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Six-Word Caption Contest #7 (and winner #6)

Monday, October 29th, 2012

SMITH and Shutterfly’s Six-Word caption contest gets in the holiday spirit this week with a photo fitting for All Hallow’s Eve. By now you may know the drill, but each Monday morning we post a photo from Shutterfly on the Six-Word Memoir project and you have until Friday at 5pm EST to write a six-word caption. One [...]

Six-Word Caption Contest #6 (and Winner #5)

Monday, October 22nd, 2012

SMITH and Shutterfly’s Six-Word caption contest keeps rolling into—wait for it—its sixth week. It goes like this: Each Monday morning we post a photo from Shutterfly on the Six-Word Memoir project and you have until Friday at 5pm EST to write a six-word caption. One savvy six-word scribe wins a gift certificate for $50 [...]

Six-Word Caption Contest #5: Six Tips

Monday, October 15th, 2012

SMITH and Shutterfly’s Six-Word caption contest roars into Autumn. Each Monday morning we post a photo from Shutterfly on the Six-Word Memoir project and you have until Friday at 5pm EST to write a caption in exactly six words. One savvy six-word scribe will win a gift certificate for $50 for Shutterfly. Leave [...]

Six-Word Caption Contest #4: Sifting Sixes

Monday, October 8th, 2012

SMITH and Shutterfly’s Six-Word caption contest continues. It’s like this: Each Monday morning we post a photo from Shutterfly on the Six-Word Memoir project and you have until Friday at 5pm EST to write a caption in six words—no more, no less. One winning caption writer receives a gift certificate for $50 for Shutterfly. [...]

Six-Word Caption Contest #3: Sticky Six-uations

Monday, October 1st, 2012

SMITH and Shutterfly’s Six-Word caption contest continues. For those just joining us here’s how it works: Each Monday morning we’ll post a photo from Shutterfly on the Six-Word Memoir project and you’ll have until Friday at 5pm EST to submit a caption in exactly six words. One short-form scribe will receive a gift certificate for [...]

Six-Word Caption Contest #2 (and Contest #1 Winner)

Monday, September 24th, 2012

Six Words are always a-changin’ and now SMITH and Shutterfly are delighted present our new weekly Six-Word challenge. Each Monday morning we’ll post a photo from Shutterfly on the Six-Word Memoir project and you’ll have until Friday at 5pm EST to submit a six-word caption. One savvy caption writer will receive a gift certificate [...]

New! Six-Word Caption Contest from SMITH & Shutterfly

Monday, September 17th, 2012

A New Caption Contest with Shutterfly
We’re teaming up with Shutterfly, a company as obsessed with personal expression as we are, for a new weekly Six-Word challenge. Each Monday morning we’ll post a photo from Shutterfly on the Six-Word Memoir project and you’ll have until Friday at 5pm EST to submit a six-word caption. One savvy [...]

Quick Six Challenge! Heath Care Summarized in Six Words

Thursday, June 28th, 2012

We have a new Six-Word challenge over on Facebook. Eighteen months after it passed, and now upheld, President Obama is still trying to explain the new health-care law. What’s your Six-Word summation of the Affordable Care Act? One Sixer who responds, chosen at random, will win a SMITH T-shirt—a healthy look for summer. Leave your [...]

What’s Your Six-Word Stump Speech?

Monday, May 28th, 2012

Immediately following the 2008 election, SMITH and the National Constitution Center asked you for the Six Words you hoped the hear from President Obama at his inauguration in an ongoing project we call “Six Words for America.” Now, as the presidential race heats up, we’re dipping back into the political arena as we invite [...]

Hey Students! Be In a New Book of Six-Word Illustrations from SMITH & TED

Monday, May 21st, 2012

SMITH Magazine, home of the Six-Word Memoir project, is delighted to announce a new book of Six-Word Memoirs with a great new twist: all the memoirs will be illustrated by students. By students we mean grade school to grad school, art classes of all ages or the work of MFA candidates, and both the word [...]

 
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