by Stacie Dalrymple | Aug 21, 2019 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Six of One… I’ve been having trouble uploading photos to these posts lately. What that means, practically speaking, is that I don’t always end up with the first image (or even the second) that I choose. So this week, you get eggs instead of the bird...
by Michelle Longo | Aug 17, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Time for School! School is back in session here in my little corner of SoCal. I’m proud of myself for resisting the urge to buy a thousand new notebooks and all of the colorful Post-Its. For me, the first day of school is tantamount to January 1. In fact, I...
by Rowan | Aug 16, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
Dying of deadlines It’s the last week of the Super Challenge, and last round’s winners are waiting for their prompt. It’s the last day of this week’s grids, and those winners wanna know, too. In the meantime, all I’ve won is three sets of...
by Stacie Dalrymple | Aug 14, 2019 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Easy Breezy August, the end of summer here in the greater Boston area, is amazing. Sure, it can be hot. But people clear out. It’s so easy to do stuff. No lines at the stores, walking into restaurants without reservations, and much less traffic are just a few of...
by Asha Rajan | Aug 10, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Thunderstruck As I write this, a small dog shivers on my lap, burying her head into the fold between my belly and my thigh. Thunder claps overhead, rattling the windows. It’s Djilba; the fifth of six seasons in the Noongar (or Nyungar, Nyoongar, Nyoongah,...
by Rowan | Aug 9, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Microprose, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
Rough re-entry Some people (cough*Nate*cough) take a break from writing and return invigorated. They have new ideas, new energy, new passion for their work. And if that’s you, I’m jealous, because when I take a break from writing it’s like …...
