Last week’s Six-Word Memoirs were about difficulty and struggle but, ultimately, hope. To see all of the week’s illustrated memoirs, visit SMITH Magazine’s Tumblr.

This week’s Six-Word Memoirs were all about contrast, namely between what you want in your life and what you have. To see all five of this week’s illustrated memoirs, visit SMITH Magazine’s Tumblr.

This week’s Six-Word Memoirs were somber, reflecting your reactions to the recent tragedy in Boston. To see the rest of the week’s illustrated memoirs, visit SMITH Magazine’s Tumblr.
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This week’s Six-Word Memoirs focused on endurance and positivity. To see all five of the illustrated memoirs, visit SMITH Magazine’s Tumblr.

Last week’s Six-Word Memoirs of the day ended on a positive note. To see all five of the week’s illustrated memoirs, visit SMITH Magazine’s Tumblr.

Politics and Spring weather colored your Six-Word Memoirs this week. We chose a few of our favorites to illustrate, with some pretty snazzy results. To see all five of this week’s illustrated memoirs, visit SMITH Magazine’s Tumblr.

Your spiritual path may or may not lead you to pass over this funny bunny, but the short-form scribe who captions this scene in a half-dozen well-chosen words in comments area below is in for a treat: a $50 gift certificate for Shutterfly. Each entry should be a separate comment and you can submit up [...]

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 [...]

J.C. Duffy, a cartoonist whose work can be found in The New Yorker, MAD, and the syndicated newspaper comic strip, “The Fusco Brothers,” sent in this illustrated Six-Word Memoir for our Gallery of Sixes (found on the right column of the Six-Word Memoir page). He writes in many more than six words in numerous [...]

The heat broke on the east, as did the spirit of at least one flight attendant, but your Six-Word Memoirs could not be stopped. Here are six six-worders we love from the week ending August 13. Click on each author’s name to check out more memoirs.
Most Pragmatic: “Dreamed of bohemia. Changed my mind.” —TheQuietOne
Most Determined: [...]