by Asha Rajan | Oct 3, 2020 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Microprose, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Same but different The last few weeks have felt especially hectic and exhausting to me. Or perhaps it’s just the accumulated weight of watching the world literally and figuratively burn, combined with the weird survivor’s guilt of living in a place where...
by Rowan | Sep 11, 2020 | Fiction|Poetry, Microprose, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
Apocalypse when? I’m not writing this post from inside an evacuation zone. But it’s close. Close enough that my go bag is packed and I’m sleeping in my clothes tonight. This week, writing is more of an escape than a succor. Also I stress-painted the...
by Stacie Dalrymple | Sep 9, 2020 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Microprose, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Small Pleasures I’m watching the news about the fires in my home state of California, and in Oregon, where so many people I love live. I’m seeing friends and family post on Facebook and Instagram. It’s terrifying. [Ed’s note: The sky is very...
by Asha Rajan | Sep 5, 2020 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Microprose, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Spring is springing September’s here and it’s the beginning of Spring in my part of the world! I love this time of year; the days are warmer, the nights are still cool, there’s enough rain to keep everything watered, but not so much that it feels...
by Rowan | Aug 7, 2020 | Fiction|Poetry, Microprose, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
Dona Nobis Pacem It took a long time to write this post. Not because 2020 is still out there 2020’ing, although you’re forgiven if you thought that because it is a totally reasonable thing to think, but because I started picking out a header image and got...
by Stacie Dalrymple | Aug 5, 2020 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Microprose, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
[Ed’s note- The YeahWrite editors extend our sympathies to those affected by the catastrophe in Beirut. It is our urgent hope that the injured heal and that the missing are returned alive to their loved ones. You are in our hearts this week and we grieve with...