Six Word Contest: The Runners-Up

by Rob Walker | Thu, Nov 12, 2009

ABOUT the PROJECT

Thanks again to all who participated in our Six-Word Contest in Conjunction with SmithMag.net. And while I’m at it: Thanks, SmithMag.net!

We published our winner yesterday: Read (and bid!) here.

It was, of course, an excruciating choice. Peruse the 400+ entries here and see what you think. Our runners up (in no specific order) are as follows:

He smoked me, I just smoked.
— Cameron Vest; Reston, Virginia

Old flame. Great rack. Plays game.
— Paul de Denus, Santa Rosa Beach, Florida

“Fire ball…….

colliding………Earth………

remain ca…”
— Kritika Kushwaha, New Delhi, India

“Never needed those eyebrows. Your rack?”
— Pete Sosalski

“After pool table sex, smoked cigarettes.”
— Kelly Kreth


The significance of this object has been invented by the author; see the project description for details. Click here to receive email updates.

About the author:

Rob Walker

Rob Walker is the author of Buying In: The Secret Dialogue Between What We Buy and Who We Are, and writes the Consumed column for The New York Times Magazine.

5 Responses to “Six Word Contest: The Runners-Up”

  1. Josh Glenn Says:
    November 12th, 2009 at 8:32 am

    Yep, it was a great contest — thanks so much to all involved.

  2. PauldeD Says:
    November 12th, 2009 at 10:36 am

    thanks SigObs for the nod- lots of fun and mind strain. I agree with continuing the project for charity- would love to participate

  3. Kritika Says:
    November 13th, 2009 at 2:07 am

    Thanks :)

  4. kevin Says:
    November 27th, 2009 at 8:34 pm

    vampire love stories end by morning.


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  1. Fiction Writers Review » Blog Archive » Significant Objects says:
    November 17, 2009 at 12:54 am

    [...] Attention span too short? Significant Objects and Smith Magazine recently ran a six-word story contest, where readers tried to make an object significant using, yup, just 6 words. (It was partly inspired by the apocryphal Hemingway story: “For sale, baby shoes, never worn.”) Read all the entries are here; if you’re the flip-to-the-end-of-the-mystery type, winner and runners-up are here. [...]

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