Results! (17/10/02)
The results are now online! Congratulations to Peter Stemwedel, Amy Sterling Casil, Eyal, Laura McDaniel, Jim Mitchell, Braddon Mendelson, David...

Closed (13/10/02)
First Words is now officially closed! We're sorry if you weren't able to enter the competition, but we didn't want...

Final Countdown (13/10/02)
Welcome all Herald Sun newspaper readers! The Herald Sun ran a feature article on First Words called Purlers For Mars,...

2000 (10/10/02)
A few hours ago we hit 2000 entries - not too shabby, I think you'll agree, and there are still...

Discovered! ( 9/10/02)
Discovery.com has written a front page news article about First Words, so welcome to all Discovery.com readers! The depth of...

Extension ( 8/10/02)
The competition has been extended for two more days, so you have until October 13th to get your entries in!...

Half Way ( 7/10/02)
The First Words contest has been underway for a few days now and we already have a fair number of...

Launch! ( 4/10/02)
The First Words competition has now officially launched! If you're new to the website and would like to find out...

New famous entries (13/09/02)
We've had several good entries for the Famous First Words page in lately, from Kim Stanley Robinson, Paul McAuley, Richard...

Pre-launch site online ( 5/09/02)
Welcome to First Words! If you're one of the people we invited to submit an entry, we're glad you visited....