Win a Trip for Four to Paris

The women's clothing company Talbots is sponsoring a contest inspired by one-time Paris resident Ernest Hemingway and his bet to colleagues that he could pen a complete story in just six words. The Tales of Denim contest challenges you to tell a tale about your favorite jeans in, you guessed it, just six words. For details and to enter, go to Talbots.com (but hurry because the deadline is Sept. 8th). For inspiration, check out Smith Magazine's wonderful Six-Word Memoir Project. And what was Hemingway's "six-word novel"  that won the bet, at least according to literary legend? "For sale: baby shoes, never worn." (Photo: Hemingway, at left, with his expat pals, upon whom he based characters in his 1926 novel, "The Sun Also Rises."  I'm not sure if this was taken in Paris or in Spain--does anyone know?)