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The 2nd Six-Word Festival Full Schedule

DAY 1, JUNE 4

Molly Ringwald

1:00pm EDT
Prompt: “The Best Advice in Six Words”
Tweet: The Best Advice in Six Words? Tweet @sixwords using #sixwordadvice #sixwords
Participants: Molly Ringwald (shown), WNYC,  Maria Shriver, Katherine Schwarzenegger

 

George Takei

3:30pm EDT
Prompt: “Write a #SciFi Story in #SixWords” 
Tweet: Write a #SciFi Story in #SixWords. Tweet @sixwords using #sixwordscifi #sixwords
Participants: George Takei (shown), Rick Springfield

 

DAY 2, JUNE 5

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10:30am EDT
Prompt: “Glad I Didn’t Get Caught When…” (in #sixwords)
Tweet: “Glad I Didn’t Get Caught When…” Tweet @sixwords using #notsosecretsix & #sixwords
Participants: Rob Delaney (shown), Piper Kerman, Judge Alex Ferrer

 

Sesame Street Muppets Group

1:00pm EDT
Prompt: “Six-Word Letter to My 3-Year-Old Self”
Tweet: My #sixwordletter to my 3-year-old self… Tweet @sixwords using #sixwordletter #sixwords
Participant: Sesame Street

 

 

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3:30pm EDT
Prompt: “Knew I Was A Mom When…” (in #sixwords)
Tweet: Knew I was a mom when… Tweet @sixwords using #knewiwasamom #sixwords
Participant: BabyCenter.com

 

 

DAY 3, JUNE 6

Jenny & Jason11:30am EDT
Prompt: “We Keep Our Marriage Alive By…” (in #sixwords)
Tweet: We keep our marriage alive by… Tweet @sixwords using #keepmarriagealive #sixwords
Participants: Jason Biggs (shown), Jenny Mollen (shown), Simon Doonan

 

Simon & Jonathan1:30pm EDT
Prompt: “What’s Your Six-Word Memoir?”
Tweet: My #sixwordmemoir is… What’s yours? Tweet @sixwords #sixwords
Participants: Molly Ringwald, Maria Shriver, Katherine Schwarzenegger, George Takei, Rick Springfield, Rob Delaney, Piper Kerman, Judge Alex Ferrer, Sesame Street, BabyCenter, Jason Biggs, Jenny Mollen, Simon Doonan (shown), Abbi Crutchfield, Baratunde Thurston

Prizes!
• Six people (maybe more!) who tweet during the Six-Word Advice prompt will be included from our new book, Six Words of Advice from Writers Famous & Obscure, coming out in 2015 from St. Martin’s Press. You must tweet on June 4 between 1-3pm EST, with the hashtag #sixwordadvice and follow @sixwords.

• Each day during the festival, we’ll be giving away six Six-Word Memoir books at random times throughout the festival. All you have to do is tweet with the hashtags we’re using during each of the prompts, as well as follow @sixwords.

Follow @sixwords on Twitter for the latest on the Six-Word Fest and join us 24/7 at sixwordmemoirs.com!

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