Significant Object’s third “volume” of stories — by Damion Searls, Heidi Julavits, Jenny Offill, Jim Shepard, Scarlett Thomas, and 45 others — ran from February through April 2010. SO v3 was a fund-raising effort; it was also a lit journal secretly published on eBay. It raised nearly $1750.00 for the tutoring and mentoring program Girls Write Now.

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Ben Greenman: CORKED BOTTLE (part 3 of a three-part Identical Objects series)

Benjamin Percy: RUBBER BAND GUN

Blake Butler: UTAH SNOW GLOBE

Brian Evenson: METAL FLASHLIGHT

Carole Maso: COIL OF ORANGE PAPER

Charles Baxter: CERAMIC SHELL

Christine Hill: WOODEN BOTTLE

Colleen Werthmann: ABSOLUTION FIGURINE

Damion Searls: BUBBLEBATH TEAPOT (part 1 of a five-story teamup with The Believer)

Dan Chaon: COOKING FORK

Dan Klein: TOY BRONCO (part 3 of a four-part story by the members of Kasper Hauser)

Dan Piepenbring: COPPER DISHES

Dara Horn: MONKEY PUPPET

David Levine: HUMMINGBIRD FEEDER

Duane Swierczynski: NEEDLE CASE

Heidi Julavits: WOODEN APPLE CORE (part 5 of a five-story teamup with The Believer)

Helen DeWitt: SARS Mask (This object was part of a collection curated for Significant Objects by Paola Antonelli.)

James Reichmuth: GAUCHO TRAY (part 2 of a four-part story by the members of Kasper Hauser)

Jennifer Weiner: NEEDLEPOINT ORNAMENTS

Jenny Offill: MINIATURE TURKEY DINNER (1 of 5 stories curated for Significant Objects by Electric Literature)

Jim Hanas: WIRE BASKET (Previous installments in Hanas’ series “Why They Cried” are here.)

Jim Shepard: STAR WARS CARDS (This object was part of a collection curated for Significant Objects by Paola Antonelli.)

John Reichmuth: “BRASS” PITCHER (part 4 of a four-part story by the members of Kasper Hauser)

John Wray: IMPLEMENT

Justin Taylor: METAL FLOWERS (part 2 of a five-story teamup with The Believer)

Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer: GREEK ASHTRAY-PLATE

Katie Hennessey: WOODEN FIGURINE

Kirsten Miller: DOME DOLL

Lakin Khan: PAPER FAN

Lance Gould: CORNHUSK DOLL

Maaza Mengiste: CORKED BOTTLE (part 2 of a three-part Identical Objects series)

Marisa Silver: TOY CAR (1 of 5 stories curated for Significant Objects by Electric Literature)

Matt Brown: “CRUMPTER” (This object was part of a collection curated for Significant Objects by Paola Antonelli.)

Matt Sumell: CRAFT DOLL (1 of 5 stories curated for Significant Objects by Electric Literature)

Miranda Mellis: BRASS APPLE (part 3 of a five-story teamup with The Believer)

Padgett Powell: MICKEY MOUSE PATCH

Peter Rock: POODLE FIGURINE

Rebecca Coffey: GREEN SPHERE

Rick Moody: TINY JAR OF MAYO (1 of 5 stories curated for Significant Objects by Electric Literature)

Rob Baedeker: PENCIL CASE (part 1 of a four-part story by the members of Kasper Hauser)

Ron Currie Jr.: HOMIES FIGURINES (This object was part of a collection curated for Significant Objects by Paola Antonelli.)

Sari Cunningham: EGG WHISK

Scarlett Thomas: BIRTHDAY CANDLES (This object was part of a collection curated for Significant Objects by Paola Antonelli.)

Scott Boylston: STAR CAN

Scott Jacobson: METAL DISH

Stacey D’Erasmo: MINIATURE PITCHFORK

Stephen O’Connor: BUNNY (1 of 5 stories curated for Significant Objects by Electric Literature)

Susanna Daniel: SHARK AND SEAL PENS

Trinie Dalton: BUTTER DISH (part 4 of a five-story teamup with The Believer)

Wesley Stace: CORKED BOTTLE (part 1 of a three-part Identical Objects series)