Weekly Writing Challenges: Fiction|Poetry Archive
Welcome to YeahWrite’s Weekly Writing Challenge #344
Helllllllooooooo Writers! Raise your hand if you're doing NaNoSomethingMo. Novels, blogs, poetry? November is a big month for writers who want to commit to producing a large volume of words while possibly also cursing, crying, or tearing their hair out. You're almost...
The Final Round of Super Challenge 6 is Underway!
Ten, nine eight... We're down to the final ten writers in Super Challenge 6. You're all fantastic and we're excited to have you here, so we're gonna stretch you to your limits this round with a new prompt: we'll write the summary, you write the story it fits. Yes,...
YeahWrite #343 Weekly Writing Challenge: Popular Vote 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 have a fantastic...
YeahWrite #343 Weekly Writing Challenge is Open for Popular Voting
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 can't concentrate. I...
Congratulations to the Round 2 winners at YeahWrite Super Challenge #6
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...
Welcome to YeahWrite’s Weekly Writing Challenge #343
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...
YeahWrite #342 Weekly Writing Challenge: Popular Vote Winners and Editors’ Picks
Doing Better Last night I had the dubious joy of sharing a coffeeshop with two lit-bros. They described in excruciating detail their fascinating and innovative stories, that they were sure nobody had shared with the world. "My story takes place in the 60's, like, in...
YeahWrite #342 Weekly Writing Challenge is Open for Popular Voting
November Is For Writing Only it seems I'll be reading instead. I have an idea for a novel, because who doesn't? But NaNoWriMo intimidates me when I can't even find time to write a blog post. I have done NaBloPoMo a few times in the past, and honestly daily blogging...
Welcome to YeahWrite’s Weekly Writing Challenge #342
All Hail the Internet! Did you know that today is National Internet Day? I'm assuming this is a U.S. based "holiday" but since the Internet is global, we can all celebrate! Without the glorious Internet, YeahWrite wouldn't exist. I wouldn't have the same beautiful...
Super Challenge #6 Round 2 is Underway!
Are you ready for this? We've moved our traditional final round challenge to Round 2 of the Super Challenge this time, and we're excited to see what you come up with. This round our writers will be combining two genres to tell their story. That's it, no character,...
