I've been wanting to blog about the site/magazine Smith for a while now because it's just such a cool collection of story stuff. Can't remember exactly how I stumbled upon it, but I know it was quite by accident.Oh yes, I believe I saw a widget for it on Widgetbox (there's now a Smith widget on this blog).

Smith says its "mission has been to be a place for storytelling, with a focus on personal narrative. ... SMITH magazine celebrates the joy of storytelling... and is a home for storytelling of all forms and kinds... We believe everyone has a story, and everyone should have a place to tell it."

There's just so much great story stuff on this site.

Smith refers to the various parts of its site as story projects, including six-word memoirs*, "minuscule yet insightful life stories" on diverse themes; Brushes with Fame, personal stories about unexpected encounters with celebrities; My Life So Far, memoirs in progress; My Ex, pretty much self-explanatory; and The PopuList (100-word or fewer responses to various ripped-from-the headlines topics, such as an Oscars-inspired request for the title and 100-word trailer for the movie of your life or a Valentine's themed craziest thing you ever did for love).

The site also has other sections and a comics/graphic novels area.

You could easily lose yourself in Smith and spend days and days here.

* Just as a side note to the 6-word story theme, flickr has a section in which folks (in this 2,000+ member group) write 6-word captions for photos.