWrite #478 Weekly Writing Challenge is Open for Popular Voting
Unexpected places The world today is simultaneously huge and tiny. It can be intimidating to look around and think "what am I doing to make a difference?" But the good news is, no matter who you are or where you are, you can do something. Even babynames.com has a way...
Welcome to YeahWrite’s Weekly Writing Challenge #478
Collective Action Community is critical. Humans don't "lone wolf" well (and the lone wolf is a myth anyway). Do you know what "fittest" means in survival of the fittest? It means best suited to the environment, including the fitness of the collective. As we move into...
YeahWrite #477 Weekly Writing Challenge: Popular Vote Winners
Black Lives Matter Yes, that's an unequivocal statement. Not just the "perfect victims" sleeping in their beds or the ones whose murders are recorded. Every single one. Every Black life. If you're going out to protest this weekend, stay safe, know your rights, and we...
YeahWrite #477 Weekly Writing Challenge is Open for Popular Voting
Editor's Note As I write this, thousands of people are in the streets in cities nationwide. Worldwide. The US President is calling for the use of military force against citizens. As writers, readers, and editors we know how a story is told matters. "Protesters were...
20/20 Hindsight – Fifth Variation
Bigger is better? We've been pretty stingy with words over the last few months. This month, we're feeling a little more generous! Like, so generous! And it's not just because our sample story originally came in at 2,700 words, at least 2,100 of which are "darlings."...
The World (of) Series
I'm counting on you. Okay, I didn't pick this month's poetry slam for all the puns, but I sure could have. I could use a little humor these days, don't know about you. Anyway. So about June. I've been thinking a lot these days about relations, and connections, and the...
Welcome to YeahWrite’s Weekly Writing Challenge #477
Carpe Liam I've been thinking a lot about this year's high school senior class. A friend's son, Liam, graduated with honors last week. He won't get a ceremony or the chance to toss that frisbee hat into the air, but none of that will matter as much when he's a college...
The final round of Super Challenge #16 is underway!
Welcome, shortlisted writers! There are twelve of you left, and we expect to see some amazing* stories come out of this weekend! This round, you'll be combining tropes from two genres to make a blended-genre story. A few tips and pointers about this round: Look. Up....
