Win a copy of SMITH Magazine's Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure and a one-year subscription to Philadelphia magazine in phillymag.com's Six-Word Memoir Contest!

To get into the spirit of two upcoming readings by Larry Smith, founder of storytelling website SMITHmag.net and editor of Not Quite What I Was Planning, phillymag.com is looking for the story of your life in Philly — in exactly six words. (Need some inspiration? See SMITHmag's latest featured submissions.)

We'll choose ten finalists based on creativity and Philadelphia flavor, then give the list to Larry Smith, who will select three winners and announce them on May 16th at the Rittenhouse Square Barnes & Noble.

(For full contest rules, click here.)

And the winners are...

Mom put Tastykakes in my lunchbag
.- Al Cummings, San Francisco

Because the fat elf deserved it.
— Tim Piroli, Philadelphia

I can’t leave for some reason.
— Dan McQuade, Philadelphia

About The Book

Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs from Writers Famous and Obscure collects almost 1,000 six-word memoirs, including additions from many celebrities including Stephen Colbert, Amy Sedaris, Dave Eggers, Richard Ford, Deepak Chopra, Moby, and more. A New York Times bestseller and subject of hundreds of stories from The New Yorker to NPR and hailed as "American haiku," SMITH's book of six-word memoirs is both a moving peek at the minutia of humanity and the most inspirational toilet reading you'll ever find.