What’s Ms. Andrews doing up there? Describe this scene in exactly six words in the comments area below by 5pm EST on Friday, March 8 and you could win $50 on Shutterfly. Each entry should be a separate comment and you can submit up to 10 entries; read the official rules for more details.

The winning caption from last week’s contest, describing the photo from last week’s contest is “See! Your face did get stuck,” by Tony Mutz. (more…)

Who hasn’t had the occasional “aha!” moment? The short-form scribe who’s moved to describe this kid’s excellent look in exactly six words will win $50 on Shutterfly. Share your six-word caption by 5pm EST on Friday, March 1 in the comments area below to describe the photo you see here. Each entry should be a separate comment and you can submit up to 10 entries; read the official rules for more details.

Contest #18 winning caption describing the photo from last week’s contest is “Beneath the surface, the thorns arise,” by Amyra R. (more…)

This President’s Day we challenge you to take a pensive pause from the often-insane political process and put forth your best six words for the picture you see here. You, Sir, may be no Jack Kennedy, but if your six gets our vote you’ll win $50 on Shutterfly. Share your six-word caption by 5pm EST on Friday, Feb. 22 in the comments area below to describe the photo you see here. Each entry should be a separate comment and you can submit up to 10 entries; read the official rules for more details.

Contest #17 winning caption describing the photo from last week’s contest is “Heart’s been hung out to dry,” by Meowmag. (more…)

“In my classroom, memoirs are a place for them to say in six words what some of them have never tried to articulate let alone creatively.”

Name: Lisa Bottone
Place: Warren, New Jersey
SMITH member since: May 29, 2008

Lisa Bottone, known to the SMITH community as sisterpoet, began her Six-Word Memoir writing with six words that live up to her screen name: “Love is a four letter word.” Lisa first heard about our lively, literary online world in an old-school way: at a book festival in Brooklyn back in 2008. Nearly five years and 2,398 memoirs later, sisterpoet is everything a writing community could ask for: a poetic, funny, and thoughtful writer, and a frequent commenter on the work of others, often offering more than just six words of praise and support.

Lisa is a lifelong writer with a passion for music—Morrissey, founder of the band The Smiths is quite appropriately her favorite—is also a teacher who has taken her love of the six-word form back into her own life offline, where she introduced Six-Word Memoirs in her seventh graders at Warren Middle School. In our “Six Questions For….” feature, Lisa tells about more about her and her life and work, in six words and many more. (more…)