by Christine Hanolsy | Aug 1, 2020 | 2020 Hindsight, Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Writing Help, YeahWrite
Tap tap, is this thing on? Think about this: you’re at a party. You’re telling your favorite anecdote about the time you hid a bunch of frogs under a basket in the garage, and what happened when they got loose (spoilers: they scared your mom half to death...
by Christine Hanolsy | Jul 31, 2020 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
Just? It’s probably my least favorite word in the English language, honestly: JUST. Not only because right now “just” and “justice” are super-fraught words, but because they’re weaponized in other ways. “Just write,”...
by Stacie Dalrymple | Jul 29, 2020 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Kissing Chicken Today is both National Chicken Wing Day AND National Lipstick Day. Does this mean chickens have lips? I didn’t think so. But you don’t need to kiss a chicken on the lips to read and vote on the grids! Or to comment – don’t...
by Nathan James | Jul 25, 2020 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Vacationing from the pandemic Yeah, it’s weird, but it’s happening. I take a break every year around now to hang out with my family and friends in northern Michigan. There’s usually about 30 of us in assorted cabins around a lake, but this year...
by Rowan | Jul 24, 2020 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
Important I’ve sat down to write this post about five times now, and tapped out every time. Because part of me is like “look, Rowan, you need to write the [censored] post, ok?” and part of me is like “yes, we know, but like, there’s a...
by Stacie Dalrymple | Jul 22, 2020 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
In the Weeds Every day, I hike with my dogs along a wooded trail which in two places opens up into a meadow. The weeds have gotten so tall on either side of the trail that I can no longer see my dogs if they choose to venture in there. Heck, in some places the brush...
