by Rowan | Jun 3, 2022 | Fiction|Poetry, Super Challenge, YeahWrite
Round 2 Closes in: Day(s) : Hour(s) : Minute(s) : Second(s) Everything old is new again When you’ve read quite a few things, you start to notice patterns. Stories that are told over and over again, plus or minus a few tweaks. Hamlet and the Lion King, for...
by Rowan | Jun 1, 2022 | Fiction|Poetry, Super Challenge, Winners, YeahWrite
I HATE EVERYTHING I’VE EVER WRITTEN AND I SHOULD STOP FOREVER It’s hard not to to feel like that sometimes, right? Especially when you get your feedback. And especially when it looks like you got a lot more negative than positive. But think about it: to...
by Rowan | May 6, 2022 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Super Challenge, YeahWrite
Round One Closes in: Day(s) : Hour(s) : Minute(s) : Second(s) Read the whole post Subtle, aren’t we? But no. We do mean it. Read the whole post. One of the things we pride ourselves on as we kick off the TWENTY FOURTH Super Challenge is that we never hide the...
by Christine Hanolsy | Mar 28, 2022 | Fiction|Poetry, Super Challenge, YeahWrite
Not your average writing competition Seven years ago, a few of the YeahWrite editors put their heads together to design a writing competition that would be as much fun to run as it would be to enter. It took a little tweaking here and there, but we think we’ve...
by Rowan | Mar 25, 2022 | Nonfiction, Super Challenge, Winners, YeahWrite
I got an ulcer waiting for this post! People have asked us why we release feedback the way we do. It’s because we want you to sit with it. That’s the short answer. The long answer is that both positive and negative feedback lands more gently if you...
by Rowan | Mar 4, 2022 | Nonfiction, Super Challenge, YeahWrite
Round 2 Closes in: Day(s) : Hour(s) : Minute(s) : Second(s) Did you miss us? The final round of YeahWrite’s 23d Super Challenge starts, well, now. Our judges are waiting with bated (not baited, ew, check those homophones) breath for your essays. I have a hunch...
