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Gaucho Tray + Kasper Hauser Story, Part 2
[Bid on this Significant Object, with story by James Reichmuth, here. This is the second installment in a four-part story by the members of Kasper Hauser. Proceeds from this auction go to Girls Write Now.] One thing I won’t need if I open my own zoo is a lot of crap holding me back. Or sentimental/highly-valuable [...]
Continue reading...Pencil Case + Kasper Hauser Story, Part 1
9. March 2010
[Bid on this Significant Object, with story by Rob Baedeker, here. This is the first installment in a four-part story by the members of Kasper Hauser. Proceeds from this auction go to Girls Write Now.] One night I looked at my saggy old beanbag, a sad black lump just lying on my living room floor like [...]
Continue reading...Ceramic Shell + Charles Baxter Story
25. February 2010
[The auction for this item, with story by Charles Baxter, has ended. Original price: $3.00. Final price: $23.50. Significant Objects will donate the proceeds of this auction to Girls Write Now.] This beautiful object was discovered in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota, by a high school student, Emily Traumer, on the corner of North First Street and Third [...]
Continue reading...Mickey Mouse Patch + Padgett Powell Story
23. February 2010
[The auction for this object, with story by Padgett Powell, has ended. Original price: $1.00. Final price: $23.00. Significant Objects will donate the proceeds of this auction to Girls Write Now..] It is little known that the singer Marcia Ball worked briefly as a teenager at Disney. One day at the close of the shift she was [...]
Continue reading...Needlepoint Ornaments + Jennifer Weiner Story
22. February 2010
[The auction for this Significant Object, with story by Jennifer Weiner, has ended. Original price: $1. Final price: $62. Significant Objects will donate the proceeds of this auction to Girls Write Now.] We were married for sixteen years. When Christina was in Girl Scouts, she wanted to earn her sewing badge. I don’t sew: no time, [...]
Continue reading...Fancy Piggy Bank
28. January 2010
[The auction for this item, with story by Martha McPhee, has ended. Original price: $3.00. Final price: $20.50. Significant Objects will donate the proceeds of this auction to 826 National.] My grandmother gave me the piggy bank when I was four, for Christmas, wrapped in a box with bows. She said, “A penny saved is a [...]
Continue reading...Mystery Object
22. January 2010
[The auction for this MYSTERY Significant Object, with story by Ben Greenman, has ended. Original price: 99 cents. Final price: $103.50. Significant Objects will donate the proceeds of this auction to 826 National.] This object was the first artifact found at the Hasegawa house in Osaka, Japan, in 2006, immediately following the death of Nobuhiko Hasegawa. [...]
Continue reading...Cat Napkin Ring
15. January 2010
[The auction for this Significant Object, with story by Julie Klausner, has ended. Original price: 50 cents. Final price: $31.00. Significant Objects will donate the proceeds of this auction to 826 National.] On the bus in the morning, Judith Zinn-Lasser squints to read the small classifieds in The New Yorker, in hopes of finding something really [...]
Continue reading...Pepper Shaker
14. January 2010
[The auction for this Significant Object, with story by Philip Graham, has ended. Original price: 99 cents. Final price: $28.00. Significant Objects will donate the proceeds of this auction to 826 National.] Lily hesitates before the open door of the empty pantry. Alone on one of the shelves sits a silvery white saltshaker, seemingly the only [...]
Continue reading...Smoking Man Figurine
7. January 2010
[The auction for this Significant Object, with story by Vicente Lozano, has ended. Original price: $2.99. Final price: $37.00. Significant Objects will donate the proceeds of this auction to 826 National.] This little smoking man did not appear in Inglourious Basterds. But he came close. Back in 2007, during development, Quentin Tarantino was visiting the Santa Monica [...]
Continue reading...Dolphins Box
4. January 2010
[The auction for this Significant Object, with story by Jenny Hayes, has ended. Original price: $1.49. Final price: $10.50. Significant Objects will donate the proceeds of this auction to 826 National.] I reach into my jacket pocket, rolling the dolphins around in my hand, the way I used to when I was little. My fingers remember [...]
Continue reading...Lighter Shaped Like Small Pool Ball
11. November 2009
[The auction for this Significant Object, with story by (Six-Word Story Contest winner) Rob Agredo, has ended. Original price: $1. Final price: $27.] “You lose,” she puffed.
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- The future (?) of Significant Objects (Part Two)
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- Update: Significant Objects/Slate story contest
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- Project update: The first Significant Objects auctions have ended (much more to come)
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- Dome Doll + Kirsten Miller Story
- Shout-out from Girls Write Now
- The Kasper Hauser Four-Part Story, all in one place
- Significant Tweets for Week Ending 2010-03-14
- Experimental fictions of the Web: Your thoughts?
- “Brass” Pitcher + Kasper Hauser Story, Part 4
- Significant Objects Meme (4)
- Toy Bronco + Kasper Hauser Story, Part 3
- Shout-out from 826 National
* S.O. v3 — for Girls Write Now
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- Ben Greenman
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- Dara Horn
- David Levine
- Duane Swierczynski
- Helen DeWitt
- James Reichmuth
- Jennifer Weiner
- Jenny Offill
- Jim Hanas
- Jim Shepard
- John Reichmuth
- John Wray
- Justin Taylor
- Katie Hennessey
- Kirsten Miller
- Lakin Khan
- Lance Gould
- Maaza Mengiste
- Marisa Silver
- Matt Brown
- Matt Sumell
- Miranda Mellis
- Padgett Powell
- Peter Rock
- Rick Moody
- Rob Baedeker
- Ron Currie Jr.
- Scott Jacobson
- Stephen O'Connor
- Susanna Daniel
- Trinie Dalton
- Wesley Stace
S.O. v1 — the EXPERIMENT
- * CLICK HERE for all 100 authors from SO v1
- Annalee Newitz
- Ben Greenman
- Ben Katchor
- Bruce Sterling
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- Colson Whitehead
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- Jonathan Lethem
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- Meg Cabot
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S.O. v2 — for 826 National
- * CLICK HERE for all 50 authors from SO v2
- Alissa Nutting
- Amy Fusselman
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- Barbara Bogaev
- Bob Powers
- Carl Wilson
- Chris Adrian
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- Debbie Millman
- Douglas Wolk
- Gary Panter
- Joe Lyons
- Julie Klausner
- Kathryn Davis
- Luc Sante
- Margaret Wertheim
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- Martha McPhee
- Mimi Lipson
- Neil LaBute
- Philip Graham
- Rachel Axler
- Sam Means
- Sarah Manguso
- Tom McCarthy
- Wayne Koestenbaum
10. March 2010
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