Results are in for the “Six Words on the Digital Life” challenge sponsored by SMITH Magazine and FRONTLINE/Digital Nation after 850+ entries.
Here are the three winning memoirs:
- “Introverted autistic son blossoms on internet.” –Claire Luna-Pinsker
- Sexting is saving our relationship. –Dana Newsome
- Husband won’t confirm my relationship status. — Dana Calvo
Meanwhile, SMITH has announced a new six-word challenge based on the online project Significant Objects started by Joshua Glenn and NYT “Consumed” columnist Rob Walker, in which writers craft significance for items purchased on the cheap at thrift stores. They then sell story and object as a pair on eBay to determine whether a great story can make a random object valuable. T
SMITH’s newest Six-Word Challenge: Can you create Significance for the Object at left in just six words? The winning response will be published on the 
Significant Objects site, and more to the point, on its eBay store. Proceeds from that auction go to the author of the winning submission.
So what about this object, a lighter in the shape of small pool ball? What’s its story? You tell us. Leave your six-word story in the comments area below. The contest is open until Friday, November 6, 8 pm EST.