Bamboo Shoots Submission for August Contest
Staring Out of a Window in Downtown Honolulu
Prompt: Fact that reads like fiction I stare out the window. I see two men leaning against the wall with needles in their hands, one man bends to stick a…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for August Contest
My Teacher, My Wingman
I was idling in math class staring at an algebra equation that I couldn’t balance properly when in my periphery, Mr. Morita cruised in and headed straight for Mrs. Peralta’s…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for August Contest
Fact or …?
How much would you pay for a slice of pickle from a McDonald’s cheeseburger? Plastered on a ceiling by the juice of its ketchup? The ceiling of the Michael Lett…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for August Contest
FOOSH (100 Words)
The taking of my wheels came earlier than expected, I tripped over a fan cord ER doc said I have FOOSH Fall On Outstretched Hand X-rays confirmed small fracture on…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for August Contest
Dear Journal–July 4, 2022 (100 words)
Pack the pickup. Traverse the twisty, two-lane road from Waimea Canyon. Watch the scenery shift. Feel the air transform. Arrive at our favorite spot… Set up under the cluster of…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for August Contest
Time Travel (100 words)
My copy of Jane Eyre’s missing. The library’s nearby. I find the book and make sure I won’t be grossed out by something inside by fanning through the pages. A very old…
Bamboo Shoots Prompt for August Contest
August 2022 Year of the Tiger Bamboo Shoots Writing Contest Prompts
Okay, let’s do exactly 100 words, or exactly 500 words, Jim Harstad’s favorite kind of challenge. You knew you’d done some editing, he said, when you pared your work down…