by Rowan | Feb 6, 2019 | Nonfiction, Super Challenge, YeahWrite
Math is hard; you reap the benefits One of the things we pride ourselves on at YeahWrite is the quality and consistency of our judging. To give you the best and fairest results, we don’t scatter your group’s stories among a bunch of judges; each judge...
by Christine Hanolsy | Feb 6, 2019 | Challenge, Microprose, Open, YeahWrite
Celebrations I’m a sucker for big outdoor celebrations: festivals, parades, community picnics, all of that, especially when there’s an element of ritual or tradition involved. Yesterday, as you probably know, was Chinese Lunar New Year (known as the Spring...
by Michelle Longo | Feb 2, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Microprose, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
The Timing Is Never Right I don’t have time to write. I don’t have a good place to write. If I’m going to write, I need a dedicated day to do it. I need to have a perfect setup with nice pens and a cup of tea and, I don’t know, a cookie or...
by Rowan | Feb 1, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
Haters gonna hate It’s literally a HUNDRED DEGREES FAHRENHEIT warmer where I am than where my friends are… and it’s still not warm. That’s ok; they’ve promised me snow next week, which means I’ll see four or five anemic flakes...
by Rowan | Feb 1, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Poetry Slam, Writing Help, YeahWrite
Welp, it’s February again, which means I’m locked into my annual quest to find something that’s not a frickin sonnet for our poetry slam. Not that there’s anything wrong with sonnets (and in fact, I’m going to let you write a sonnet this...
by Christine Hanolsy | Feb 1, 2019 | Writing Help, YeahWrite, Year of Fearless Writing
Welcome to the Year of Fearless Writing! You write. I mean, that's why you're here. But how often do you say "I'm a writer?" And what's the difference between "I write" and "I'm a writer" anyway? Over the last five years, YeahWrite--besides being a great place to...
