Hip Mama Fiction Contest!!!

grab your pencils - Announcing the first Hip Mama Fiction Contest- For all of you beautiful liars out there- Hip Mama is gonna be breaking some fresh ground and doing a Short Story Contest judged by Kerlin Richter (me) and the awesome Ariel Gore . First Prize is $100, your Short Story as the feature in issue 44 the Creativity issue with a profile and picture of your brilliant self, AND a Lifetime Subscription to Hip Mama which we don't even sell any more. Ten runners up will get a four issue subscription, their names and story titles in the zine and their full stories will be published online. what about ? Write any short story you want just make sure there is a Mama in there somewhere. It can be any genre, any style, from any ol' point of View, only rule for content is THERE MUST BE A MAMA. how long? Keep it under 2500 words. where to? The best way is if you can attach it as a word document and email your story to hipmamazine@gmail.com. put in the subject line Short Story Submission and your name. or Mail it to me old school at P.O Box 12525, Portland OR 97212. how much? $25 per story entry fee, or splurge and for $60 and I will mail back your story with comments. You can pay the at the hipmamashop.com site and include your receipt # in your e-mail, or mail a check with your entry. when? Deadline for Entries- April 1st 2009. Comments will be mailed by May 30th at the latest-

Who Are YOU?

Okay-

I'm almost done with my school work from Winter semester, and ready to finish the Summer issue of Hip Mama-

Our theme is identity and I am finding this to be a richer topic by far than one magazine, but hey, I'll do what I can. 

Anyone out there who wants to send me 200 words on Identity feel free, 

tell me who you are- and how you choose what it is you tell people about yourself and whether or not you think they know you once you tell them-

What is our Identity?

Is it something we craft, discover, change, make-up.

What has changed in how you see yourself?

let me know-