A perfect example of a blog that’s brilliant in it’s simplicity, OMG I’M THE ADULT is currently looking for submissions of your story about the moment you realized that you weren’t a kid anymore.
Whether it happened when you started your first post-college job, bought your first home, or simply the first time somebody called you “Sir,” the moment you suddenly notice that your all grown up is a huge milestone in anyone’s life. So, why not go ahead and share your story with the rest of us? And let’s not get too down on the idea of growing old. Because honestly, I’m a firm believer that being an adult is way more fun than being a teenager if you do it right. There is evidence to support this theory.
Thousands of teens have flocked to SMITH Teens to share their life stories in six words. We’ve put hundreds of them in our latest book, I Can’t Keep My Own Secrets: Six-Word Memoirs by Teens Famous & Obscure, which NYT’s columnist David Carr calls it “Fab…a must read,” while Publishers Weekly writes: “The range of powerful emotions, expressed in just a few words, is an ideal oick for teens seeking evocative, easily relatable stories.” Our evening and open-to-all-teens slam at the library should be a memorable night of self-expression, storytelling, and secret-sharing. Teens, we hope you’ll arrive psyched to read a six-word memoir on stage—you’re what will make this night amazing.
Need inspiration? Check out the beautiful magic happening over at SMITH Teens. Or press play below.
Photographs always tell a story. I mean, whether or not the story is interesting is another matter all together, but the fact remains that the story is there. It’s documented evidence of an event that you simply cannot deny.
The Kodak-sponsored What’s Your Story Flickr Pool is a great place to share the photographic evidence of your life and the story behind it. It’s also really fun to cruise through the various discussion threads and check out what somebody else’s life looks life. There are a bunch of cool discussions currently going on, such as Happy Accident Photos and my personal favorite, Food Photos.
And if you need more convincing to check out this very cool project, I think you need look no further than this photo of a pug mid-yawn. You’re welcome.
If you’re a regular reader of this blog, you might have started to notice an emerging trend of health care-related story projects. But when you’re dealing with such an important issue that directly effects each and every one of us, it seems unavoidable to ask the obvious question, “How is this affecting your life?” Read more »
Who can stop this obsession to chronicle the Beautiful Pregnant Women in my life? Who would want to?
No one.
Last night, I ended a yoga class with a lucky break: my instructor and pal, Kari Harendorf, was just one week away from giving birth. I only had my iphone to get the photo, but the quality of the shot takes nothing away from the beauty of the image.
A few months ago, I got wonderful shots of my pal from ESPN, Nicole Blades, and a certain person I’ve know for every single day she’s been on earth: my little sister.
Scroll toward the bottom of SMITH Mag’s ongoing Beautiful Pregnant Women photo essay for these recent additions—things of beauty, all.
We’re not sure why, but teens seem to have a natural talent when it comes to writing six-word memoirs. And as we’ve seen before, six-word memoirs as an exercise in the classroom always turns out some really fantastic work. Continuing with this tradition are the students of Brooklyn’s own Urban Assembly New York Harbor School with these amazing videos of their six-word memoir class projects. Great job, guys.
When you’re a kid, playing with toys is just one of those things that you inherently understand. Regardless of the era you grew up in or your economic status, it goes without saying that before you even knew how to talk, you had a collection of objects that you regularly used to create imaginary worlds. And if you’re lucky enough to remember that strange time when tiny plastic figures meant more to you than most people, chances are you’ve got at least a couple good stories.
Specs, a journal of contemporary arts and culture put out by Rollins College, is currently looking for creative work on the subject from students and non-students alike for their upcoming third issue. In addition to accepting works of non-fiction, fiction, and cultural criticism, they’re also accepting visual art, poetry and any other pieces that “blur the genre boundaries.” Full details on submitting can be found on their website and submissions will be accepted up until February 15.
What is democracy? This is the relatively simple question asked by the Democracy Video Challenge. Now while you might expect the resulting answers to that question to be about as interesting as a fourth grade essay on “What America Means to Me,” keep in mind that the contest is open to filmmakers worldwide, each of whom will no doubt draw on their their own personal experience with the topic. And if last year’s winning videos are any indication, we can expect to see a wide array of perspectives and opinions again from this year’s contestants.
Submissions can be up to three minutes long will be accepted up until midnight on January 31, 2010, at which point semi-finalists will be chosen and the eventual winners will later be selected by the general public via online votes. The eight winners will receive an all-expenses-paid trip to New York, Washington, D.C. and Hollywood where they will attend screenings of their work while meeting with democracy advocates from government as well as the film industry. So why not try to come up with an interesting answer to these six-words: What does democracy mean to you?
It’s always interesting to take out one of your yearbooks and flip through the messages that old friends wrote to you. Most of them are sweet or at least polite, but on the other hand there are those that are just awkward.
Enter Awkward Yearbook Signatures: A place to share all of the inappropriately sexual, overly enthusiastic, passive aggressive, hostile, or just plain weird yearbook signatures that you’ve collected over the years. AYS is a new site without many posts, but I’m sure that it will grow into something great since every person reading this has dozens of pages of quality content stashed away in their closet. So go ahead and dust off your old yearbook and keep searching until you strike awkward gold. Submissions can be posted on the website or via email.
No matter what side of the situation you’re on, adoption can be an incredibly difficult thing to process. Whether you’re the parent that had to give up a child or the child who grew up wondering what your biological parents were like, chances are that you have a story that needs to be heard.
Editors Bruce Gillespie and Lynne Van Luven are currently looking for personal essays on the subject of adoption to be published in an upcoming anthology through TouchWood Editions. To have your story considered, all you need to do is submit a 300-word proposal of your story (that would later be expanded into a longer piece with the help of an editor) along with a short biography and contact information to adoptionessays@gmail.com by October 1st.
A perfect example of a blog that’s brilliant in it’s simplicity, OMG I’M THE ADULT is currently looking for submissions of your story about the moment you realized that you weren’t a kid anymore.
