"For sale: baby shoes, never worn."
-Ernest Hemingway

About the Contest|Ernest Hemingway was bet by his friends that he could not write a six word story. This is what he came up with. He was paid by his friends $10, we are offering SO MUCH MORE!

We judges are challenging you all to come up with a six word story as well, but since you wil be getting a lot more than Hemingway did, we also ask that you illustrate the story as well some how.

Now, these illustrations can be anything. They can be photographs, vectors, paintings, sculptures, you name it. There cannot be any extra words of any sort in the illustration itself unless they are the words of the story. There must only be on illustration.

This is the perfect chance for you guys to show off your skills across different mediums or gain new skills.

How to Deviate|The contest entries should be submitted under literature. You should click the "Add Text" button to put the six word story in. For the illustration, once you have added the story a preview option shows up. That is how you should put in the illustration, not in a separate deviation because this is supposed to be one complete work of art. Make sure you note at least one of the judges, *mode-de-vie and *Death-By-Romance, a link to the deviation. Please do not leave a comment with a link on our page or in the News article.

!Caution! Many famous writers and other celebrities have tried to write these stories but most of the time they forget that it is supposed to be... well... a story. Not everything has to be explicitly said in the story, and it might be interpreted in many different ways. I interpret Hemingway's as a woman had a still born child therefore they sold the shoes. It could be taken many different ways, but that is a full story, not just a simple statement, like "The baby has two shoes on." !Caution!


Contest Starts Tuesday, June 2, 2009 (whenever I finish this article)
Contest Ends Friday, July 3, 2009 11:59 PM (23:59)

Entry Rules:

• Must be deviated in Literature, with the illustration as a preview.
  
• Either the illustration or story must be a new piece of art created for this contest. The other can be a previous deviation or older piece of art but does not have to be.
  
• All art (literary and visual) must be your own work. You may use stock images to make an image, but you may not use one stock image without any modification done to it as your illustration, even with permission of the stock artist.
  
• If using stock art, you must follow all of the stock artist's rules for usage.
  
• No words are allowed in the illustration unless they are the same words as in the story.
  
• We will allow deviations in languages other than English. Please talk to one of the judges first, though.
  
  


Some of the finalists from last years contest!



Prizes!
Keep an eye on the judges' journals for the up to date list of prizes.


GOOD LUCK!!!!!