About the Contest
Congratulations to our 2023 Fall into Fiction Short Story contest winners. The contest challenged aspiring authors to compose short stories read in 3 minutes or less (4500 characters max), and our community certainly delivered! Stories of all kinds were submitted and will be added to our growing local collection of short form literature published online through the Short Edition and Biblioboard digital collections. For a limited time you can print contest submissions on a Short Edition dispenser at Village Square Branch and King Library.
Winning Entries
Ages 0-7
- 1st Place: Reyansh Rana “The Earth Heroes”
- 2nd Place: Luke Ma “My Strict Mom”
- 3rd Place: Vibhuraj Kasliwal “A Disgusting Story”
Ages 8-9
- 1st Place: Ameya Desai “Sugarcane Fields On My Mind”
- 2nd Place: Stanley Ko “Bob the Serious Duck”
- 3rd Place: Chi Quynh Dinh “Buttercup's Migration”
Pre-teen 10-12
- 1st Place: Caroline Gao “To my penpal”
- 2nd Place: Anya Sarode “The Bookstore”
- 3rd Place: Abby Jung “Dear Azalea”
Teens 13-17
- 1st Place: Isaac Chua “Once a Home”
- 2nd Place: Ahyan Baluch "Freya's Revenge”
- 3rd Place: Rahil Ali “The Land Bridge”
Adults 18+
- 1st Place: Jia Nan Jeng “No More Safe Harbor”
- 2nd Place: Jennifer Nuñez Sanchez “The Other Side”
- 3rd Place: Ash Sosa “Lost”
Prizes
Each winner will receive a gift certificate to local bookseller Hicklebee's, a book of short stories or writing inspiration, as well as an assortment of goodies to help keep the words and creativity flowing. Congratulations again, winners, and to all who participated! We look forward to seeing more submissions in our poetry contest next spring.
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