Hawai‘i Literature & Art
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Writers, are you ready to write? Okay, the word limit for this month is 500 words again. The triggers for this month are lines taken from the following texts. Find them here: Issue Number 57, Winter 1993, New Moon SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE PAHALA THEATRE, By Lois-Ann Yamanaka Use one of the prompts to trigger…
April triggers: 1. but quickly, so quickly 2. I tried to find what it was about 3. spiritual power 4. when Dad went to visit him 5. I headed out of the room 6. one day a rainbow 7. leaving our island
April triggers: 1. like the high school couples 2. they laugh when 3. only she can make 4. this is what you get 5. she no could talk 6. back to the mountains 7. I seen him again 8. thank you so much
Happy Year of the Snake. Ready to write? Okay, the word limit for the first month of The Great Year of the Snake contest is 500 words. The triggers for this month are lines taken from the following texts. Find them here: Polihale and Other Kauaʻi Legends, by Frederick B. Wichman The Watcher of Waipuna…
Lines from Issue 55/56: 1. the answer was always 2. but you know what? 3. the father said nothing 4. I know where it's from 5. the next day as our family was settling down for dinner 6. I know I did 7. she didn't say anything 8. oh, I get plenny things to do…
Lines from Number 53/54: 1. spirits of my ancestors 2. he was into everything 3. but they would be safe 4. there were many beauties among them 5. we are not thieves 6. she wanted to turn back to help
Stay tuned for a new contest coming in March : )
Happy last week of 2012. Hope you’re having a great holiday season. Guess what? January’s word limit is 400 words. That’s right. 400 words. The six triggers for January are: #1. “Childhood,” by M. Suzuki #2. “Letting Go,” by Lorna Hershinow #3. “Secrets,” by Lee Kyselka #4. “Pretend,” by Mavis Hara #5, “There Is no…
Here's M. Suzuki's “Childhood” Up in the attic I cringe When I accidentally kick An old Roach Motel And it sounds like someone just shook A half-full box of Raisinets. In the corner, The perforated surface Of the air hockey table Is coated with a layer of dust Like the Barbie “Airliner” Next to it…
Here's Meredith Carson's “Shipwrecks” The sea floor is spread surreal when ships sink, pressing the floor with the weight of their hulls and their objects which the sea cannot understand and so covers with things it knows — barnacles, seaweeds, crusts of bryozoa, ooze and sand. Subterfuge. Marvellous for hiding, inventive, whisper-soft, tentacular, and deeper-darker….