by Rowan | May 5, 2017 | Super Challenge, YeahWrite
Eighteen writers enter. Ten writers leave. While my part of the world is certainly starting to feel like a blisteringly hot dystopia, I’m not quite ready to go full Mad Max yet. Instead, I’m looking for a distraction, and I’ve got eighteen great...
by Arden Ruth | May 5, 2017 | Weekend Showcase, YeahWrite
The Weekend Writing Showcase is open! TGIF, YeahWriters! It’s been a long week here for me, and I’m ready to sit back with a big ol’ glass of red wine and read your wonderful stories. Did you miss the microprose grid this week? Write one anyway and...
by Rowan | May 5, 2017 | Fiction|Poetry, Microprose, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
Cinco De Mayo or Revenge of the Fifth? Whatever your reason for celebrating today – maybe just “It’s Friday” – over here at YeahWrite we’re celebrating our popular vote winners and editorial staff picks. See, while there’s a popular...
by YeahWrite Editor | May 3, 2017 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Microprose, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Look, ducks! My college roommate used to say “Look, ducks!” while pointing in the opposite direction as a distraction when she wanted to steal food from my plate. Distraction might be a useful strategy for culinary orgasms, but it’s not so good for...
by Rowan | May 3, 2017 | Super Challenge, YeahWrite
We’ve left Round One of the Super Challenge in the dust, and I can just see Round Two over the horizon. Once again, anything that went right is entirely due to our admin team’s untiring work behind the scenes, and anything you hate is probably my fault....
by Christine Hanolsy | May 3, 2017 | Challenge, Microprose, Open, YeahWrite
Love ’em and leave ’em I’m in love with my own words. I admit it. There are times I look at a page and I cannot quite fathom cutting a single syllable. But my job as a writer is to figure out what’s at the heart of my words and to whittle away...