Photography, Graffiti & Street Art, Six Word Photo Story | April’s Conclusion

“Graffiti & Street Art” Six Words & A Photo: April’s Conclusion

SWPSC: “Graffiti & Street Art ” & Freestyle Stories — April’s Conclusion

Bird’s eye view — me, or you?

This mural makes me stop and appreciate it whenever I visit the neighbourhood. The bonus is that there’s a great ramen place on the other side of this wall.

“Graffiti & Street Art” Challenge Conclusion

BIG thanks to Ellie Jacobson and Sandi Parsons for co-editing with me this month as guest editors for the Graffiti & Street Art challenge. It’s been awesome having their help editing and responding to submissions! Special shout out to Ellie for her “Candy Store” article, and to Sandi for her “Pinball” story this month.

Thank you to all the contributing writers this month for showing us the beautiful, colorful, eye-popping artwork that you’ve encountered in your lives.

April was a popular month for “Graffiti & Street Art.” We saw the artwork on building walls, underneath bridges, parking lots, alleyways, sidewalks, trees, doors, and more.

Update May 7, 2022!

I wanted to give a special shout-out to Penny Grubb for her perspective and detailed article about graffiti and street art which highlights several of the stories published in our April’s Graffiti & Street Art Challenge. Check it out! Thank you, Penny!

Editor Picks by Mary & Ellie & Sandi on April Stories

April was a tough month to select stories as the submissions we received were outstanding and came from different parts of the world either through the participants’ hometowns or during their travels.

Ellie, Sandi, and I enjoyed reviewing all the photo stories. For April’s highlights, each of us selected 7 different stories for the “Graffiti & Street Art” challenge and 1 story each for “Freestyle” for a total of 24 stories for our Editors Picks!

Here are 24 stories that stood out in either “Graffiti & Street Art” or “Freestyle” or wowed for different reasons —(in no particular order) out of over 175 submissions to my publication this April. The photo stories were either unusual or vibrant in some way, stopped us and made us take more time than usual to appreciate the details in the artwork, had a unique take on the challenge, cool backstories, or made us laugh, ponder or get emotional.

“Graffiti & Street Art” Challenge Stories

For the “April Monthly Challenge: “Graffiti & Street Art” check out the latest stories under the “Monthly Challenge” tab.

21 stories that empowered “Graffiti & Street Art”

Emma Tiger Lee (“Keep People Out”), Kan Kante Hsieh (“Hair Fashion”), pockett dessert (“Venus Vibes”), Randy Runtsch (San Francisco Butterfly) Rosalind Pagan (Grimy Graffiti) , Vidya Sury, Collecting Smiles (“Man Respects Nature”), Will Hull (Risky Art), CARMEN F MICSA (Life), Dennett (Education), Ian Hanson (Lurks), Lisa McAully (Dusty Fun), Michelle March (Happy), Pulpo Viejo (Lennon), Vishal Mehta (Gum), Barb Dalton 🇺🇦 (“Tribute to a Street Artist”), Jason Edmunds (“Geometric Cool”), Jillian Amatt — Artistic Voyages (“Not All Street Art is 2D”), Kaori Mitsui (“Black and White”), Kim McKinney (“Gift of Graffiti”), Linda Kohler (“Quite a Spike”), and Penny Grubb (“Motorbike Racer”).

Freestyle Stories

For the “Freestyle category,” check out the latest stories under the “Freestyle” tab. These writers showed unusual takes either in their photos or stories through different perspectives or simply made us smile.

3 stories that wowed Freestyle:

Anne Bonfert (“Snowstorm Shooting”), David Acaster (“Blast From the Past”), K. Barrett (“Oh, Dear”),

Note: This article officially ends April’s “Graffiti & Street Art” Challenge and no further submissions will be accepted. Stay tuned for the new May Challenge which will be announced on May 1, 2022 — with a special guest!

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Stay tuned for the May Six Word Photo Story Challenge!

It’ll be posted in this publication on May 1, 2022. Get those cameras clicking or dig into your photo archives! If you’ve read this far — here’s a hint for May — it will inspire you to use your hands, and imagination and go play outside.

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— Village hugs, Mary Chang Story Writer — Editor of SWPSC

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To view archived Monthly Challenge tagged stories, click on this Monthly Challenge link. To view archived Freestyle tagged stories, click on this Freestyle link. This will list all the stories under each tag from the latest to the oldest.

About the Editor

Mary Chang is an award-winning short story fiction writer, memoir writer, blogger, and editor of the Six Word Photo Story Challenge publication — inspired by her original 6-Word Photo Story Summer Challenge writing prompt (2021) on Medium.

She’s also a parent, fitness enthusiast, snaps a good photo sometimes — and loves creating monthly challenges!

Read her blog at www.marychangstorywriter.com.