bigups to Adam Roy for winning the ‘one-sentence travel writing contest.’

his sentence can be read here.

notes on contest:

1. there were nearly two dozen entries from people in the US, UK, India, Mexico, Malaysia, and Australia.

2. most of the sentences made me feel as if  i knew the narrator somehow–or at least could envision him or her there, but adam’s sentence made me feel like i was experiencing that juxtaposition that happens sometimes when you’re traveling, when situations come up that take you out of  being there only  ‘in yr own head’ — and you’re forced to bear witness to other people’s lives and stories–and something about it becomes sad and life-affirming and a stoke all at the same time.

3. as promised, as a prize, i made a mixtape based on my interpretation of the winning sentence.

4. i’ve decided to share it with everyone who entered (will be emailing you with it later today).

5. i feel like this first contest was successful in that it got ppl writing in ways they may not have otherwise.  several ppl expressed gratitude in having an opportunity to write in this format.

6. therefore i’ve decided to run another contest next week. it will be a different challenge. i’ll announce it on monday.

7.  here is the mix i created for this story:

mix:

Bunny Ain’t No Kind of Rider – Of Montreal

Caracol – Tremor

These Years – Lotus Plaza (words by Adam Roy, read by David Miller)

Toxica – Babasonicos

Spring Hall Convert – Deerhunter

Infinita Tristeza – Manu Chao

“Pedrona” excerpt from ZZK mixed tape Vol 7.  – King Coya

We Were Born the Mutants Again With Leafling – Of Montreal

I know I will escape – Atlas Sound