by Stacie Dalrymple | Mar 6, 2019 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Microprose, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Spring Forward! Longer days elevate my mood even more than warmer temperatures, and that is saying a lot. And this weekend we set the clocks ahead for daylight saving time, so the light will stay with us later in the day. [Ed’s note: NO. no nonononono no no no...
by Christine Hanolsy | Mar 6, 2019 | Challenge, Microprose, Open, YeahWrite
Once upon a time… Okay, so it was really only last week. Asha and I stumbled across a fun little Twitter contest from the Fairy Tale Review, where participants were asked to tell a complete fairy tale in a single tweet. (You can read some of the results by...
by Michelle Longo | Mar 2, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Microprose, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Way Back When We’re coming up on seven years since I submitted my first post* to YeahWrite. It was terrible. On the surface it was about a box of crackers, but it was actually about my relationship with a former coworker. I don’t remember exactly how the...
by Rowan | Feb 8, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Microprose, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
All I can think of is bird jokes and it’s all Stacie’s fault Well, it’s looking like my little piece of the world is finally about to get some winter, and I’m here for it. Sorry to the folks in Seattle with the sold out grocery stores...
by Stacie Dalrymple | Feb 6, 2019 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Microprose, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Finish Line How do I become one of those people who just stops reading books they aren’t into? I have this odd sense of duty to finish what I start. I know that’s misguided, but I can’t help myself. When I am in a slower period of devouring books,...
by Christine Hanolsy | Feb 6, 2019 | Challenge, Microprose, Open, YeahWrite
Celebrations I’m a sucker for big outdoor celebrations: festivals, parades, community picnics, all of that, especially when there’s an element of ritual or tradition involved. Yesterday, as you probably know, was Chinese Lunar New Year (known as the Spring...