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 #346 Weekly Writing Challenge: Popular Vote Winners and Editors’ Picks
Everything old is new again December's often considered a month of endings, but today it sure feels like a lot of beginnings. From our new poetry slam and nonfiction know-how posts in the writing help section to new writers on our grids (welcome, Robin and Srivalli!...
Who’s up for a challenge?
2017 has been a year of dramatic highs and lows for most of us. Whether it's a personal or a universal joy or tragedy, one of the best ways to communicate emotion and stimulate empathy is with poetry. So instead of picking out a December "assignment" for...
Greatest Hits of 2017 – Nonfiction Edition
It's December, y'all. We've got a couple more birthdays and holidays left before the true end of the year, but if you're anything like me you're already starting to write about 2017 in the past tense. It's been a year of fierce joy and powerful tragedy in...
YeahWrite #346 Weekly Writing Challenge is Open for Popular Voting
Zzzzzzz I am a zombie. No, really. Sleep eluded me last night, so I'll probably be in bed when this post goes live. Hopefully I'll wake up tomorrow fresh and ready to read and vote on the grids. Popular voting for the YeahWrite #346 weekly writing challenge is now...
Registration is open for YeahWrite’s 7th Super Challenge!
Trying to figure out what's on your [insert appropriate seasonal holiday here] gift list? Why not ask your friends and family to grab you what you really want: a chance to win sweet cash prizes with your amazing writing? That's right. Registration opens today for...
Welcome to YeahWrite’s Weekly Writing Challenge #346
The Last Word If you read the winner's post from last week, you'll know why I have to take this opportunity to give a shout out to our Managing Editor, Rowan. It's not because I feel like I need to reciprocate or because I can't think of anything else,...
YeahWrite #345 Weekend Writing Showcase
The Weekend Writing Showcase is open! TGIF, YeahWriters! Let’s make this place your home for all the stories that didn’t make it to the YeahWrite competitive grids this week. As a refresher, here’s what we had going on! Nonfiction Know-How: Rhythm Writing – like music...
Congratulations to the Winners of YeahWrite’s Super Challenge #6
Parting is such sweet sorrow The judges' results are in and tallied and we're ready to announce the winners of our sixth Super Challenge! Winners, you'll also get an email confirming your details so that we can send your prizes to you. We hope you've had as much fun...
YeahWrite #345 Weekly Writing Challenge: Popular Vote Winners
Obligatory Holiday Post Yeah, I don't know where 2017 is going either, but I'll be fine when it's gone. This year has taken pets and parents, heroes and friends and illusions. Still, I'm typing these words leaned as far back in my chair as I can to make room for my...
YeahWrite #345 Weekly Writing Challenge is Open for Popular Voting
Eat and Be Merry Happy American Thanksgiving to all who are celebrating! What better way to enjoy a food-induced coma than reading and voting on the grids? For those not partaking, I hope you eat some tasty food and hit up the grids on this ordinary Thursday too....