Congratulations to the two November winners of 10 Bamboo Bucks : ) Da most Different Kine a Grampa Story Award: “Jizo,” by KABOCHA http://www.bambooridge.com/bambooshoot.aspx?bid=1361 Da mos 30 More Years of Grief, or Maybe Design Your Own App? Award “Thirty Years Chasing the Lightning,” by Normie Salvador http://www.bambooridge.com/bambooshoot.aspx?bid=1352 Don’t forget to submit your 300-word piece for…
Happy last month of 2012. Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving. Guess what? December’s word limit is 300 words. That’s right. 300 words. The nine triggers for December are: #1. “Return Visit,” by Ben Andres #2 “English Class,” by Kathleen T. Choi #3. “My Name,” by Stella Jhylih Jeng Guillory #4. “The First Time,”…
Bamboo Shoots offshoot
From BAMBOO RIDGE Issue Number 44, Fall 1989, Last Quarter
From BAMBOO RIDGE Issue Number 44, Fall 1989, Last Quarter: Robin Lim's “Something of Ours”: For a long time after — after you, years maybe, I had a small white clock with a brick colored smudge on the top, to one side. Just a thing with a face. How many hours were counted before and…
Bamboo Shoots offshoot
From BAMBOO RIDGE Issue Number 45/46, LAST DAYS HERE, by Eric Chock
From BAMBOO RIDGE Issue Number 45/46: Last Days Here, by Eric Chock: Here's Eric Chock's “Confession”: I thought we were poor, our family. There were so many things I couldn't have, like the lacquered bamboo fishing pole twelve feet long that could hold the bait out far enough to where the big ones lived, deeper…
Bamboo Shoots awards
October Winners in The Great BR Year of the Dragon Writing Contest : )
Congratulations to our October winners. They''ve won 10 Bamboo Bucks to use in the BR online store. Below are the October winners and the awards they've won : ) aWARD pOWER TO tRUTH tELLING MOS dA “aMERICA IN bASSACKWARDS,” by Jim Harstand http://bambooridge.com/bambooshoot.aspx?bid=1338 Da mos I Hope It Did You Some Good, Appleblossum Award AND…
Happy last day of October. Hope you all had a great month. Guess what? Give up? Okay, we’re opening up the word limit to 200 words this month. Yeah baby! This is in honor of how stuffed you’ll feel later this month. The eight triggers for November are: From BAMBOO RIDGE Issue Number 44, Fall…
Happy last day of October. Hope you all had a great month. Guess what? Give up? Okay, we're opening up the word limit to 200 words this month. Yeah baby! This is in honor of how stuffed you'll feel later this month. The eight triggers for November are: From BAMBOO RIDGE Issue Number 44, Fall…
Bamboo Shoots awards
September Winner! The Great BR Year of the Dragon Writing Contest Rolls On : )
Congratulations to KABOCHA, our September winner in The Great BR Year of the Dragon Writing Contest. The prize is — you guessed it : ) — 10 Bamboo Bucks to use in the BR online store. Here’s KABOCHA’s award: Da mos Unwinking Sun Award: “Comfort,” by KABOCHA http://www.bambooridge.com/bambooshoot.aspx?bid=1312 Congratulations again to KABOCHA. Don’t be a…
Bamboo Shoots awards
September Winner! The Great BR Year of the Dragon Contest Rolls On : )
Congratulations to KABOCHA, our September winner in The Great BR Year of the Dragon Writing Contest. The prize is — you guessed it : ) — 10 Bamboo Bucks to use in the BR online store. Here's KABOCHA's award: Da mos Unwinking Sun Award: “Comfort,” by KABOCHA http://www.bambooridge.com/bambooshoot.aspx?bid=1312 Congratulations again to KABOCHA. Don't be a…
Bamboo Shoots Prompt for Year of the Dragon
BOO! The Great BR Year of the Dragon Writing Contest rolls in to October : )
Hope you’re all wrapping up your September entries. For those who want to get a jump on October, here you go. The triggers for October are: BAMBOO RIDGE Issue Number 41, Winter 1989, New Moon “This Is America” “Poetic License” “lickens” BAMBOO RIDGE Issue Number 42/43: Pake, Spring/Summer 1989 “The Will of the Gods” “For…