by Rowan | Dec 23, 2016 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Depending on where you were on our spinning ball of rock, the shortest or longest night of your year just slipped past. No matter what your faith – if any – these seasonal markers, the systolic and diastolic pulse of the...
by Rowan | Dec 16, 2016 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]I’m trying to figure out what to do with nine stale chocolate cupcakes. That’s not a setup for a joke (nine stale cupcakes walk into a bar…). It’s an actual dilemma. Do I throw them away? Try to turn them into...
by Rowan | Dec 9, 2016 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Probably the best thing about living in Portlandia is that you get snow days even when you’re a grownup. That’s right, folks, an inch of snow and the whole city shuts down. That’s why I’m sitting in a comfy...
by Rowan | Dec 2, 2016 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Timing is everything. Or at least it’s a lot. I mean, no sooner did I wrap up talking about how to use editors’ picks and roundups to build your own master class in this month’s nonfiction knowhow post than we ended...
by Rowan | Nov 25, 2016 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]History feels immediate this week. Whether you’re following the news or fighting with your relatives over a supper table, it’s impossible to ignore that at least here in the U.S. of A. we’re in the middle of stuff...
by Rowan | Nov 18, 2016 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Winning isn’t everything. On the other hand, today is all about the winners. The winners of our popular vote here on the main challenge grids, and the winners of our super challenge, announced tonight at 10pm EST. I know...