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Harlech Challenge

Hemingway was once challenged to write a story in six words. Regarded as his best work, he wrote ‘For Sale: baby shoes, never worn’.

Theatr Harlech presents you with the same challenge. Write a short story using only six words in either English or Welsh. Email entries to clare@theatrharlech.com by 1st April and the best will be printed in the summer brochure.

If you need some inspiration, Wired Magazine asked famous writers to try their hand at the challenge, below are some of the answers they came up with.


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Cafodd Hemingway ei herio i ysgrifennu stori gyda chwech gair. Ystyried ei fod ei waith gorau a ysgrifennodd ‘‘For Sale: baby shoes, never worn’.

Mae Theatr Harlech yn cyflwyno chi gyda’r un her. Ysgrifennwch stori fer gyda 6 gair ar ynrhyw pwnc yn Gymraeg neu yn Saesneg. Cewch anfon eich cynnig at clare@theatrharlech.com erbyn Ebrill 1. Caiff y goreuon eu cyhoeddi yn nhaflen yr Hâf.

Os oes angen ysbrydoliaeth bydd ‘Wired Magazine’ yn gofyn am ysgrifennydd enwog i drio ei law ar y sialens, dyma rai o’r atebion doethyn i fynnu hefo.


Failed SAT. Lost scholarship. Invented rocket.
William Shatner

Gown removed carelessly. Head, less so.
Joss Whedon

Automobile warranty expires. So does engine.
Stan Lee

Machine. Unexpectedly, I’d invented a time
Alan Moore

With bloody hands, I say good-bye.
Frank Miller

1940: Young Hitler! Such a cantor!
Michael Moorcock

Lie detector eyeglasses perfected: Civilization collapses.
Richard Powers

The baby’s blood type? Human, mostly.
Orson Scott Card

Corpse parts missing. Doctor buys yacht.
Margaret Atwood