by Rowan | Aug 16, 2019 | Nonfiction, Super Challenge, YeahWrite
The final round closes in: Day(s) : Hour(s) : Minute(s) : Second(s) Well, here we are. The final round of Lucky Number 13, YeahWrite’s nonfiction Super Challenge. We don’t have 13 writers, of course, but 12, and they’ll be competing for those...
by Rowan | Aug 14, 2019 | Nonfiction, Super Challenge, Winners, YeahWrite
Winning – or advancing in – a writing competition should be a matter of skill, not luck. But I’ll be very real with y’all: this time it almost came down to luck. In more than one of our groups, despite our distributed judging method, there were...
by Rowan | Jul 26, 2019 | Nonfiction, Super Challenge, YeahWrite
Round One Closes in: Day(s) : Hour(s) : Minute(s) : Second(s) There’s a phrase often used in talking about journalism and essays: burying the lede. It means to ramble on and on without giving the reader enough information to tell what the piece is really about....
by Rowan | Jun 7, 2019 | Nonfiction, Super Challenge, YeahWrite
What goes around, comes around There’s nothing like a fast deadline to really get a writer’s adrenaline pumping. But why should the fiction writers have all the fun? YeahWrite started eight years ago with creative nonfiction, and we’re still...
by Rowan | May 31, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Super Challenge, Winners, YeahWrite
It’s all over now… The judges’ results are in and tallied and we’re ready to announce the winners of our twelfth Super Challenge! Fun fact: in my hometown there was a street sign that read “twelveth street” so thanks for using...
by Rowan | May 17, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Super Challenge, YeahWrite
The Final Round Closes in: Day(s) : Hour(s) : Minute(s) : Second(s) Welcome to the final round of Yeah Write’s Super Challenge 12, shortlisted writers! This is SC 12 and there are 12 of you – coincidence? Who knows. But over the next 48 hours all 12 of you...
