by Stacie Dalrymple | Apr 23, 2021 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Migration Spring is in the air, and change is coming. The hummingbirds will arrive back in Massachusetts shortly, followed by the orioles. I’ll be putting out feeders for both, bird nerd that I am. Change can be hard, but it also often signals a rebirth, small...
by Rowan | Apr 16, 2021 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Party time! Excellent! It’s YeahWrite’s TENTH BIRTHDAY, OFFICIALLY! You’re still welcome to join us for the party this Friday and Saturday, just hit us up for the Zoom link to join our actual faces and the Discord party chat. Yeah, you need to RSVP,...
by Rowan | Apr 9, 2021 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Last week, our community lost one of its most steadfast members, Margaret Shafer. Margaret first started posting her essays on the YeahWrite weekly grids in December of 2016, and she hardly missed a single week since then. She was an active participant in the...
by Christine Hanolsy | Apr 2, 2021 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Permission Lately I’ve found myself in the position of having to say “no” a lot—no, you can’t have more screen time; no, we can’t go out for burgers; no, you can’t go play until you’re done with your homework. And then, last...
by Rowan | Apr 1, 2021 | Fiction|Poetry, Navigating Prompts, Nonfiction, Writing Help, YeahWrite
Who goes there? It’s possible to tell a story with no characters. Ray Bradbury’s “There Will Come Soft Rains” comes to mind, although even that sinks to anthropomorphism a bit. (CW: animal death) The first paragraph of The Haunting of Hill...
by Rowan | Mar 26, 2021 | Nonfiction, Super Challenge, Winners, YeahWrite
It’s time Like our prompt phrase, the headline for this post can have a lot of meanings. First, “it’s time” to make our announcements. But also, you know what contributed to the success of a lot of these essays? That’s right:...
