by Rowan | Oct 24, 2018 | Super Challenge, Winners, YeahWrite
What a round! The prompt was a little bit of a departure for us, and we hope you enjoyed writing to it as much as we enjoyed reading your stories. Once again, anything that went right is entirely due to our admin team’s untiring work behind the scenes (I know,...
by YeahWrite Editor | Oct 21, 2018 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
One Wish If you had one wish for your writing, what would it be? Time to do what you love? Money to sustain your household while you pursue your dream? Confidence to share your work with the world? I think often we feel like if that One Thing was in place, everything...
by Arden Ruth | Oct 19, 2018 | Weekend Showcase, YeahWrite
The Weekend Writing Showcase is open! TGIF, YeahWriters! Let’s make this place your home for all the stories that didn’t make it to the YeahWrite competitive grids this week. As a refresher, here’s what we had going on! Technique Toolbox: The Joyride Bored? Tired?...
by Rowan | Oct 19, 2018 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
Community I’ve been thinking a lot about community this week. How we build it, who’s in it, who holds us up when we stumble and who brings us together when it looks like we’re drifting apart. Community is who you reach out to when you need a hand...
by YeahWrite Editor | Oct 17, 2018 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Puppy Love Every time I volunteer at our local dog rescue, I want another puppy. Luckily my willpower is winning because having more than two dogs would be far too chaotic for me. My practical side thinks it would be better to collect thimbles or shot glasses or snow...
by YeahWrite Editor | Oct 14, 2018 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Ideas, Relatability, and So What Audre Lorde* said, “There are no new ideas. There are only new ways of making them felt.” Your story about this, that, or the other has been told before. It’s also been felt a million different ways before. What you...