2020 Short Story Contest
The 2021 contests started on March 20 and submissions
are due by June 30, 2021.
Congratulations to our 2020 Short Story Contest Winners!
(click story titles for PDFs of stories)
Adult winners
First Prize:
Raisa Tolchinsky
Video: 51:30 -106
Finalists:
Luke Woodard
Video 38:30-51
Briana Maley
Video 28 -38:30
Student winners
First Prize:
Finn Periz
Video: 15-24
Finalists:
Amanda Wu
Video: 2:39 -14
Caroline Dinh
Special thanks to Davina Thrower Smith, Mary Hopkins, Nate Brown and Eric Carzon for their leadership on the contest as well as volunteers from The Bethesda Writer's Center for their story reviews and to the Center for its logistical help making reviews go smoothly.