by Christine Hanolsy | Feb 1, 2021 | Fiction|Poetry, Navigating Prompts, Nonfiction, Writing Help, YeahWrite
Take this word and shove it Or rather—don’t. As we’ve mentioned before, judges and editors want to see you incorporate a prompt, not just include it. They want to see where you go with your own story, told in your own unique style and voice, with pieces...
by YeahWrite Editor | Jan 29, 2021 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
The Reboot The days are getting longer; I can feel my mood improving, even though we had five inches of snow last night. I’m still trying to figure out how to send all the snow to Rowan; there’s got to be a way. Snow’s pretty though, and I can...
by YeahWrite Editor | Jan 22, 2021 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Nothing New Under the Sun As a fan of history, I’ve been reading up on the effects of the 1918 “Spanish” flu epidemic on society. The flu hit right when World War I was gearing up and several political and social upheavals (the fall of the Ottoman...
by Arden Ruth | Jan 15, 2021 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
POP! I’m having one of those weeks where I’m simply trying to keep my head above water. Between multiple professional and personal deadlines, a 24-hour doom, I mean, news cycle, and a frustrating inability to ask for help, my brain feels like it could at...
by Rowan | Jan 8, 2021 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Here, lizard, lizard… Some phrases just stick with you. That headline? That’s from an ad that you had to be in sort of a specific age at a specific time to remember. But if I say it out loud, my whole cohort will join in. Those are the kind of lines we...
by Christine Hanolsy | Jan 1, 2021 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Out with the old Well, look at that. I’m the lucky duck who gets to kick the old year to the curb and welcome in the new one. There’s no guarantee, of course, that 2021 will treat us any more kindly than 2020 did, but I’m generally an optimist, and I...
