by Rowan | Oct 23, 2020 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
Can’t can Or, rather, I can can, and I’m so tired of canning that the five back to back 12-hour days I just worked felt like a respite. I have apple butter, plum butter, sauerkraut (that’s not canned, if you’re keeping score; it’s...
by Stacie Dalrymple | Oct 21, 2020 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Geese Gone Most of the New England geese have already migrated south for the winter, and I’m so jealous that I can’t just fly south too, although not now, definitely not now. I wouldn’t miss the most spectacularly beautiful time of year; I...
by Nathan James | Oct 17, 2020 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Gimme that Bread According to an article I read recently, the top eight things people have bought during the pandemic are in order from lowest: manicure accessories, jigsaw puzzles, kiddie pools, exercise machines, computer enhancements (microphones, stand up desks,...
by Rowan | Oct 16, 2020 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
Falling for… fall. It’s finally here: weather that makes me want tomato soup with rosemary in it, and grilled cheese cut into soldiers for dipping. Nutmeg in everything (yes, in my coffee this morning) and cardamom and ginger and thick socks and piles of...
by Christine Hanolsy | Oct 14, 2020 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Up all night (to keep writing) I don’t know about you, but I have a finite window of productive writing time. Oh, not in terms of how many hours there are in the day, but in terms of even if I had all the hours in the world, I can only really write for a few in...
by Michelle Longo | Oct 10, 2020 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Dance Whether Someone’s Watching or Not I’m sure you’ve seen the posts on Facebook where one person (and then about 35-55% of your feed) posts a question on a cute background so everyone can answer and play along. I saw one not too long ago asking...
