AN ARTISTS CHALLENGE

[tat2jay]

Hiya,
My name is Jay and I have a project that you may be interested in.
First a little history:
Ernest Hemingway was once challenged to write a story in six words.
? For Sale: baby shoes, never used.?
It is rumored that Hemingway thought it was his greatest work, and its invariably offered as the model for what modern micro fiction should aspire to be.

The skinny:
Here is my project, I want to gather 6 word works of fiction from Knoxville writers and have them illustrated by Knoxville artists and photographers and publish the complete work on the web for all to see.

The fat:
Only one submission per writer and with your submission please include a short bio or list of published works or just anything you want the public to know about you and an email so the public can contact you.
Six words, no more, no less
If you submit something as a writer you can also be used as an artist (if you do both) but you cannot visualize your own story. After all the stories are received I will assign the stories to the artists.
Please do not share your stories with other writers in the project (obviously I cant stop you from doing that but I would like for the entire work to be as much of a surprise as possible when published).
What ever you create for this project, be it story or art, remains your property completely, I will only use it for the web project and for print, only if the project as a whole gets printed (I honestly do not see this happening at all).
Once all the stories are received I will distribute them to the artists who will be given a set amount of time to create something and then publish the entire work to the web.
The artists must submit their work in digital format and it must be in black and white (hey if the writers only get 6 words, then you only get to work in grayscale)

That?s pretty much it so if you have any questions email me at tattoojay@hotmail.com

Deadline for stories is October 15, 2004
Please email your story to tattoojay@hotmail.com with the subject ?6 word fiction?
If you are an artist and want to illustrate a story email me with the subject ?artist 6 word?
With your story please include any information about yourself you would like to be published (bio, published works, contact info etc)

Thanks
Jay

Here are some sample 6 word stories by a few American writers:

?Forgive me.? ?What for?? ?Never mind.? ? John Updike

?Satan ? Jehovah ? fifteen rounds. A draw.? - Norman Mailer

?Saigon hotel. Decades later. He weeps? ? Robert Olen Butler

?Father died. Mother triumphed. I left.? ? Mary Gaitskill

?Tossed remorselessly, whiffle balls sure hurt.? ? JT LeRoy

?Mother?s Day came, double Oedipus? pleasure.? ? Bruce Benderson

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that sounds like a rad idea
be sure to post updates id like to see some of the work
and read the stories