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Contest Rules: The SMITHTeens and Figment Valentine’s Day Contest 26 Jan 2013 | 06:31 am
The SMITHTeens and Figment Valentine’s Day Contest Official Rules NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. A PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. 1. Eligibility The SMITHTeens and ...
“We are presently in a pickle.” And other big winners. 7 Feb 2011 | 05:28 pm
The votes are counted, and the results are in: Six-Word Memoirists write more succinct states of the union than that dude in office. In partnership with THIRTEEN, Sesame Street provider of my youth an...
Shooting War in The Rough Guide to Graphic Novels 6 Nov 2008 | 08:03 am
Shooting War, the near-future webcomic from Anthony Lappe and Dan Goldman that debuted on SMITH, is included among the 60 best graphic novels in The Rough Guide to Graphic Novels. Housed alphabeticall...
Studs Terkel, R.I.P., One Curious Cat 1 Nov 2008 | 09:27 am
In which we say goodbye to the masterful, inspirational, one-of-a-kind storyteller, Mr. Studs Terkel. Here’s the obit by William Grimes; look for more tributes from across the world in the coming days...
The Internet is Really, Really Great (for writing community) 17 Jan 2008 | 11:02 am
I don’t get to blog on here as often as I’d like to, and I certainly never find the time to blog that I’m going to blog. Why would I, anyway? Well, because if someone asks me to participate in someth...
08: Dan Goldman On the Campaign Trail 15 Jan 2008 | 08:29 pm
What a thrill it was to open up the January issue of GQ and see an excerpt from 08: A Graphic Diary of the Campaign Trail, the forthcoming book from Dan Goldman (who we humbly note was catapulted into...
One Life. Six Words. What’s Yours? 15 Jan 2008 | 06:57 am
Hello to New York Times readers, as well as those from less prominent spots across the media world. If you’re new to SMITH, there’s lots to tell you. But our top story at this moment is our forthcomin...
The Reel Geezers 12 Jan 2008 | 12:42 pm
I’ll take this over Ebert and Doe any day — the hottest new film critics, available only on YouTube, are the Reel Geezers. A duo of screenwriter Lorenzo Semple, 84, and Marcia Nasatir, 81, an agent an...
You’re going to die. So, what’s on your list? 12 Jan 2008 | 05:33 am
At SMITH, we have a thing for lists. From random to-do lists—here’s how mine reads for today in no particular order: 1) edit test 2) SMITH blog 3) gym 4) write pitch 5) deposit check 6) call editors a...
The Obama Moment and the WeTube Election 10 Jan 2008 | 07:49 pm
As I flew back from Vegas over New Year’s, I read Why Obama Matters, Andrew Sullivan’s cover story in The Atlantic (yes, that periodical and Vegas make no sense, but it was working for me). Maybe it w...
