by Nathan James | May 30, 2020 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Carpe Liam I’ve been thinking a lot about this year’s high school senior class. A friend’s son, Liam, graduated with honors last week. He won’t get a ceremony or the chance to toss that frisbee hat into the air, but none of that will matter as...
by Rowan | May 29, 2020 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
Enough As I write this, George Floyd is dead. As I write this, Regis Korchinski-Paquet is dead. As I write this, Tony McDade is dead. As I write this, Minneapolis is burning. It’s tempting to say, “I’m a writer, I can write about what I want. What...
by Stacie Dalrymple | May 27, 2020 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Return of the Vermin Everywhere I look, at least if I’m looking out of a window in my house, I see chipmunks. They’ve been digging vast tunnel-networks underneath my lawn, apparently. And I have SO many rabbits, I’m just waiting to discover some...
by Michelle Longo | May 23, 2020 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
I’m Sure I’m Not the Only One I think it’s fair to say that most of us get envious of others from time to time. What I think happens often though, and we don’t talk about it, is that feeling of envy for things othes have achieved when we are...
by Rowan | May 22, 2020 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
Time, time time… see what’s become of me. I have no idea what day it is. KIDDING. It’s Thursday night. Days of the week are kind of getting away from me this week, though, what with quarantine and this project I’m doing. It’s a worthwhile...
by Stacie Dalrymple | May 20, 2020 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Still Brain Dead Look, I know I was brain dead last week but here I am again, forgetting the day of the week. I just don’t know when I am going to be able to process this very basic information again. I think it doesn’t help that my days are totally...