by Arden Ruth | Sep 22, 2017 | 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! Fiction|Poetry Prompt Up: This week’s prompt...
by Rowan | Sep 22, 2017 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
“I’d rather take coffee than compliments just now” Louisa May Alcott said that first, or so the Internet tells me, but I’m feeling it right now. My espresso machine has been broken for a month and I’ve been spending my mornings hunched...
by Stacie Dalrymple | Sep 20, 2017 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Hop to it! Bunnies love my yard. Right now, outside of my window, I see three bunnies munching on the grass and eyeballing the sliding glass door as if at any moment two rambunctious dogs might rush out. Their caution is well-founded; my dogs enjoy a good chase almost...
by Asha Rajan | Sep 19, 2017 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Open, YeahWrite
Yarns Of Wool And Words Winter is a really unproductive season for me. I find the dark, cold days affect my energy and enthusiasm, and I struggle to maintain a reasonable schedule. When I’m in a writing slump like this, I try to exercise other creative muscles....
by Stacie Dalrymple | Sep 18, 2017 | Challenge, Nonfiction, Open, YeahWrite
Everyone starts at the beginning This is (somehow) the 5 year anniversary of my first ever editor’s pick at YeahWrite for my post about latte foam which honestly I thought was a silly piece without much merit. As I recall, it didn’t do all that well in the...
by Michelle Longo | Sep 17, 2017 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Going for the Gut We are about to start renovating our kitchen. We’ve lived here a little over seven years, and the kitchen has needed to be renovated for at least the last 20. At first, we thought we might be able to do it piecemeal. Update one thing here,...