for writers who blog and bloggers who write
A great big exhalation
Surely you know by now about our yeah write super challenge (and if you don’t, well, it’s over and you missed it). It was months in the making and then when the time finally came to announce it and get started, I guess I didn’t realize I was holding my breath. We announced the winners a few days ago, and I can finally start breathing again. Until we launch fiction, that is.
I’m happy to report that the team is working behind the scenes to bring more new and exciting stuff to yeah write. Stay tuned for more announcements. And if you haven’t yet subscribed to our email list, please do. We’ll be reinstating the weekly emails shortly and also sending out special announcements.
Who’s on fourth
This month we invite you to learn more about Lana and her blogging home at Superhero Lunchbox! The interview will publish Monday at 12pm ET, but in the meantime, head over to her page and catch up on all of her awesomeness.
The basics
Yeah write gives you two competitive challenge grids — nonfiction and fiction|poetry — both of which are unmoderated. Everyone gets to the voting round on Thursday. (Remember, your post must be dated appropriately, not be offensive to our audience, and cannot be over word count.) Got a question? E-mail us, tweet us, ping us on Facebook, or visit our online community, the yeah write coffeehouse. You can learn more about yeah write in our FAQ. Please make sure you are familiar with our submission guidelines before you enter. We don’t have a lot of rules, but we do enforce them across the board. We’d hate to see anyone get disqualified by a technicality.
Bring us your personal essays and creative nonfiction!
The nonfiction challenge grid opens on Monday at midnight ET. This is the best place on the ‘net to showcase your best writing. Make us laugh, make us cry, make us think, and above all: make us care.
Is fiction more your thing?
The fiction|poetry grid opens on Tuesday. Grab a mic and check out our weekly prompt up!
Prompt up!
Prompt up is our optional weekly writing prompt for the fiction|poetry challenge! Here’s how it works: we choose a sentence prompt from last week’s winning nonfiction post and announce it in the kickoff. It’s your job to use that prompt as the first sentence in your poem or story and then run with it. The prompt is just a springboard, though: feel free to keep it as your first sentence, move it, change it, or float down it to other territories.
Cyn’s essay, Make Her Cry, takes us through the joys and heartaches of friendship. This week’s prompt from her story is: Tina’s desk is gone now.
Wait! Where’s the nonfiction know-how and poetry slam?
For now, we’re taking some time off from our nonfiction know-how and poetry slams to focus on the super challenge. However, you can always check out our archives if you’re needing a little more inspiration this week. Happy writing!
Winners’ round-up
In case you missed them, you can find last week’s yeah write staff picks and crowd favorites all laid out for you on Friday’s winners’ post. Leave the winners some love in the comments. They will love you right back, we guarantee it.
Weekend writing showcase
The weekend’s not over: the moonshine grid is still open. Have something to add? Old posts and new are welcome. No moderation, no voting. It’s a laid-back relaxed kind of place. Just leave your commercial or sponsored posts at home. Drop by, share your work, and while you’re there, visit your fellow yeah writers.