ShortDocs
Discover hundreds of short audio gems produced in response to a prompt from Third Coast for the ShortDocs Competition, hosted between 2003 and 2016. Each year ushered in a new set of rules, new creative partners, and ever-more magical results.

The Silent Work of Ordinary People
An extraordinary day in the life of an ordinary worker.
- 2007
- 03:03
- Keith Brand
- Nathan Long

Strictly Vegetarian, or, Something Happened During That Trip to Malacca, Malaysia
She is now pregnant!
- 2006
- 02:32
- Jaume Pique
- Manel Perez

Sound and Territory
Apartment sounds reveal a roommate crisis, the unwanted sharing of a territory.
- 2006
- 02:30
- Christine Morin
- Marie-France Garon

Sweetgum Handshake
Here's a radio explanation of the Radio Ephemera ShortDocs Challenge, including descriptions from Rick and Megan Prelinger, of the books selected for the project.
- 2008
- 07:46
- Julie Shapiro
- Rick and Megan Shaw Prelinger

Sweet and Sour Coffee
A story about the emotional coupling of love and coffee.
- 2013
- 02:59
- Jason Lovell
- William Thwaites

Sweet Deals & Salty Licks
Behind the scenes at a dairy cow auction in Old Chatham, New York.
- 2013
- 03:00
- Laura Hadden
- Tennessee Jane Watson

Stiff Peaks
2007 ShortDocs Winner! The first step in making cookies is to purchase a metal bike jingle-bell in a western mountain town.
- 2007
- 03:03
- Jeffrey Letterly

Shaq + Kobe (Time Is Running Out)
This piece retells (and remixes) the NBA soap opera of Shaq + Kobe in an audio cartoon created with the on-the-court assistance of the talented Kevin Smith and amplified by music from Shaquille O'Neal, sampled game sounds, and press conference audio clips taken wildly and egregiously out of context.
- 2006
- 02:30
- David Schulman

Silvergirl
It's not made of Plexiglass, it's not made of fiberglass, it's not square.
- 2008
- 02:56
- Julie Caine
- Lisa Morehouse
Salty Snails For Christmas
People are shocked when we tell them snails are delicious.
- 2013
- 02:19
- Suzanne El-Cheikh

She?s Hearing Mauve
An off-kilter treasure hunt for ideas.
- 2012
- 02:49
- Kate Norquay
- Shaun D. Wilson

Studs & Jimmy
Jimmy Yancey, the blues pianist and White Sox groundsman, and Studs Terkel, the broadcaster and author, may have lived at different ends of Chicago but they're both as integral a part of the city as the El...
- 2009
- 02:59
- Alan Hall

The Sweet Taste of India
Chicken Tikka Masala, the taste of India.
- 2013
- 03:00
- Humayun Alam
- Jay Alom

Sour Food Slam
A poetry slam poking fun at the absurd "foodie" culture.
- 2013
- 03:00
- Abby Ainsworth
- Lindsay Kutner

Sweet Aunt Nuska
Aunt Nuska has lost her appetite and the whole family bonds together to find a remedy for her.
- 2013
- 03:00
- Jeremy W.
- Matt Thomas

Selling Sweet and Salty
How does light, sound and language change the perception of food?
- 2013
- 02:57
- Alex Grant
- Andy Erickson

Swimmers
A woman pieces together sonic memories and her sense of belonging through swimming.
- 2016
- 02:31
- Michelle Macklem

Seeing Heat
The first human with heat-vision talks candidly of her experience, the surgeon explains the science while she's under the knife.
- 2016
- 02:59
- Mia Kukathasan

Starcastic
Found-sound sculpture.
- 2016
- 02:26
- Coasty McCoastface

Sweetheart, I Hate You
Two e-lovers meet in the flesh and the thrill is gone.
- 2006
- 02:30
- Antonio Almeida

Saul and Joshua
They play well together, but . . .
- 2006
- 02:30
- Seth Lind

Sixes
Eavesdropping on a traditional Canadian Christmas.
- 2006
- 02:29
- Julia Grant

School Mothers
While their daughters play on the school playground, two women become acquainted and share tales of sex and marriage gone awry.
- 2006
- 02:31
- Nicole Schultheis Walton

Stupidity Realized
Drummer relates previous evening's adventures with keyboard-playing brother.
- 2006
- 02:30
- Nic Beery

Star of the Sea
How do we reconcile ourselves to a love we'll never consummate?
- 2016
- 02:50
- Moira Donovan