400 Words


About 400 Words

400 Words is a storytelling project. It is a print magazine and a website, consisting of true stories, none over 400 words, by ordinary people on assigned themes. It's about the documentation of everyday life, saying a lot by saying a little. You can learn more, or order a copy, or tell a story of your own.

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Issue 2, Compulsions:
What can you not not do?

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Issue 1, Autobiographies:
Tell the whole story of your life in 400 words or less.

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Hello. This is an update to say that the Compulsions issue is officially closed for submissions. We’ve been looking around, taking stock of what we have, and slowly writing back to everybody who was good enough to have sent something. And we’ve also been planning out what’s in store for the next few months.

Expect the Compulsions issue to come out this summer (we’ll keep you posted), and in the meantime, sharpen your pencils and get to work on your autobiographies: we’re always collecting autobiographies for use in future issues.

Take care, and don’t forget to write,

-Katherine


2 Comments

I’m wondering what became of my entry for the Compulsions issue–”One, Two, Three….Four Hundred Words.” From the email I received on 5/16/06, it sounded like you were going to publish it. I didn’t see it on your website, and I’m curious what may have happened to it. Please let me know. Thanks–Zan Bockes

Posted by Zan Bockes on 24 October 2006 @ 4pm

Zan — it is! I’m expecting to get the copies of Issue 2 back from the printer in a couple of weeks. Sorry about the long lead time…try putting out a print magazine sometime. It’s like watching a glacier melt. I hope it will have been worth it, though.

Posted by katherine on 24 October 2006 @ 8pm

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