Hawai‘i Literature & Art
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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…
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…
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…
Okay, Happy Valentine’s Day in advance. I love you all. This month how about 50 words max. Sounds good to me. Here are some prompts you can use or not; it’s to you. Joy Gold actually used the kitchen sink in one of her January pieces. You can use the kitchen sink as well. All…
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…
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…
Okay. Here’s to a healthier and one hell of a happier 2021. Let’s write. Good therapy. This month the word count is exactly 75 words. Not 74, not 76, or 75 and a half. Exactly 75 words. Prompts: 1. From “Mauna Loa,” by D. Keaweehu The fog often settles on the slopes of Mauna Loa,…
Shoots! I could not log into da site for days : ( But now I can : ) So, got lotta good entries. Wow! Tachiyam, Doreen B., Joy Gold, Fred Payer, Darrell Lum, Piihonua, and Ori C. Li, you all win Ten, count um, TEN Bamboo Bucks. Each, no worry. Not you gotta split um…
Lotta stuff going on. Finally, here’s the second writing contest prompt message for December. Remember, this month’s entries must be EXACLTY 90 words. From “Sun,” by Darrell H.Y. Lum Sun. A transistor plays fuzzy, too-loud rock’n roll. Sweat trickles down my chest, over my belly, and fills my navel. Sun. Crab crawls slow. Seaweed stinks….
Here are two possible prompts for this month’s writing contest. You can always come up with your own. This month we’re going to go for EXACTLY 90 words. That’s not 89 words, and it’s not 91 words. This piece, prose or poetry, or any hybrid you want to try, can be only 90 words EXACTLY….