by Christine Hanolsy | Dec 6, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Microprose, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
Glitter Season Sure, everyone has a favorite season. Pumpkin Spice season (hint: it’s not spiced pumpkin)? Beach season? Me, I like Glitter Season. It starts at Halloween (or Diwali in years when Diwali comes first) and ends right around the Lunar New Year. In...
by Rowan | Nov 29, 2019 | Super Challenge, Winners, YeahWrite
Fourteen is the loneliest number Kidding. Fourteen is amazing. Fourteen means we’ve been running this little Super Challenge for over three years, and it gets better every time. But even since the first challenge, I’ve loved getting to announce who won....
by Rowan | Nov 29, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
…and when you come to the end, stop. That’s advice given to Alice, of Wonderland fame. And it’s hard advice to take as a creative person. I remember my math and science major friends talking about how much homework they had, and how long labs took,...
by Rowan | Nov 22, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
Sink or swim It’s a good thing Stacie did all those dishes, cause this week kicks off a lot of holidays here in the US and worldwide. In my family, the celebrations start a little early, with my mid-November, firmly Scorpio birthday. Then it’s US...
by Rowan | Nov 15, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
Rowan went to the Midwest and all I got was these germs Y’all, I’m sick. So sick. Sick enough that napping sounds good, even though naps always give me Nap Hangover. Whiiiiiiiine. But I have ginger tea, and honey, and EVENTUALLY whatever’s going on...
by Rowan | Nov 13, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Super Challenge, Winners, YeahWrite
It’s the moment we’ve all been waiting for… but first a few announcements. Y’all, I want to remind you that we could only move the top two stories from each round to the finals. That means we’re grading on a very steep curve, and if your...