NEWTOWN — Bucks County Community College has issued a call for entries in its Bucks County Adult Short Story Contest. The deadline for entries is Thursday, October 10, 2024, at 12:00 p.m.
The top three winners of the contest will receive gift certificates of $200, $100, and $50, respectively, and will read from their works at a celebration at the college on Saturday, November 9. Author CJ Spataro will serve as the final judge.
Adults ages 18 and older who reside in Bucks County may submit a story of up to 15 typewritten pages (double-spaced, Times New Roman, 12 point). Stories must be previously unpublished, including in online formats. Complete rules and access to the online submission system can be found at bucks.edu/short-fiction-contest. Entrants cannot be full- or part-time employees of Bucks County Community College, although working students at the college may participate. A separate contest for high school students will be held in spring 2025.
CJ Spataro directs the MFA in Creative Writing and the MA in Publishing at Rosemont College and is a founding partner of Philadelphia Stories. She is an award-winning short story writer. Her work has appeared in many literary journals and anthologies, including Taboos & Transgressions, Iron Horse Literary Review, december, Sequestrum, and Exacting Clam. Her debut novel, More Strange Than True, was published by Sagging Meniscus Press in June 2024.
This event is supported by the Institute of Language and Literature.
For more information, contact the competition coordinator, Professor Elizabeth Luciano, at [email protected].
— Courtesy of Bucks County Community College
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