Patiently awaiting your Significance.
Don’t sleep, people: The deadline for our Significant Objects Story Contest is fast approaching: Submit a 500-word story featuring the object pictured above (a barbecue sauce jar) by Friday Oct. 16 at 5 p.m. That’s tomorrow!
As a reminder, our esteemed partner in this venture is none other than Slate.com. All stories must be submitted to Slate (details below). A panel of judges consisting of Slate editors and SignificantObjects.com‘s Rob Walker and Josh Glenn will select the winning entry, which will be published on both websites — and, of course, on eBay, where it will serve as the item description for the BBQ Sauce Jar.
Proceeds from the eBay auction will — as always — go to the story’s author. Which could be you!
Slate explains the contest parameters here:
You’ll write a short story (500 words or fewer) in which this object plays an important role. (Please do not make reference to the fact that the object is being sold on eBay, and do not mention the penny that appears in the photo for scale — the story’s plot should be independent of the project’s context.) The stories must be e-mailed to Slate (slatesignificantobjects@gmail.com) by Oct. 16 at 5 p.m. Please also tell us your full name and the city and state you’re writing from. All submissions may be quoted — and attributed to their author — in a follow-up article on Slate announcing the winning entry.
Click on over to Slate for all the details.
