by Christine Hanolsy | Jun 7, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Microprose, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
That was easy. You might or might not have seen that commercial. The office supplies one? The one where at the end a character hits a big red button and a voice booms THAT WAS EASY. That’s how I feel about some conversations we’ve been having lately in our...
by Christine Hanolsy | Jun 5, 2019 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Microprose, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
All together now I went to my second grader’s school play today. It wasn’t much in terms of length—only five minutes—but it told the story of an old man who grew an enormous turnip, a turnip so big that he couldn’t pull it out on his own. So the old...
by Rowan | Jun 1, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Poetry Slam, Writing Help, YeahWrite
Happy Independence Day! Here in the U.S.A. we’re not supposed to be celebrating until July, but someone on my block broke out the fireworks last weekend and got me thinking about parties. So this month, June, we’re going to celebrate Independence Day...
by Nathan James | Jun 1, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Microprose, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
The Answer is Iowa For at least a decade now, I’ve been trying to figure out who one of my 2nd great-grandfather’s parents are. Long story short: No one in my family could ever find a paper trail on where he came from. So I’ve been digging and...
by Christine Hanolsy | Jun 1, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Writing Help, YeahWrite, Year of Fearless Writing
Welcome to the Year of Fearless Writing! You write. I mean, that's why you're here. But how often do you say "I'm a writer?" And what's the difference between "I write" and "I'm a writer" anyway? Over the last five years, YeahWrite--besides being a great place to...
by Rowan | May 31, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Super Challenge, Winners, YeahWrite
It’s all over now… The judges’ results are in and tallied and we’re ready to announce the winners of our twelfth Super Challenge! Fun fact: in my hometown there was a street sign that read “twelveth street” so thanks for using...
