I can’t believe it. The BR writing contest is two years old. To celebrate the terrible twos, we are going back to the 100 word entries : ) July will…
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May Winner: The Great BR Year of the Dragon Writing Contest
Congratulations to Normie Salvador, our May winner. Normie has won 10 Bamboo Bucks to use in the BR online bookstore. Here's his award: Da mos If You Need One KCC…
Bamboo Shoots Prompt for General Prose
Can guess wot o wot?
So wot, you writing stuffs o wot? If yes, den try entah da June edition of da contest, frens. As Elmo might say: Welcome to the June edition of The…
So wot, you writing stuffs o wot? If yes, den try entah da June edition of da contest, frens. As Elmo might say: Welcome to the June edition of The…
“Ruby Shoes on Kuhiō” by Patricia Boyd-Rivera You can hear it through your windows, rising from the street below. A murmur, muted by the busy-ness of mechanical things. As the…
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From BAMBOO RIDGE Issue Number 30, Spring 1986, First Quarter
From “A Haole Stops in Kaimuki” by Jim Harstad Mr. Perreira is the stocky, smiling, Portuguese man who runs the Bank of Hawaii parking lot in Kaimuki Mondays, Tuesdays,…
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April BR Year of the Dragon Contest winner : )
April’s winner has won 10 Bamboo Bucks to use in the BR online store. Da mos Serious Kine, Serious Award: “Seriously,” by EIJI http://www.bambooridge.com/bambooshoot.aspx?bid=1233 Congratulations to you, EIJI. Everybody keep…
Welcome to the May edition of The Great BR Year of the Dragon Contest: Here are the two trigger pieces for May: From Issue Number 27, an excerpt from “The…
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From BAMBOO RIDGE Issue Number 27, Summer 1985, Full Moon
From “The Night of the Kepalo” By Michael R. Sakamoto . . . Wes pushed his way through the overhanging bush, flipped the hood latch and pulled at…
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From BAMBOO RIDGE Issue Number 8: Frederick B. Wichman's KAUAʻI TALES
From “Nou O Makana,” by Frederick B. Wichman When the Menehune still lived on Kauai, a high chief of Hale-le`a and his followers came to visit the sandy…

