Hawai‘i Literature & Art
— Since 1978 —
Aloha e. Happy Tax Season to all of you. I hope you get large returns. I got $1 back from the State this year. Score! Now, here’s what we’re up to this month. Let’s write between 100 and 1000 words. These are some prompts.You know the story. You can use the prompts, or you can…
Congratulations to Sarah Ward. You’ve won the much coveted 10 Bamboo Bucks prize, and you can use them in the BRP online store. Send a message to: [email protected] saying that you’re a March winner, and you’ll receive a message with a code you can use when you check out. Now head over and see this…
Aloha, Writers, and Happy Lunar New Year. I’m looking for writing prompt suggestions. If you have one for this month, please email it to me [email protected] Mahalo : ) UPDATE: Okay, here are two: Write about something that puzzles you. Maybe a time when you were confused about something you saw or heard, or sometime…
Aloha and a very Happy New Year to you all. First, the 45th Anniversary Banquet & Fundraiser (including a Silent Auction) is coming up on Saturday, March 2nd. If you can, please come out and support BRP: 45th Anniversary Banquet & Fundraiser Also, please consider purchasing a copy of the 45th anniversary BR issue: 45th…
Happy last month of the year to all the Bamboo Ridge `Ohana. I hope your shopping days are few, short, and experienced with minimal stress. This month’s prompt is simple. The prompt is Gift Let’s go for the usual 100 to 1000 words. Write in any language you prefer. Provide an English translation if you…
Okay, this time lets do 100 to 1000 words. Remember, you can ignore these prompts if you choose to do so. Write about whatever you’d like to write about. In any form you wish. Had it with English? Write a piece in the language of your choice. Hawaiian. French. Japanese. Klingon. Pig Latin. No need…
Congratulations to Piihonua and Teter. You are this month’s lucky winners of 10 Bamboo Bucks to use in the BRP online store. Send an email to: [email protected] and you’ll receive a code you can use when you check out. The holidays are coming. Get a start on your shopping at the BRP store. They have…
I was listening to my song list — I always have it set to random — and a Little River Band song from 1978 popped up. It’s called “Cool Change.” Takes me back to my days working in a record store in Madison, Wisconsin. Man, was I young then. 1978. It was a very good…
Whoa, winner and still champ, Piihonua (aka Shaka-speare). Ten Bamboo Bucks for you. You know, in Shakespeare’s day, it would be only two Bamboo Bucks, so good thing you waited until now to write this. Don’t forget to send a message to [email protected]. They will send you the super secret code to use when you…
Okay, it’s September, which means it’s time to buy all your Halloween stuff yesterday. One of these days I predict that Valentine’s Day candy will be taken off the shelves and immediately replaced by Halloween candy. This month, let’s do 100 words minimum with no max upper limit. A good warm up for NaNoWriMo in…