As Penn State University Libraries launches into its third University-wide Libraries Short Stories writing contest, previous Penn State authors’ winning works now have twice the potential to be printed and read across Pennsylvania, with the University Libraries’ installation of new Short Edition story dispensers at five of its Commonwealth Campus libraries.
Now open for submissions through April 12, Penn State University Libraries Short Stories’ third writing contest challenges all Penn State students, faculty and staff to let their minds run wild to submit original creative writing about "The Other Side."
The Penn State Abington Library was selected by the University Libraries to install a Short Story Dispenser that delivers original content from around the globe as well as literary pieces submitted by faculty, staff and students.
Penn State University Libraries Short Stories “Lost and Found” Fall 2018 contest winners and honorable mentions represent a wide range of creative writers University-wide. Nine student honorees range from first-year through senior undergraduates to a doctoral student and represent six campuses and six colleges, and five faculty/staff honorees represent three campuses.
Penn State University Libraries is partnering with State College Area High School on a pilot program to share a Libraries Short Edition short story dispenser, with a student-inspired goal to establish a dedicated dispenser and creative writing initiative in the high school.
Eight months after launching its Libraries Short Stories website for all aspiring authors University-wide to submit and share their creative works, Penn State University Libraries is growing its public library partnership with Schlow Centre Region Library, enabling Centre County residents to join the online writing community.
Penn State University Libraries’ second University-wide Short Stories writing contest is now open and seeking short creative writing entries on the theme of “Lost and Found.” All students, faculty and staff are encouraged to submit entries, now including a poetry option, for the new contest, which is open through Nov. 16.
Penn Staters Sultan Aljohani, Erica Johnson and Ellis Stump are the three winners of Penn State University Libraries’ “New Beginnings” short story writing contest. Their stories, along with those by seven writers receiving honorable mentions, will be placed on the Libraries’ five Short Edition short story dispensers on the University Park campus and inside Schlow Centre Region Library in downtown State College.
Penn State University Libraries has launched its Penn State-exclusive creative writing platform, enabling anyone with an active psu.edu email address to join the site to submit, vote and comment on others’ original works. To celebrate, the Libraries’ Short Stories website is hosting its first university-wide short story competition, themed “New Beginnings,” and is accepting submissions until April 20.
Penn State University Libraries launched its Penn State-exclusive creative writing platform Feb. 28, enabling anyone with an active psu.edu email address to join the site to submit, vote and comment on others’ original works. To celebrate, the Libraries’ Short Stories website is hosting its first University-wide short story competition, themed “New Beginnings.”
Penn State has become the first educational institution in the world, and the second location in North or South America, to partner with Short Edition of Grenoble, France. The innovative agreement developed by the Penn State University Libraries will deliver short, original pieces of Penn State creative writing into the public’s hands, encouraging direct community engagement with and conversation about writing by Penn State faculty, staff and students.
