By Tim Fitts
Matthew was intent on catching a bullfrog. He said it was easy. All you had to do was estimate the direction of the frog’s leap and time it to the exact moment of the frog’s reaction. Then you had it. […]
Open for Business!
We are once again OPEN for submissions of fiction, poetry, and essays. Read our guidelines and submit!
Editor in Chief News: Kip Takes the Reins
More exciting masthead news! Kerri is going to take a sabbatical as Editor in Chief for the 2016-2017 publication year, and our fabulous Poetry Editor Kip Rechea Wilson will be the acting Editor in Chief!
YARN’s New Fiction Editor!
We are THRILLED to announce that YARN Alum and award-winning writer-teacher-editor Laura Williams McCaffrey will be our new Fiction Editor.
See you next year!
It’s that time of year again…..Time for the YARN staff to take a break from publishing new material so we can get ready for NEXT season. You know, in 2017. Seems like a long time from now, but it isn’t. […]
Short Story by Debut Novelist Emily Ross!
We were thrilled to shake a story out of YA thriller writer Emily Ross! Here, as a YARN exclusive, is her short fiction debut!
Morgan comes over so late even the stars are nodding off. As I watch for him through the window, it feels like the blinking blue IHOP sign across the street is hypnotizing me. […]
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Fiction
The Driver
By Frankie Bolt
Most Saturday nights, I dress up, lie on my side on top of the covers, facing the closed door to my room. Tonight, only sleep can help me forget what I can’t stand any longer—my mother, myself, Hunter—but I’m awake. Forgetting is a threat I can’t make. Not with Mom on the phone constantly talking to Dad. She’s trying to undo all the hard parts of us since their separation. […]
Poetry
3 Poems by YARN Alum, Jacqueline Jules
Three poems by YARN alum, Jacqueline Jules
Watch Me in Water
It doesn’t matter //
that I am large and slow. //
I am majestic. […]
Poetry
Annie’s Windows, “For What It’s Worth”
Two poems by Thomas Michael McDade.
Annie’s Windows
From parking lots she stares //
at dusty windows //
like a pilgrim.
Essays
Francisco X. Stork is Back!
YARN is honored to have the one and only Francisco Stork back in the Essays section, with a reply to his earlier essay “Depressed Not Depressing,” about the process of writing the novel that became “The Memory of Light.” This may sound like a craft essay just for writers, but it’s not–it’s about the human condition, juts like all of Francisco’s memorable writing.
Poetry
3 Poems by Gianna Raimo
Three poems by teen writer, Gianna Raimo
A Dancer’s Decorum
For the dance that we see, //
in a stage jubilee, //
Is the closest thing we have //
to magic.[…]
Interviews
Interview with Sharon Draper
Sharon Draper is one of the young adult authors we at YARN most wanted to talk to this year, and we tracked her down—in Egypt!
Poetry
Solid Geometry, 1908
Two poems by teen writer, Zijing Yang.
Solid Geometry—A Tribute
If I shall fold and reduce the time into //
A pocketful of definite shapes […]
Fiction
How Not to Want Her
By Clare Fielder
You lie awake at night and you try not to love her. You tell yourself things that are true and things that aren’t. She hates you. You’re nothing. You can do better. She’s ugly. You’re ugly. And after every thought your gut says, But, But, But. […]
News
#EnchantedYARN Contest Winners
Please join us in congratulating the winner and runners-up in our #EnchantedYARN poetry contest!
The winners Margarita Engle chose include a YARN Alum, a published poet, and a writer just sending out her first novel.
News
2-7-15, Letters to No One
Two poems by teen writer, Kathryn Hasson.
Letters to No One
Because it’s 12:00 am and the stars outside are beautiful //
They’re freaking amazing //
And I can’t sleep, because it’s 12:00 am […]
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