Spring 2008 Contest Winner - Six-Word Memoir Contest

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"I've taken writing courses in college, adult education classes and a couple of writing workshops. Fiction Writing I at Gotham has been by far the most rewarding."

- John Daley
Cable Television Advertising

"I have taken many writing courses over the past few years, but this is the first that has ever inspired me to write every single day. This course helped me to stretch my writing muscles beyond anywhere they'd ever been before."

- Lisa Benwitz
Owner, Court Reporting Firm

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Spring 2008 Six-Word Memoir Contest Winner

For this contest, we asked you to write a memoir using only six words. Now we thank Rachel Fershleiser, co-editor of Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous & Obscure for selecting the winners from among the 700 entries we received.

The winner is:
I’ll never know mom’s meatloaf recipe.
by Kathleen Ett of Brooklyn, NY

Runners-up:
Party of one, many tried crashing.
by Lorri McDole of Renton, WA

I was statue; life’s a pigeon.
by Jim Chappell of Louisville, KY

Saying “I do”...completely undid me.
by Nadine Scjiff of Los Angeles, CA

Reclaimed maiden name after every divorce.
by Victoria Martin of Lake City, MI

Breast cancer: zero. My future: won.
by Amy Bowker of Burbank, CA

Had kitties—not kiddies. God misunderstood.
by Sue Brooks of Ewing, NJ

Learn more about opportunities to be considered for publication in future Six-Word Memoir projects by visiting SmithMag.net.