Stuck in Traffic? That’s a Story Waiting to Be Told

If you’re a working professional, chances are you drive on Highway 101 to get to your job. You may not like it, but it’s part of life here in San Rafael. According to local historian and Marin Independent Journal columnist Barry Spitz, “No aspect of the county's infrastructure plays a bigger role in our daily lives.”

Especially if you’ve lived here for a while, you’ve probably had your fair share of interesting, frustrating, frightening, or even funny experiences on Highway 101.

We know we’ve got lots of talented residents among us—maybe some of you are good writers. If so, then the Marin Independent Journal is looking to publish your stories! The paper is starting a contest where locals can tell their favorite Highway 101 stories, for a chance that it will actually get published:

To acknowledge that, the IJ is asking readers to pen exactly 101 words — no more, no less — that capture a slice of life on Highway
 101. Fiction, nonfiction, prose, poetry — the choice is yours.
Send your submission, along with your name and town (submissions are disqualified if there's no Marin town listed) — by 5 p.m. Oct. 4 to lifestyles@marinij.com. Please put "101 on the 101" in the subject line. We'll run them in the Oct. 22 Plus section and online.
 Vicki Larson can be reached at vlarson@marinij.com; follow her on Twitter at @OMGchronicles, fan her on Facebook at Vicki-Larson-OMG-Chronicles