[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]Of all the writing challenges in all the corners of this internet, you had to walk into mine.
And then you stayed, and you voted, and now you want to know the results, right? Me too. So, just like every Friday, I’m going to give you the results on all three of our grids – nonfiction, fiction|poetry, and microfiction – right here!
But it’s not all about the popular vote, folks. We also have our editorial staff picks to hand out. Every week our editors comb through your submissions looking for their favorites. Picks are based on writing quality, how successful the author is in conveying information, and just plain style. If you got a staff pick this week, grab your badge from the sidebar and wear it with pride!
Once you’re done reading through the staff picks (and congratulating the winners in the comments), keep scrolling down to check out who won the popular vote on all three grids.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]
Yeah write #195 weekly writing challenge staff picks: nonfiction
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you get one place by jenny
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Yeah write #195 weekly writing challenge staff picks: fiction
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this is NOT diary of a wimpy kid by silverleaf
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Yeah write #195 weekly writing challenge staff picks: microstories
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stalker by zeudytigre
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Looking for your badge? The fiction|poetry, nonfiction and microstories challenges all have the same winner, staff pick, and top three badges. It doesn’t clutter up our sidebar, and they’ll still look pretty on yours!
Everybody: before you go, please take some time to leave your favorites a little love in the comments.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]
Weekend moonshine grid opens today at 6 p.m. eastern time
As long as we all have hovercars now, why not fly yours down to the moonshine grid when it opens at 6:00? You can stay all weekend! Natalie is serving pangalactic gargleblasters behind the cosiest little bar that never existed. Heck, even Mike Callahan’s been known to drop by now and then. Bring your rocket skates and your jetpack, but leave your commercial posts at home.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]
Ready for a shot of something new?
Don’t forget, every weekend Nate serves up a double shot of espresso along with free inspiration in the coffeehouse, recounting this week’s best of the best and talking about what made them great and how you can use those techniques in your own writing.
This week we’ll be throwing another poetry slam, too, so stop by and learn what a “cento” is (hint: it’s got nothing to do with the number 5 and everything to do with armor). If you like the idea, try it out for the fiction|poetry grid![/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]
There’s a lot of great fiction, here–along with the non-fiction that I myself didn’t participate in, but enjoyed reading. I LOVED Meg’s piece, The Length of Shadows; that kind of writing puts me in a place where I have to look at myself, and think, “Now, how in the WORLD do you come up with characters and settings that far off of the beaten path?” Very well put together, too.
Awww. Thanks, Derek!
Congrats to all the winners! Really good writing, as usual…:-)
Yay, everyone! Come back next week and write some more.
Oh wow! Thank you Christine, that has made my day. Will need to consider the title more carefully next time. Well done to all the winners 🙂
That’s the kind of blurb that’ll make a girl keep writing. It’s exactly what I needed today. Thanks so much Michelle! And thanks everyone who took the time to read and vote for my piece. <3