Crafting Poetry One Syllable at a Time
Posted on November 3, 2020 by Colleen M. Chesebro
Originally posted on Allusionary Assembly:
Today, with distinct pleasure, I announce the winners of the Carrot Ranch’s 20202 Writing Rodeo Event #1 which I had the honor of organizing. Eighteen brave souls saddled up, lassoed 99 words, and created brand new folk lore type…
Category: Authors Supporting AuthorsTags: 99 words, Carrot Ranch Flash Fiction, Folk Tale or Fable
Posted on October 7, 2020 by Colleen M. Chesebro
Originally posted on Allusionary Assembly:
This year, spin a yarn as long as the Rio Grande (in 99 words, that is) to be a contender in a Western-themed Folk Tale or Fable event of the Carrot Ranch Writing Rodeo! Yours truly is the leader…
Posted on October 5, 2020 by Colleen M. Chesebro
Originally posted on Carrot Ranch Literary Community:
Welcome to the Saddle Up Saloon, Writers! Yep. You’ve landed in the right spot if you are looking for the 2020 Flash Fiction Rodeo. Kid and Pal hit the trail, taking some well-deserved time off from running…
Posted on August 23, 2020 by Colleen M. Chesebro
The August 13, 2020, Carrot Ranch Literary Community Flash Fiction prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less), write a story about a first flight. It can be anything or anyone that flies. What is significant about the first? Go where the prompt leads!… Continue Reading “First Flight, #flashfiction”
Posted on January 12, 2020 by Colleen M. Chesebro
January 9, 2019, Carrot Ranch prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less), write a story about a carried wife. Why is she being carried? Who is carrying? Pick a genre if you’d like and craft a memorable character. Go where the prompt leads!… Continue Reading ““Visions of the Past,” #flash#fiction, #writephoto, #MondayBlogs”
Posted on January 5, 2020 by Colleen M. Chesebro
The Carrot Ranch Flash Fiction challenge for January 2, 2019, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less), write a story about something found in a hutch. It can be any kind of hutch — a box for critters or a chest for dishes.… Continue Reading “Memories of the Past, #FlashFiction #MondayBlogs”
Posted on December 29, 2019 by Colleen M. Chesebro
The December 26, 2019, Carrot Ranch Flash Fiction prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less), write a story that includes the phrase by design. It can be used in any manner — a label, a mantra, a story. Go where the prompt leads!… Continue Reading “New Year Intentions, #FlashFiction”
Posted on December 15, 2019 by Colleen M. Chesebro
The Carrot Ranch Flash Fiction December 12, 2019, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less), write a story about a gnome. It can be a garden gnome, a Christmas Joulutonttu, or a sauna protector. You can write magical realism or feature contemporary gnome-like… Continue Reading ““The Domovoi,” #FlashFiction”
Posted on December 8, 2019 by Colleen M. Chesebro
The Carrot Ranch, December 5, 2019, flash fiction prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less), write a story that includes a key lime pie. How can you use it in a story? Is it about the pie? Or about characters making, eating or… Continue Reading ““Memories,” #FlashFiction”
Posted on November 29, 2019 by Colleen M. Chesebro
The November 28, 2019, Carrot Ranch Prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less), write a story about winners. Who are they, what’s the mood, and what did they win? Express emotion or subdue it. Go where the prompt leads! Respond by December 3,… Continue Reading ““Flight Training,” #Flash #Fiction”
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Colleen M. Chesebro is an American Poet who loves crafting paranormal fantasy and magical realism, cross-genre flash fiction, syllabic poetry, and creative nonfiction. Colleen sponsors a weekly syllabic poetry challenge, called Tanka Tuesday, on wordcraftpoetry.com where participants learn how to write traditional and current forms of haiku, senryu, haiga, tanka, gogyohka, tanka prose, renga, solo-renga, haibun, cinquain, Etheree, nonet, and shadorma poetry. Colleen's syllabic poetry has appeared in the Auroras & Blossoms Poetry Journal, and in “Hedgerow, a journal of small poems.” She’s won numerous awards from participating in the Carrot Ranch Rodeo, a yearly flash fiction contest sponsored by carrotranch.com. In 2020, she won first place in the Carrot Ranch Folk Tale or Fable category, with her story called “Why Wolf Howls at the Moon.” Colleen is a Sister of the Fey, where she pursues a pagan path through her writing. When she is not writing, she is reading. She also loves gardening and crocheting old-fashioned doilies into works of art.