Ernest Hemingway is said to have written a six-word story and called it his best work: "For sale: baby shoes. Never used." SJ Rozan invites writers to submit six word crime stories here. To submit: Send your story to: SIXWORDSTORY@AOL.COM. Include your name and, if you want, your url. We won't post email addresses. Stories SJ finds appealing for whatever idiosyncratic reason will be posted here. Send titles if you like, but we here at Six Word Story HQ like that part and will probably title them ourselves. Maybe there'll be a prize beyond the wonder of seeing your story in electronic print; maybe not. We'll think about it. Meanwhile, we're waiting...
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To inspire you, here's SJ Rozan winning the Shanghai Literary Death Match
Prizes! We've got prizes!
To celebrate our second month of publishing the best six word crime stories on the web... or anywhere... we now have prizes! The irreplaceable Jim Huang has offered a $50 gift certificate to his store, which you don't have to go to Carmel, Indiana to redeem, this being the electrizzical age and all. And we also have sooperdeedooper spoken word/poetry slam CD, The People's Poetry Gathering, put together by City Lore and Poets House and featuring folks like Ani DiFranco, Robert Bly, Galway Kinnell, Sherman Alexie, and Asheena MacNeil. Yes, all on the same CD!
Now, we here at Six Word Story are away for a few days, so get cracking! We expect the mailbox to be FULL when we get back!
Now, we here at Six Word Story are away for a few days, so get cracking! We expect the mailbox to be FULL when we get back!
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