First Prompts for the April 2021 Year of the Ox Writing Contest. Both 25 and 100 words : )

Okay, Happy Year of the Ox, I hope your burdens are few, your pencils are sharpened, your pens are ink-filled, and your keyboards and mouses are lint free for the lunar new year. Jim Harstad has suggested this month’s writing contest rules.  Here they are:  Write a piece that is either exactly 25 or exactly…

March 2021 Year of the Rat (Pau) Writing Contest Winners : )

Okay, everybody listed below wins TEN, count um, TEN Bamboo Bucks to use for books, shirts, bags, or anything else in the BRP online store.  Before you shop, email [email protected] to request a code to use when you’re checking out.  Make sure to spend your bucks by April 30. And now, the much coveted awards…

More Prompts for March Year of the Rat Writing Contest — exactly 25 or 100 words

Here are some more prompt ideas for March.  Remember, your piece is either 25 words or 100 words exactly.  These excerpts are from Bamboo Ridge, The Hawaii Writers’ Quarterly, No. 44, Fall 1989, Last Quarter. * * * * * From “Something of Ours,” by Robin Lim For a long time after — after you, years…

March Year of the Ox Writing Prompts : ) 25 words or 100 words exactly

Happy New Year!  It’s the Year of the Ox and time to write.  Again : )  This month, every piece should be about an ox.  No no no.  Just kidding.  This month’s prompts are below.  The length requirement this month is either exactly 25 words or exactly 100 words Your choice. The following prompt possibilities…

February 2021 Winners for Our Year of the Rat Writing Contest

Congratulations to Fred Peyer, Jim Harstand, E.W. Kattz, Piihonua, Darrell Lum, and Joy Gold.  So many good pieces.  Each of you wins 10 Bamboo Bucks to spend in our online store for books, bags, shirts, or whatever you like.  Remember, email [email protected] to request a code for use when you are checking out.  Make sure…

More Prompts for the February Year of the Rat Writing Contest — Exactly 50 words

Here are some more writing prompts for February.  Remember, it’s entries of EXACTLY 50 words this month. From “Scenes from Childhood:  Palolo Valley,” by Joseph S.M.J. Chong All I can remember is Anita curled up on the parlor floor screaming as my father stood above her, leather belt in hand, lashing her.  My mother was…

January 2021 Year of the Rat Writing Contest Winners : ) Yay!

Okay writers, these are the folks who each get 10 Bamboo Bucks to spend in the BRP online store.  But books, or shirts, or bags, or whatever.  Just email [email protected] to request the code to use in the online store.  Make sure to use your bucks before February 28. The winners for January are: Ori…

The Second January Writing Prompt Post for the Year of the Rat Writing Contest — 75 words exactly

Here are the next possible writing prompts.  Remember, this month your entry should be exactly 75 words. From “Buying Lady Lobsters,” by Barbara Gearen She has a new man, so regards the lobster tank at Tamashiro’s Market, shortly after sunrise, hugging her cookbooks to her sweatshirt like a schoolgirl.  She chants the instructions to herself…

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