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By Robert Swartwood on January 19, 2012
Today over at Maclean’s there’s a piece called ”The Incredible Shrinking Short Story” which mentions — can you guess? — hint fiction. Here’s the first part: At some point, if you work them right, words eventually become stories. Fragments and sentences turn into paragraphs, and paragraphs, if you’re lucky, become something whole. But the exact moment that change [...]
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By Robert Swartwood on January 11, 2012
To enter the Hint Fiction Film Contest. Hurry!
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By Robert Swartwood on December 8, 2011
You still have time to enter the Hint Fiction Film Contest, but hurry — the deadline is coming up quick. Who knows, maybe your one-minute film will be judged by Kevin Smith.
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By Robert Swartwood on December 6, 2011
Ben White, editor of Nanoism, is hosting a new contest that runs until the end of the year, with yours truly as the judge. Here are the details: Dearest Nanofans, You may have thought 2011 would come and go without an opportunity to participate in yet another great bite-sized creative-writing contest extravaganza. But you’d be [...]
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By Robert Swartwood on November 16, 2011
I was told awhile ago that a portion of this movie would be shot in the Housing Works Bookstore and that a copy of Hint Fiction, as well as various other Norton titles, would be displayed (the book the movie is based upon, Another Bullshit Night in Suck City, is also a Norton title). I [...]
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By Robert Swartwood on November 2, 2011
… the Hint Fiction anthology was released into the world (or, at least, the United States). Like any writer, I was nervous. I knew the book would have a lot of critics, especially those die hard traditionalists who always think themselves the life of the party when really they’re the death. I knew the book was already [...]
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By Robert Swartwood on October 10, 2011
Some very exciting news broke over the weekend courtesy of Bill LeVasseur: the one and only Kevin Smith will be on the panel of judges for the Hint Fiction Film Contest next year at Vail. As someone who’s seen almost all of Kevin Smith’s films and is a fan, I’m super psyched about this.
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By Robert Swartwood on September 8, 2011
Early in the morning last week I arrived to the Philadelphia International Airport for my 10:15 a.m. flight to Columbia, Missouri only to find out that it was delayed. Thanks a lot, Southwest! Anyway, on my way to my departing gate I happened to pass this sad sight. So what was behind the curtain? One of the CEOs [...]
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By Robert Swartwood on August 31, 2011
I do, however, know when I’ll be back again. Which is next week, because tomorrow I’m flying out to Columbia, Missouri for their art show of Hint Fiction (here’s an article that ran a few days ago about the show which even shows some of the pieces). I will of course be tweeting my adventures but otherwise it [...]
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By Robert Swartwood on August 23, 2011
http://vimeo.com/28026272
Dustin Grella has posted the first animation based on one of the stories from the Hint Fiction anthology. Here is “View From a ’77 Chevy Scottsdale” by Natalie McNabb.
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