Welcome yeah write virgins!
We had about 10 new writers on the challenge grid this week. Yeah write is infamous for its moderated queue and famous for its community spirit, and we are glad to attract new writing talent week after week with this friendly little writing competition. Please keep spreading the word about us.
Those three votes turned into the precious
Tough week to choose, no? The challenge was populated with some of the most consistently good writing we’ve had here at yeah write, and that quality made those three votes worth their weight in gold. Thanks to everyone whose posts of substance, wit, and originality wowed us.
To you first-timers, we bestow upon you an overly affectionate yeah write welcome hug. Bring us your best stuff next week, too.
Crowd favorite
“The Stories Are in Our Blood” by Karen M at Fat Girl in Boxing Gloves
In this week’s crowd favorite, “The Stories Are in Our Blood” by Karen at Fat Girl in Boxing Gloves, the author starts by telling us what she’s not going to write about, and then sort of writes about it – and a whole lot more – anyway. It’s a really inventive storytelling structure with a meandering stream of consciousness telling. And may I put something in all caps for a moment? IT IS SO HARD TO WRITE IN THIS STYLE. The piece sounds effortless, like she’s our really cool friend just thinking out loud. But Karen manages to make three (or more) stories cohere – three weddings, relationships with parents, and a current love story – all while tossing off great lines like “I become a babbling word volcano of awkwardness” and “This is in keeping with Mo’s family legacy of procuring bad tattoos” and “it gets stuck in my throat like too much cheese on an otherwise perfect slice of pizza.” In her final paragraph, she writes this, which sums up what the yeah write ethic is all about: “My faith lies in stories.”
Congratulations, Karen! Bling out your blog with your brand new crowd favorite badge over in the sidebar.
Congrats also to Elsa and Kate for rounding out the top row three. Y’all can pick up your badges in the sidebar, too.
Weekend moonshine grid opens today at 6 p.m. eastern time and we have PRIZES!
It’s the weekend, and Natalie D is setting up her moonshine grid and bathtub gin just for you. The moonshine grid is the flip side of our weekly challenges: a no-stress link-up where we accept anything except commercial or sponsored posts. You can catch up with Natalie starting at 6 p.m. eastern time today. Closing time is midnight on Monday.
Win-win
The thumbnails are now sorted in the grid from most votes to the least. In the case of a tie, the thumbnails are additionally sorted by page views.
Do not be discouraged if your blog has landed near the bottom of the grid; especially if it was a tight race. The fun lies in getting better exposure for your blog and, in the spirit of competition, an incentive to improve your writing and blogging skills. It’s a win-win for everybody involved.
Thanks again, everybody, for submitting, for reading, and for accepting the weekly writing challenge. And for making yeah write the most welcoming spot on the Interwebs for writers who blog and bloggers who write.
Take a moment…
Before you go? Congratulate this week’s winners in the comments, and let your favorites know their work meant something to you. Yeah write #151 opens Tuesday.
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Congratulations to the Top Row 3. And welcome to all the new voices that linked up this week. What a great collection for #150.
Thank you all for the kind words, and congratulations to Elsa and Kate. There were some great entries this week.
Congratulations, Karen! There was some really great writing this week – thanks all for participating!
Congratulations to Karen, Elsa and Kate. I’m waiting for next challenge. 🙂
Congrats everyone! Voting was especially tough this week!
Such good stories this week! Congrats to Karen and thanks to all for bringing your best stuff!
Woohoo Karen!!! Congratulations! Welcome virgins and thanks for sharing such wonderful stories everyone!
Congratulations, Karen! It was so nice to have you back on the challenge grid. Thanks, everyone, for another great week, and thanks to all the virgins for sharing your hard work with us.