by Rowan | Jun 28, 2021 | Nonfiction, Super Challenge, YeahWrite
Y’all, I know I’m supposed to write something chirpy and exciting, but the LOW temperature here last night was around 90 degrees (around 30 Celsius for folks living in countries with reasonable measurement standards) and frankly I think I’ve sweated...
by Rowan | Jun 25, 2021 | Fiction|Poetry, Super Challenge, Winners, YeahWrite
On fire Not literally, as in living in Oregon during this 114F/45C heatwave, but figuratively, as in the fires of love, or “your story is on fire.” We are feeling inappropriately smug about this prompt combo, which yielded one of our best crops of...
by Rowan | Jun 4, 2021 | Fiction|Poetry, Super Challenge, YeahWrite
Round 2 Closes in: Day(s) : Hour(s) : Minute(s) : Second(s) Inventive Headline Goes Here It’s the final round of the 20th Super Challenge and is your brain as tired of coming up with ideas as mine? Probably. The good news is, your story doesn’t have to be...
by Rowan | Jun 2, 2021 | Fiction|Poetry, Super Challenge, Winners, YeahWrite
A token of our affection As the token gamer of the team, I’ve been playing a lot of, well, stuff lately. Some to relax, some to catch up (first of all, the Hugos have a video game category this year; second of all, I have a lot of Zelda to replay before all the...
by Rowan | May 7, 2021 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Super Challenge, YeahWrite
Round One Closes in: Day(s) : Hour(s) : Minute(s) : Second(s) April showers bring May… Allergies. Also flowers, I guess. I had no idea until I started wearing masks and not getting sick how many of my seasonal colds were exacerbated by having moved away and back...
by Rowan | Mar 26, 2021 | Nonfiction, Super Challenge, Winners, YeahWrite
It’s time Like our prompt phrase, the headline for this post can have a lot of meanings. First, “it’s time” to make our announcements. But also, you know what contributed to the success of a lot of these essays? That’s right:...