A huge thank you to everyone who participated in this contest. We learned so much from all of your pieces. Your words colored America in for us in so many unique, personal, and moving ways. And now, we're proud to announce the Winners and Runners-up... Congratulations to the selected authors!
From mysterious to nostalgic, quirky, thought-provoking, plain weird, and good old-fashioned cheerful, this collection of poems and stories is sure to get under your skin -- in the good way. We hope you all enjoy Short Circuit #03.
If there’s anything we’ve learned over the last few months, it’s that there’s nothing more important than staying connected and working together. So...why not use our Short Story Dispensers to connect students across not only the US but around the world?
This fall, we’ll be hosting our first annual creative writing contest for students at universities with on-campus Dispensers.
Once upon a time there was a storyteller, who decided one day to broaden his repertoire. After all, the village was starting to get tired of always hearing the same tales. They no longer made the... [+]
Today, for my twelfth birthday, Mom gave me a pair of binoculars to watch the birds and a leatherette notebook with a chain. Notebooks with chains are for girls, and I didn’t even know what... [+]
Pa had always had a lot of respect for Sam’s grandmother.
That must have been at least partly to do with what people in the village used to say about her.
Pa used to say that civilization took... [+]
