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What is 12words?
Show us what you can do in 12 words or less. Tell a story, convey a mood, give a glimpse at a person. We’re reading.
If you have a story to tell, share it with us – briefly. If you’re aged between 15 and 25 and living in Australia when you register, you could win a prize.
The micro story isn’t new. Ernest Hemingway once said his six-word story, Baby Shoes, was his favourite. “For sale: baby shoes: never used”
Gertrude Stein beat him with a shorter story still called Longer “She stayed away longer.”
More recently, New York based writer, Amy Hempel wrote a twelve-word story – Memoir – “Just once in my life. Oh, when have I ever wanted anything just once in my life.”
What we love about the micro story is that it is accessible for everyone. Whether you are a published writer or you have never written any fiction before, you can give this a go and enjoy it. It’s also quick to text, email and tweet.
There are also loads of sites with micro blogs and very short stories on them, see our links below, and suggest more if you know of any.
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How it works Register
To write or rate stories as part of 12words.
Write
Think up some stories and load them onto our site – you can put up one story each week, so choose your best.
Publish
Our team will read over the stories and make sure they’re ok to put up. If they are, up they go.
Rate
Anyone who is registered with 12words is eligible to rate stories from 1-10 – you can rate as many stories as you like but you can only rate each story once.
Compete
On December 1, the top 7 rated stories written by people aged 15-19 and the top 7 stories written by people aged 20-25 become our 14 finalists. Each of these people wins a prize
Win
Our judges read over the finalists stories and chose one winner in each age group. The winners will be announced on December 12.
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The Team
Nambucca Valley Youth Services Centre
The Nambucca Valley Youth Services Centre (NVYSC) is an inclusive, youth friendly organisation, which celebrates diversity in a holistic, collaborative environment at a grass roots level.
Coordinator
Liz Keen has been working as a freelance journalist for 10 years. She thought of creating 12words with NVYSC because she wants to read what you write.
Designer
Katrina Honor has over 15 years experience as a Graphic Designer working in Sydney and on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales. For the last 10 years, she has been running her own Graphic Design business, Crush Design.
Web Technician
Ole Tübben is the director of and the creative talent behind Brain Domain, a dynamic Graphic Design and Web Development Studio based in Coffs Harbour, NSW. He draws from more than 10 years’ international and local experience in both private and public sectors and completed the 12words web project with the support of talented web coder Coreyna Blachut.
Social Marketer
Rosalyn Pursey is a communications specialist with a background in elearning and online community building. Her projects are about community, art and social media with impact.
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Some Sites Onefifty
Blognosh
SmithMag
Sixwords
One sentence
Dear old love
Mackenzie speaks
Twentytwo words
Six word stories
Twitery
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CONTACT US Email us here or call us on 0411 892 463
Nambucca Valley Youth Services Centre 02 6568 7777 or at nvysc@bigpond.com
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