1. Significant Objects Story Contest! Rob Walker doesn’t see junk. He sees “objects waiting to be made significant.” Dozens of great writers contributed fictional backstories for weird and mundane objects gathered by Walker and Joshua Glenn. They’re featured in the new book Significant Objects”: read some “examples here. Now it’s your turn.  Walker and Studio 360’s Kurt Andersen visited Vintage Thrift in Manhattan to find three prime examples of junk. Your task is to make one piece of junk (or more) significant. Walker will judge the entries, with one winner for each object. The prize, of course, is the piece of junk itself. Get details on how to enter.

    Significant Objects Story Contest!

    Rob Walker doesn’t see junk. He sees “objects waiting to be made significant.” Dozens of great writers contributed fictional backstories for weird and mundane objects gathered by Walker and Joshua Glenn. They’re featured in the new book Significant Objects”: read some “examples here.

    Now it’s your turn. 

    Walker and Studio 360’s Kurt Andersen visited Vintage Thrift in Manhattan to find three prime examples of junk. Your task is to make one piece of junk (or more) significant. Walker will judge the entries, with one winner for each object. The prize, of course, is the piece of junk itself.

    Get details on how to enter.

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