My love for Jordan Jesse Go! is no secret. Honestly, the first blog I wrote for SMITH was about the previously mentioned weekly comedic podcast that I listen to almost religiously. My favorite segment has always been when Jordan and Jesse invite listeners to call in with responses to whatever topic was discussed the week [...]

I almost feel like a liar labeling this blog a “Call for Submissions” as I have pretty good sense that the the intersect of SMITH readers and coal miners is on the slim side. But hey, everyone has a story…even coal miners.
The Miner’s Story Project is a project that aims to take a very specific [...]

While we usually aim to post calls for submissions for non-fiction stories from the everyday lives of our readers (…it’s kind of our thing), we sometimes have to show some love to the fiction writers out there reading SMITH. National Public Radio is currently accepting stories for their annual Three-Minute Fiction Contest. Up until 11:59pm in July [...]

The idea that you can learn a lot from listening to others tell stories and share their experiences may be far from a new idea (and one that we at SMITH can definitely get behind), but the fact remains that, in a world of full of unique people, we can be each other’s best teachers [...]

People simply don’t meet the way they did twenty years ago—no one debates that. Dating and social networking sites have given us a whole new way of connecting with people before we even necessarily know what they look like (because let’s face it, people usually don’t look much like their profile photo in person). What [...]

The problem with finishing any great story is just that -the story is over. Just when you’ve found yourself completely caught up in the character’s lives and sincerely invested in what happens to them, the author has to go and ruin everything by wrapping it all up. 
Well the time has come to take matters into [...]

The current economy may be affecting our lives in a number of negative ways, but isn’t it possible that something good (or least interesting) can come from all this? Inspired by the unexpected outpouring of creative work that followed the Great Depression, First Person Arts has announced the In These Hard Times Contest: an open [...]

So you’ve already spilled your guts and told us all about your ex, but still feel you’ve got some relationship demons to exercise? Why not head over to Why My Ex Sucks and submit your story. WMES is currently looking for submissions of three reasons why your former significant other sucked and how they had [...]

It’s a phenomenon we can all relate to: You go out for drinks with some friends and everyone is having a great time. As the night progresses and more drinks are consumed, you start to think about all of your friends who are not present and all the things that you need to say to [...]

When Huffington Post blogger Susanna Speier decided on a whim to start writing Haikus about current political events (a feature she dubbed “Politiku”), she didn’t expect to start an internet sensation. However, shortly after she began the project during the 2008 Democratic National Convention, her usually low-traffic personal blog blew up and she knew she was [...]