The year 2010 has been an interesting year: unemployment, multiple wars, the Tea Party, health care reform, Lady Gaga and even an “underwear bomber.” See if you can sum up 12 months in 6 words by entering our latest contest! Your submissions can be personal, political or pop-culture related, but please keep them pithy. Post your six-word entry in the survey below, and on December 29 we’ll announce the winners with Larry Smith and Rachel Fershleiser of Smith Magazine! The deadline for submissions is December 27 at 3 pm! Larry Smith and Rachel Fershleiser's most recent book is It All Changed in an Instant: More Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous & Obscure.
The Winning Summaries
Went from self employed to unemployed.
Lost 50 pounds. Found myself underneath.
- both Sandi Hemmerlein
Got masters moved home permanent intern.
- Dana
Salinger waked. Haiti quaked. Oil caked.
- Coleen Goodson
Bedbugs, earthquakes, overeating, Snooki eclipsed Wikileaking.
- Janet
Green Day on Broadway? Oy vey!
- Leigh Giza
I could not stop checking Facebook!
- Janet Villas
Kanye Tweeted all the important stuff.
- Galia Abramson
About The Leonard Lopate Show
Host Leonard Lopate lets you in on the best conversations with writers, actors, ex-presidents, dancers, scientists, comedians, historians, grammarians, curators, filmmakers, and do-it-yourself experts.
Hosted by Leonard Lopate
Links
- 2012 Election Coverage
- 25 Years of Lopate
- American History XX
- Backstory
- Food Fridays
- Globavores: Food Travels Around The World Since 1492
- Guest Hosts
- Guest Picks
- Please Explain
- The Gurus of How-To
- The Leonard Lopate Show Book Club
- The Lodown
- The Story of New York in 10 Objects
- Tributes
- Underappreciated
- Underreported
- Web Extras
- Word Maven: Patricia T. O'Conner
Show Archive
Show Archive
Comments [11]
Leonard challenged us with Assange...
how about
Leaki melange thanks so much Assange
boyfriend ill
oil spill
secret thrill
thought we could. now we won't.
Six Words? Still Married, Two Teens.
post all the entries. will there be a new years resolution contest?
what we learned in 2010 in 6 words
Capitalism won't self destruct; Capitalists will.
There can be a difference between what you and a health insurance company consider healthy. Some insurers will say that you have a health condition if you smoke, are overweight, are taking prescriptions, or had a medical condition in the past. If this describes you, you may want to search and read “Wise Health Insurance” on the web.
Damn. I used to *like* tea.
Kids moved back in. Economy, stupid!
Foresight, oversight fail
Democracy to plutocracy
summarizing 2010 in 6 words:
diary of a nobody = facebook
The book (diary of a nobody) [paraphrased from wiki] has spawned the word "Pooterism" to describe a tendency to take oneself excessively seriously ... which is the raison d'etre of facebook! all the best for 2011.
Leave a Comment
Register for your own account so you can vote on comments, save your favorites, and more. Learn more.
Please stay on topic, be civil, and be brief.
Email addresses are never displayed, but they are required to confirm your comments. Names are displayed with all comments. We reserve the right to edit any comments posted on this site. Please read the Comment Guidelines before posting. By leaving a comment, you agree to New York Public Radio's Privacy Policy and Terms Of Use.