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By accessing and using this website, you agree to the following terms. Use of Content All content on this website, including text, images, and creative material, is the property of Doug Weller unless otherwise stated. Content may not be copied, reproduced, or redistributed without permission. User Submissions If you submit content to the website, including … Read more

Six Word Playground

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Playful writing scene with a vintage typewriter, coffee, and colourful sticky notes promoting the Six Word Wonder challenge to tell a story in exactly six words

Some stories take hundreds of pages. Others take just six words. This Six Word playground lets you experiment with the art of tiny storytelling. Type your idea, watch the word counter, and when you reach exactly six words you can submit your wonder to appear below. Try writing something funny, haunting, surprising, or beautiful. A … Read more

Six Word Wonder 2024 – most of the entries

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This selection captures a spectrum of human emotions and experiences, from the poignant and the profound to the playful and the peculiar, each encapsulated in a compact six words. These entries, spanning romance, loss, discovery, and humor, reflect the contest’s diverse submissions.

Announcing the Winner – Six Word Wonder 2024

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Six Word Wonders hardback book

The 4th Annual Six Word Wonder contest announces Bentley Brock as the overall winner, with winners in story, poem, memoir, and joke categories also revealed. A special anthology, Six Word Wonders 2024, features shortlisted entries. For a limited time, five books from the series are available for free as e-books. The contest showcases talents in writing succinct, powerful six-word narratives and will return next year for its 2025 edition.

Announcing the shortlist – Six Word Wonder 2024

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Six Word Wonders hardback book

The Six Word Wonder writing contest has announced their shortlist for its 4th annual event, celebrating microfiction. Writers globally competed, sharing creativity in six-word formats. The winners will be revealed on March 26th, 2024, with successful entries featured in an upcoming anthology. Excitement builds as entrants and fans await the announcement.