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Get those cameras clicking or dig into your photo archives! <b>If you’ve read this far — here’s a hint for April — </b><i>it starts with the letter “g” and ends with the letter “i.”</i></p><p id="bb8f"><i>If you’d like to be added as a writer and submit to Six Word Photo Story Challenge, please read and follow the <a href="https://readmedium.com/submission-guidelines-layout-82c1dd9fc6f7"></a></i><a href="https://readmedium.com/submission-guidelines-layout-82c1dd9fc6f7"><b>submission guidelines</b></a><b>. Note: </b>Formatting guidelines are unique to this publication <b>— </b>please read the <a href="https://readmedium.com/formatting-your-six-word-photo-story-f7640a61657b">formatting guidelines</a> thoroughly.</p><p id="35c6"><i>Please follow <a href="undefined"></a></i><a href="undefined">Mary Chang Story Writer<i></i></a><i> <b>and</b> this <a href="https://medium.com/six-word-photo-story-challenge"><b>publication</b></a> to stay tuned for guideline updates (yes I change them sometimes!) and new monthly challenges.</i></p><p id="76ce">— Village hugs, <a href="undefined">Mary Chang Story Writer</a> — Editor of SWPSC</p><h1 id="1f98">Looking for stories in this publication?</h1><p id="0ce3">This publication only <b>displays the most recent 25 stories</b> on the main page and the most recent 25 stories under each of the Monthly Challenge and Freestyle tabs.</p><p id="175a"><b>To view archived Monthly Challenge tagged stories</b>, click on this <a href="https://medium.com/six-word-photo-story-challenge/tagged/monthly-challenge">Monthly Challenge</a> link. <b>To view archived Freestyle tagged stories,</b> click on this <a href="https://medium.com/six-word-photo-story-challenge/tagged/freestyle">Freestyle </a>link. This will list all the stories under each tag from the latest to the oldest.</p><h1 id="2e9b">About the Editor</h1><p id="cfe3">Mary Chang is an award-winning short story fiction writer, memoir writer, blogger, and editor of the Six Word Photo Story Challenge <a href="https://medium.com/six-word-photo-story-challenge">publication </a>— inspired by her original 6-Word Photo Story Summer Challenge <a href="https://marychang-10894.medium.com/the-6-word-photo-story-summer-challenge-e7c77e18d142">writing prompt</a> (2021) on Medium.</p><p id="1888">She’s also a parent, fitness enthusiast, snaps a good photo sometimes — and loves creating monthly challenges!</p><p id="fd9d">Read her blog at <a href="http://www.marychangstorywriter.com/">www.marychangstorywriter.com</a>.</p><div id="5b29" class="link-block"> <a href="https://marychang-10894.medium.com/membership"> <div> <div> <h2>Read every story from Mary Chang Story Writer (and thousands of other writers on Medium)</h2> <div><h3>As a Medium member, a portion of your membership fee goes to writers you read, and you get full access to every story…</h3></div> <div><p>marychang-10894.medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*CeRZJ0E8OsbAKuTb)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div></article></body>

“Couch surfer gecko” Photo by author.

Photography, Pet People, Six Word Photo Story | March’s Conclusion

“Pet People” Six Words & A Photo: March’s Conclusion

SWPSC: “Pet People” & Freestyle Stories — March’s Conclusion

Couch surfing — checking out the view.

“Pet People” Challenge Conclusion

Special thanks to Ellie Jacobson for co-editing this month as guest editor for the Pet People challenge. It’s been awesome having her help! Please support Ellie Jacobson by following her and reading her stories.

Thank you to all the contributing writers this month for inviting me and Ellie into your lives by giving us a glimpse into the pets you love and creatures you’ve made a social or emotional connection with through your photographs and stories. It was touching to see so many entries where writers rescued animals from kill shelters, saved cats that were abandoned in parking lots, or rescued a dog that was left at someone’s house to be taken care of without the owner ever returning to pick up the pet.

March was a popular month for “Pet People.” We saw dogs, cats, deer, hamsters, bunnies, ponies, hedgehogs, squirrels, fish, birds, chickens, insects, and more!

Editor Picks by Mary & Ellie on March Stories

Ellie and I enjoyed reviewing all photo stories, but here are 25 stories that stood out in either “Pet People” or “Freestyle” or wowed for different reasons (in no particular order) — out of about 150 submissions to my publication this March. The photos were either unusual or vibrant in some way, made us laugh, had a unique take on the challenge, or got us emotional or teary-eyed.

“Pet People” Challenge Stories

For the “March Monthly Challenge: “Pet People” check out the latest stories under the “Monthly Challenge” tab.

Nineteen stories that empowered “Pet People”

Denise Darby (“Play-time” kitten), Anne Bonfert (“Blue tit”), Barb Dalton 🇺🇦 (“Feline masterpiece”), K. Barrett (“Duck tail”), Michelle March (“Soaking” cat), Randy Runtsch (“Eagle’s talons), keith Kennedy (“Maebelline”), pockett dessert (hamster “high”), Shereen Bingham (Cat “tells time”), Kelly Eden (“didn’t want cat”), JoAnn Ryan (“Clifford the Cat”), Vidya Sury, Collecting Smiles (“nostalgic”), Aimée Gramblin (“dog smile”), Karen Schwartz (“toilet bowl”), Chris Shafer (“rescue” hiking dog), Sandi Parsons (“book licker”), Deborah Camp (“royal cat”), Dennett (“Weirdo” the Cat), and Ian Hanson (“Bertha” the Mantis)

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.

Six stories that wowed Freestyle:

Diana Lotti (“Listen”), Osan Fernando (“The climb”), Stephen Reed (“Twisted tree”), Franzi Kinzel (“The light”), Penny Grubb (“Chill”), and Sanghita Pal (“grape joy!”)

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

If you don’t want to miss any future Six Word Photo Story Challenges, please follow me at Mary Chang Story Writer, my publication, and subscribe to my stories by hitting the “green envelope” button next to my profile.

Stay tuned for the April Six Word Photo Story Challenge!

It’ll be posted in this publication on April 1, 2022. Get those cameras clicking or dig into your photo archives! If you’ve read this far — here’s a hint for April — it starts with the letter “g” and ends with the letter “i.”

If you’d like to be added as a writer and submit to Six Word Photo Story Challenge, please read and follow the submission guidelines. Note: Formatting guidelines are unique to this publication — please read the formatting guidelines thoroughly.

Please follow Mary Chang Story Writer and this publication to stay tuned for guideline updates (yes I change them sometimes!) and new monthly challenges.

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

Looking for stories in this publication?

This publication only displays the most recent 25 stories on the main page and the most recent 25 stories under each of the Monthly Challenge and Freestyle tabs.

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.

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