Weekly Writing Challenges Archive
Welcome to YeahWrite’s archives. Below, you’ll find all of our posts. We kick off each writing week on Friday (what?) with a new prompt for you. For 500 weeks YeahWrite hosted “weekly grids” which enabled writers to link their self-hosted responses, and to read and vote on each others’ work, as well as commenting. Check out our creative nonfiction, fiction|poetry, and microprose archives for a closer look at our nearly ten years of weekly writing competitions. While we no longer host weekly competition grids, we’re still delivering the prompts you love as well as our Super Challenge and classes. We also feature monthly instructional or challenge posts, which you’ll find collected here as well as in our writing help archive!
YeahWrite #312 Weekly Writing Challenge is Open for Microprose
The Flashiest of Flash Micro is back. That's right: in honor of YeahWrite's sixth birthday, we're rebooting our famous fast-and-furious flash competition, and I couldn't be more excited! This time around, we're dialing it up a notch. The challenge will run monthly,...
YeahWrite #312 Weekly Writing Challenge is Open for Fiction|Poetry
Happy Birthday To Me! I love April. I was born in April and I got married in April, so this month is already one of my favourites. On top of that, I share my birthday month with YeahWrite, so I feel like all the exciting things happening around here are joyous...
YeahWrite #312 Weekly Writing Challenge is Open for Personal Essays & Mostly True Stories
What's Nonfiction? Okay, so that header sounds kind of silly - obviously nonfiction is writing based on fact or real events, people, and things. It can serve many purposes, however, ranging from informative, persuasive, personal, and more. It can be memoir or it can...
YeahWrite #312 Weekly Writing Challenge Kickoff
March is the Worst and Other Complaints My therapist told me I need to look for the good things when I'm feeling troubled. Here's the good thing about March: it's over. March around here was filled with sickness, rain, snow, more sickness, too much work, that ominous...
It’s Better to Give Than Receive: Concrit Part II
Ever hear "it's better to give than receive?" Well, in the case of criticism, it's certainly easier to give than receive. For part two of what turned into a two part post because when have I ever not been long-winded, I'm going to dive into receiving criticism....
Bigger isn’t always better
Editor's note: Hey, gang. In lieu of a poetry slam this month I'm giving you a special treat: a look into the brain of our original micro grid editor, Christine! Christine started writing micros back at the old Trifecta challenge and when YeahWrite decided to add a...
YeahWrite #311 Weekend Writing Showcase
The Weekend Writing Showcase is open! Happy Friday, folks! I don't know about y'all, but the weekend couldn't get here fast enough for me. Mainly, all of us here at YeahWrite are very excited for next week. Why, you ask? It's our 6th birthday! We've got some exciting...
YeahWrite #311 Weekly Writing Challenge: Popular Vote Winners and Editors’ Picks
Happy Birthday Eve To... US! It's been a big week here at YeahWrite: we opened registration for Super Challenge #4 (what are you waiting for? go sign up! winners get cash prizes and everyone gets great feedback!) and we're closing out this month's poetry slam and...
YeahWrite #311 Weekly Writing Challenge is Open for Popular Voting
Reading is key “If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.” ― Stephen King I read a lot. I read more than I write. My balance is off right now because I'm not writing, but I notice what works and what doesn't in...
It’s Baaaaaack! Registration for YeahWrite’s Super Challenge #4 is OPEN!
Ah, spring! (Or at least it is for those of us in the Northern Hemisphere - you Antipodeans are just gonna have to enjoy my favorite season and know I'm wishing I was there with you!) The time a young writer's heart turns to thoughts of... juried flash fiction with...