LIVE READING OF THE 2023 WINNING SHORT STORIES

Thursday, October 12th | 6:00 pm – 7:45 pm

First Floor Meeting Room of the Rockville Memorial Library

Top prize winners from the adult and student short story contests will introduce and read from their successful entries.

Mary Hopkins, Short Story Contest Coordinator, will host the meeting.

Judges Nate Brown (senior lecturer in the writing program at Johns Hopkins University) and Zach Powers (Writing Center Communications Manager) will be present to provide commentary on the contest and award the prizes. A short reception will be held following the reading.

“A short story is a different thing altogether – a short story is like a quick kiss in the dark from a stranger.” ― Stephen King,

Scenes from the 2022 Reading