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Vote for your favorite nonfiction, fiction and microstories here

It’s Thursday, y’all. Or maybe it’s Wednesday night for a few more hours where you are. The point is, we’ve all been trying to figure out why there’s no coffee for days and days, and I’ve got your answer right here: The coffee’s in the yeah write coffeehouse. Yeah, all of it. And the coffeehouse has moved to Facebook. (So, probably Mark Zuckerberg drank all your coffee.) Stop by, sign up, and check out Barista Nate’s helpful tips and tricks, plus a double shot of espresso to boost your writing.

Speaking of moving, though, the editors are on the move too- to Long Beach Comic Con! We’ll have a booth, we’re presenting a panel, and we’ll even be running a special microstory challenge just for con attendees. If you wanna get in on the action and you can get to Long Beach on your own, we’re giving away two free passes to the con (hotel not included, sorry). Follow us on Twitter if you haven’t already or send us a Tweet asking to enter the contest and you’ll earn a chance to win them. Leave a comment on this post telling us which entry (any grid) was your favorite and why, and you’ll earn a second chance to win.

Now that you’re all caffeinated and excited to get on the road (and stop at every rest stop from here to Long Beach, because coffee) let’s get to the vote. If you’re new in these parts, here’s how our schedule works: our three challenges open on separate days – Monday for nonfiction, Tuesday for fiction and poetry, and Wednesday for microfiction – but instead of separate days for voting, we’ve combined them all into one big voting post every Thursday.

All three challenges are open below for your voting pleasure. If you want to vote on a grid, please take the time to read all the entries on the grid before voting for the best three. To do that, you might have to take a step back and read the rules for each grid: for example, does that microstory really answer the ultimate question, or did it just make you laugh?

You get three votes on each separate grid. If you’d like to reveal the current vote tallies, just refresh the page after you’ve finished voting. Just a reminder: if you want to see the vote tallies, please use the device you voted from originally. Don’t double-vote just to see how your post is doing; it’s not fair to anyone and we’ll remove your votes.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]

Where’s my post?

Under the yeah write grid structure, all submissions (unless they don’t meet the basic requirements for word count, badge, etc.) are visible on the InLinkz grid for the challenge they are submitted to. Then our editors read the posts, looking for the best of the best: good writing, good ideas, and good execution. In unmoderated weeks, all posts that meet minimum standards will move to the voting grid on Thursday; the other posts will still be visible on the submission grid but will not be eligible for voting.

If you submitted your post but don’t see it on the voting grid, we may not have had a way to contact you to make corrections or fix your word count. Please make sure you always give us a valid email address when you submit, and check your email. If you just have a misplaced footnote, a broken link, or another minor error or two, we may still be able to move you to the voting grid if you can make corrections before the grids close.

[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Thanks to those of you who took the time to write and submit to our grids this week. Thanks also to those of you who may not have had the time or inspiration to write a new post but who dropped by to read and vote – we love you! And welcome to those who may just be showing up to our little corner of the web. As always, if you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to email us or hit us up on Facebook or Twitter.

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yeah write #226 popular voting

Writers: thank you for entering this week’s challenge! If you see your post below, you’ve made it into the voting round. Please make the rounds: read the other entries and leave a footprint for the writers. You love comments? So do they!

Readers and voters: thank you for dropping in on this week’s challenge! Remember that you need to read all the entries on a grid before voting for your favorite three. Click on the thumbnail to read, then click on the heart icon to vote. Can’t decide between two entries for your third vote? Technical merit (such as compelling narrative or persuasive writing) wins over emotional subtext. But you can (and should!) leave your fourth place finisher a very nice comment.

Remember: targeted voting or voting for your own entry is not allowed.

What does this mean?

First, please don’t tell your friends to come and vote for your piece without reading the others. We love to see new faces reading and voting, but they should only vote for your submission if, after reading everything, they think you’re one of the best three.

Second, don’t vote for yourself. If you vote for your own submission, we’ll remove your vote. If it happens too often, we may have to ask you to take a break from the grids. If you vote for your own submission accidentally, please send us a message letting us know what happened and who you would like to vote for instead. Mistakes happen to everyone!

We monitor the vote to make sure our writing challenge isn’t inadvertently turned into a clicking contest, and we will remove any targeted or self votes.

Good luck in the challenge, everybody! Voting closes on Thursday at 10 p.m. US eastern daylight time. [-4 GMT] The winners’ post, including our editorial staff picks, will be published by Friday at noon.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Voting closes on Thursday at 10 p.m. US eastern daylight time. [-4 GMT]

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