by Rowan | Jan 11, 2019 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
Whatever gets you through Hey, did you know they make energy drinks that are also coffee but they’re still energy drinks? I’ve got a dozen or so backed up emails I can’t even bring myself to look at, the fancy blueblocker “stop getting...
by Rowan | Jan 4, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Microprose, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
In-Jokes In-jokes are one of my favorite things about following a writer. For example, I love it when Stephen King’s characters make cameos in other books. For example, near the end of Tommyknockers, a not-particularly-famous book about finding a spaceship, one...
by Christine Hanolsy | Dec 28, 2018 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
Say goodbye to yesterday And to 2018 in general. Thanks for sticking with us through another year. We hope you had a chance to broaden your horizons, spread your wings, make a little magic – and some friends, too. You know that we consider YeahWrite to be more...
by Rowan | Dec 21, 2018 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
Short days, long nights ‘Tis the season where I consider mugging Stacie and taking: 1) her days off 2) her proper winter weather 3) those really cute dogs, or maybe just one of the puppies at the shelter where she volunteers (Glitter, baby, I’m coming)...
by Rowan | Dec 14, 2018 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
Baby, it’s warm outside Back in the Pacific Northwest (or the “specific northwest” as my little sister used to say) it’s 20 degrees warmer. Makes me feel a little closer to Asha and my other Antipodean friends, I guess, but it’s not very...
by Rowan | Dec 7, 2018 | Fiction|Poetry, Microprose, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
Windy City I know Chicago got its nickname from its politics, but I’d like to vouch for the power of the wind coming off Lake Michigan. Not that I’d know: I’ve been holed up in a room writing the whole time, with occasional trips out to get a food or...
