A Digital Platform Connecting Writers, Students, and Communities
The Short Story Portal is an affordable digital platform that empowers teachers, students, and local communities by showcasing creative writing. It inspires creativity, builds language skills, and connects emerging writers—whether in classrooms or neighborhoods—giving everyone a voice and fostering a vibrant culture of storytelling
- Challenge addressed: Educators and community leaders often seek simple ways to encourage creativity and highlight local voices.
- Solution: Short Édition’s web-based Short Story Portal is an affordable tool to curate, edit, and showcase creative writing from students and local writers.
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How it helps:
- Provides a user-friendly platform to organize and present creative work, while offering an online reading experience - free for your readers!
- Supports development of writing skills through publishing opportunities
- Offers an outlet for self-expression within schools and communities while providing writers a platform to share their stories
- Impact: Helps bring local and student writing to a wider audience, supporting creativity and literacy in a straightforward, accessible way.
The Short Story Portal: The Brain Behind the Cube & Dispenser
Tech-Powered Solutions
IoT Short Story
Dispenser & Cube
Powered by
Software as a Service
Social & environmental impact
With the Short Story Portal, our partners have full control over what readers discover. Configure your Short Story Dispenser or Cube with a wealth of content—choose from Short Édition’s curated collections, timeless classics, or your own original works. From bite‑sized short stories and poetry to engaging comics for all ages, the Portal makes it easy to tailor the reading experience to your community.
Student Stories Say it Better
Showcase Student Talent
Inspiring Young Writers
Ellison, currently a high school sophmore writes “Ms. Lee, Back in seventh grade, you truly inspired me to pursue my passion for writing, and the library became my happy place. One of my favorite memories from Fletcher was participating in the short story contests, which sparked my love for storytelling. Through the Palo Alto Beacon, I hope to build on the creative spirit you nurtured by offering students even more freedom to express themselves through their art. Thank you for everything you did to inspire me and so many others!”
Since 2020, Fletcher Middle School’s Short Story Dispenser has offered students over 11,000 stories to enjoy, run 29 writing/ art contests, and published more than 6,380 student works — an incredible legacy of creativity which expands every year.
Kristen Lee,
Teacher Librarian Fletcher Middle School,
Palo Alto, California
