by Christine Hanolsy | Feb 26, 2020 | Nonfiction, Super Challenge, YeahWrite
I say this every time, but judging the Super Challenge is one of the hardest and most rewarding parts of running the competition. So: let’s talk about math for a minute, ok? Mathematically, we can only advance 12 writers to the final round. (Ok, technically...
by Asha Rajan | Feb 22, 2020 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
A cast of thousands Yesterday I went to see Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn), and as I type this I’ve got Netflix’s They’ve Gotta Have Us playing in the background (have you seen it? Hurry, go queue it up in your...
by Christine Hanolsy | Feb 21, 2020 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
Finish lines I’m trying to be a better adult this week, which means cleaning up around my desk. I’m not an inherently tidy person, and my desk (and the floor, and the little table) have a way of accumulating the dozens of things my spouse hands to me...
by Stacie Dalrymple | Feb 19, 2020 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
See Spot Run I saw a Dalmation in the woods today and it made me realize it’s been a very long time since I’ve seen this particular breed. One of my classmates in graduate school had one, an extremely well-behaved dog named Jupiter, who would sit in the...
by Stacie Dalrymple | Feb 15, 2020 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Quiet as Mice Ambient noise camouflages the ringing in my ears. Honestly, I don’t know how long this has been going on since for over a decade, my husband has snored SO loudly that I can’t hear anything else when my body decides to wake up at 3am. When he...
by Rowan | Feb 14, 2020 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
The actual worst I have written approximately zero words this week except for this paragraph. Instead, I’m editing. My work, other people’s work, editing. So much edits. Do not make me look at more words please. Just scroll for the vote. Please. (If this...
