by Stacie Dalrymple | Sep 6, 2017 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Microprose, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Not Again Hurricane Irma, the strongest storm in the recorded history of the Atlantic Ocean, is currently decimating islands in the Caribbean and on track to hit Miami, where my son is a student. My heart goes out to everyone already suffering and those in...
by Christine Hanolsy | Sep 6, 2017 | Challenge, Microprose, Open, YeahWrite
Everybody needs a little time away You may or may not have noticed, but I took a little vacation this summer, handing the microprose challenge over to my friend and colleague, Asha. The break let me focus on my own writing and editing projects for a bit and was just...
by Michelle Longo | Sep 3, 2017 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Microprose, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
It’s Way Too Early for This As I write this, it’s Wednesday. It’s only 2-cups-of-coffee-so-far o’clock, which means barely 7am. This post won’t go live for about 89 hours and, if the way things have been going is any indication, literally...
by Rowan | Aug 4, 2017 | Fiction|Poetry, Microprose, Nonfiction, Winners
It was the best of weeks, it was the worst of weeks Phew. Microprose, amirite? I’m not kidding when I say it’s our hardest challenge, both from the writer’s end and ours. Like every week, we keep an eye on the grid. We read (yes, even when we...
by Rowan | Aug 2, 2017 | Fiction|Poetry, Microprose, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
It’s the most wonderful time of the year About once a year, I get to steal my favorite writing partner (and second-favorite editor) and go out for happy hour. Of course, all we end up doing is talking about work; I’d say that’s how much we love this...
by Asha Rajan | Aug 2, 2017 | Challenge, Microprose, Open, YeahWrite
Good Things Come In Threes Surprise! It’s Asha again with this month’s Microprose Challenge. We’re pushing boundaries a little in this challenge. The number of prompts you have to include has increased, and the word limit is under 50 words. This...