WRITE for SMITH magazine
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Category: Writing and Poetry

At SMITH Were interested in all sorts of personal stories, so dont feel bound by these categories. But these spots are good places to start.

Memoirville: Have a memoir you're working on, or just a personal story you want to share? Send it to us and we'll consider it for Memoirville, a spot where stories from the pros mix with unpublished memoirs in progress.

My Diary: These are reader-created journals about your life in transition (like Cree, who moved back to New Orleans or Ben who's converting from Judiasm to Greek-Orthodox), your wild job (like Tate, who's the Internet guru for a political campaign), or other notion that you think others will want to read about. If you want to keep a diary, send us your idea and a writing sample and we'll be get right back to you.

Brushes With Fame: What happens when a celebrity unexpectedly entered your sphere like an alien, landing? We want to know (in 300 words or less). Maybe you met Sharon Stone in line to meet the Dalai Lama, ran into Jon Stewart at the dressing room of the Gap, or somehow have Mick Jaggers urine in your freezer. These things happen. If you've caught a celeb making out with someone he shouldnt have been or making an ass of himself at a pretentious bar, save it for Page 6 and Gawkerwere interested in an actual personal encounter, not gotchas.

My Ex: Weve all got ex-lovers, partners, husbands, wives. Some we equate with beautiful moments of love. Others were train wrecks. Whats your favorite ex story? Tell us in 1000 words. Tell us in just 50 words. But tell us (and youll feel better, too). The best My Ex stories will be includes in our forthcoming book.

Check out the mag. Then jump in -- the water's excellent.

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Larry SMITH blogs for Huffington Post on SHOOTING WAR
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Larry SMITH in The Huffington Post on SHOOTING WAR

I'm the editor of SMITH: Everyone Has a Story, an online magazine about storytelling in its many shapes and forms. Our hottest read right now is the webcomic Shooting War, a near-future, media-obsessed story about a Brooklyn blogger who heads to still-war-torn Iraq after witnessing a terrorist attack on Williamsburg soil.

When I read Anthony Lappé's synopsis of Shooting War just a few month ago--a storyline based in part on his own experiences over there--I was blown away. Was Shooting War a novel? A movie? A videogame? Could it be a graphic novel? Bingo. And if so, why not publish it online and try to turn it into a book later? Anthony and I connected with the amazing illustrator Dan Goldman (who's a founder of the online comic collective ACT-I-VATE, and Shooting War began to take shape.

Set in 2011, Shooting War depicts a dark future, one in which the war in Iraq drags on, gas prices are as you might expect, and the whole megillah's coming apart at the seams--despite the efforts of President John McCain. Our protagonist, Jimmy Burns, is an anti-corporate video-blogger catapulted to fame when he captures the latest terrorist attack on his videoblog, beams it to the world and suddenly finds himself working for Global News ("Your home for 24-hour terror coverage"), an outfit that makes Fox look like Air America.

Using Dan Goldman's images, a soundtrack by DJ Spooky and real audio Anthony Lappé recorded while in Iraq, we created an intro video with a killer interactive media shop called Indelible.

Rolling Stone calls Shooting War "scary smart." The Village Voice's Julian Dibbell writes, "[T]he light-handed but searing political satire of Shooting War is taking the Sunday comic strip places it could never have gone before." EW's Popwatch says, "the comic's 'trailer' opens up a completely new way to tell stories with still pictures."

But what do they know? See for yourself on SMITH.

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SMITH on NEWSARAMA: Shooting War, online graphic novel about Iraq War to launch on SMITH

Click on the logo to read an interview on Newsarama with writer Anthony Lappé & artist Dan Goldman. SHOOTING WAR launches next week on 5/15 at SMITH magazine.

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We Want Your MySpace Stories
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Category: Caffeinated MySpace

SMITH magazine is a a new online and soon-to-be print magazine about the way real people tell stories and how technology has made storytelling easier and more amazing than ever. SMITH is edited by me, Larry Smith, who has written for and worked for Men's Journal, Might, Salon, ESPN magazine, Yahoo Internet Life, Men's Health, SPIN, and all that. SMITH wants to hear from those who have great stories about things that have happened to, by, and with them on MySpace. If you want to submit your story, send an email to: info@smithmag.net Or check out our writers guides.

So, send in your stories and show SMITH some MySpace love with a hearty friend request.

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SMITH mag seeks design intern

Do you know Web design and want to be part of a cool, hungry new magazine not owned by Murdoch, Time, Inc. or Conde Nast? Then SMITH wants to talk to you.

We're an indie start-up--small, largely virtual, targeted, and comprised of the smartest, coolest, least pretentious people you're ever going to meet in media. This is a great opportunity to get some practical experience at the ground level of a new Web and eventually print-based publication. You'll be working and getting to know people with years of experience at some of the top magazines in the industry--Wired, ESPN, Mens Journal, Real Simple, and other places.
This internship requires 5-10 hours a week to start, and could ramp up to 10-15 hours.

You'll need to be comfortable with:
* Wordpress (a must!)
* Flash, PHP or other scripting language
* Web graphics (Fireworks a plus)
* Handwriting HTML code (not Dreamweaver)

Send email with bio/resume and links to your portfolio to info@smithmag.us.

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