Whether you’re heartbroken or head over heels, Valentine’s Day tends to stir up a lot of strong feelings. Especially when you’re in high school. We get it and we’re here to help. Whatever strong sentiment the Hallmark holiday brings up about relationships past, present and fictional, SMITHTeens want to hear about it! In fact, we’re joining forces with our friends at teen fiction hub Figment.com to give teens the chance to say it in six, share the backstory and potentially win a spot in SMITH and Figment’s amazing LIVE Valentine’s Day show in New York alongside stars of the NYC storytelling scene!
How do they enter? Easy! Teens can submit their stories in two ways:
– Go to SMITHTeens and write a six-word love letter or a six-word breakup letter in the comment thread of this post.
– Go to Figment.com and write a story of 500 words or less about a relationship starting or a relationship ending.
**Important Note:** Make sure your story title on Figment is the same as your six-word love letter or six-word breakup letter on SMITHTeens. Your two pieces should be related in some way. They can be about a real relationship you’ve had or witnessed, or they can be about a fictional relationship.
Submit your entries on both sites by Sunday, Feb 4th (11:59 pm est), and you could win the opportunity to read both of your pieces live or via video at our amazing Valentine’s Day event “It’s Like My Heart Has Sciatica” SMITH Mag’s Annual Love & Heartbreak Story Show in New York on February 14th.
Read the official rules here for more detail than you probably want. And remember to enter over at SMITHTeens and Figment (memoirs in comments area below aren’t eligible).
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Ryanne Kap
It was over before it began.
Ryanne Kap
Oh oops. Going to the other post now.
Speak Truth
Remember when you whispered my name?
Carnation
She knows he’s a sweet guy.
Louise Charlotte
Sam-
Sorry we’re not a fairytale.
Yours always
My parents can’t know about us
carebear
In the end, it never mattered.
Brooklyn Hunter
Dear Heart, why him? Sincerely, Confused
meredith
Love these! Just remember (if you fall in the 13-19 age range) to post your sixer in the comment thread on SMITHTeens and the backstory on Figment. Here are the links: http://www.smithteens.com/story.php?did=1160823694675790767 and http://dailyfig.figment.com/2013/01/28/smith-teens-figment-valentines-day-contest/. Thanks and good luck!
Elex Klaire
Love hurts, so don’t try it.
HG88
I love you; I always have.
Rhiannon Danae
I’ll fix your heart, my love
Meggie
How many times will you ask?
Samantha
I thought I had a chance
Alex
I know how to say, us.
Sarah P
2 mad
+
2 tired
________
4 you
Sarah P
Nothing lasts forever…
Be my nothing?
Nicholette
Someday, you will be loved.
Sierra
Love never holds on for long.
niki
The words whispered in my hear.
evea
I love you, replies me to
Blackcatwhitewolf
I do not love you anymore.
Radhika
My life called back. I answered.
Olivia Rose
I was a monster. Until her.
Olivia Rose
It was her flower. Her flower.
Ash Hawthorne
Will you be my fairytale ending?
M.Carlyle
You’re the one I truly want.
Harlee Camda
You forgot: you took my heart.
H. Vogelbaum
Desire hides under love’s trite cloak.
OvercomingDyslexic
Will you be my precious, hobbit?
Teautie Stewart
It wasn’t me, it was you.
Margyt
Catch My Heart If You Can
Katie
Can an eighth-grader be in love?
Katie
Please love me, stop loving her.
Katie
Trying to prove I’m worth it….
Katie
Trying to prove I deserve you….
Katie
Eighth grade, first love, wasn’t mutual….
Katie
In love, friend’s ex= off limits….
Annika O.
We were perfect once, you know?
Tiffany S.
Single. But I love my cats!!
Louise Charlotte
Why can’t we be a fairy-tale?
YoLani
From my paper heart to yours.
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