STORY INSTITUTE 2009 SHORT STORY CONTEST AWARDS
NASHVILLE, TN – June 21, 2009 – Story Institute, your online and in-print source for imagining, enhancing, and growing stories, is proud to announce the winners of its 2009, United States short story contest.
The first and second place winners will be featured in upcoming Story Institute RamblingVerser podcasts and newsletters. Along with the winning short stories, entries from selected writers will appear in an upcoming anthology released at the end of 2009.
Story Institute contests have created excitement within the writing community and inspired excellent entries from writers across the U.S. Each writer expresses excellent imaginary and creates a wonderful storyline within their short stories and applicable websites.
The First Place winner is:
Rebecca Laskowitz for “Kaylee’s Quarter”
The Second Place winner is:
Amy Priddy for “The Lady of the Fountain”
All winners receive gift certificates from leading bookstores, a feature in RamblingVerses, Story Institute’s Newsletter, publication in an upcoming Story Institute anthology, and other prizes.
The First Place, 2009 winner, Rebecca Laskowitz, along with the winner of the Fall 2008 (Jill Eisnaugle) and Spring 2009 (E.D. Arrington) poetry contests, will receive additional pages within the anthology to share more poems demonstrating their dedication to writing, creativity, and storytelling.
About Story Institute:
Since its basic beginnings in 2002 with Timeless Tales, Story Institute has grown to inspire, enhance, and grow your stories personally and professionally while helping share your success in print, online, and in person. Through short story and poetry topics, storylines, novel ideas, and contests, Story Institute encourages and assists the writer in most of us and the imagination in all of us.
Through Integrity, Ingenuity, Inspiration, Influence, Impact, and Excellence, Story Institute strives to:
* Evoke emotion within our customers that make connections to our communities
* Engage our customers, their families, and clients in active tales that connect their emotions to past knowledge and experiences.
* Empower our partners to use their new knowledge while growing their families, organizations, and stories into a world of their own.
Contact:
John E. Murray, III, Chief Story Symphonizer, Story Institute
615-713-1783
ramblingverser@storyinstitute.com
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