by Rowan | Dec 23, 2022 | Fiction|Poetry, Super Challenge, Winners, YeahWrite
A few of my favorite things No, it’s not raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens. OK the kittens thing maybe. I don’t have a cat problem, and I’m not a cat lady, I swear. But besides kittens, what I love is feedback from our judges that goes like...
by Rowan | Nov 30, 2022 | Fiction|Poetry, Super Challenge, Winners, YeahWrite
Why we’re all here I’m going to keep this short and sweet – we all know you’re really here for the results! As YeahWrite’s Editor-in-Chief, I don’t usually get the chance to comment on the Super Challenge stories. But I do make a...
by Rowan | Sep 16, 2022 | Fiction|Poetry, microfiction, Microprose, Super Challenge, Winners, YeahWrite
The Big Bang We often refer to microprose as the tiniest stories with the biggest bang. But you have to work for the bang. Micros don’t have to pack less of a punch than a full-length short story or even a novella, but to get that emotional payload in, every...
by Rowan | Aug 24, 2022 | Fiction|Poetry, micro challenge, microfiction, Microprose, Super Challenge, Winners, YeahWrite
Short and sweet It’s okay – we know you’re really here for the results, so we won’t keep you waiting long. But before we get to the shortlist, let’s take a look at some of the trends we saw across the board. Creative takes on the prompts!...
by Rowan | Jun 24, 2022 | Fiction|Poetry, Super Challenge, Winners, YeahWrite
Onomatopoeia Look, it’s a better header than “carnival noises, ding ding ding” but that’s what’s going through our heads this week as we cheer for our Super Challenge winners! This turned out to be one of our harder prompts, with many...
by Rowan | Jun 1, 2022 | Fiction|Poetry, Super Challenge, Winners, YeahWrite
I HATE EVERYTHING I’VE EVER WRITTEN AND I SHOULD STOP FOREVER It’s hard not to to feel like that sometimes, right? Especially when you get your feedback. And especially when it looks like you got a lot more negative than positive. But think about it: to...
