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Well, many things have been going on behind the scenes at Story Institute. We have been working with authors on their individual writing and concentrating on editing, designing, and publishing two new books. One will be from an author featured on Story Institute. The other book will be an anthology of the contest entries we have received over the last couple of years. We will be contacting each writer who is set to appear in the anthology. If you have entered our contests and have changed your email since entering our contests, please send us an update. If you do not hear from us by August 15th, 2010, your work may not have been selected for this book. We have tried to assemble the best work as well as keep some consistent themes and writing structures. As a reminder, per our guidelines:

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“All my stories are webs of style and none seems at first blush to contain much kinetic matter. For me style is matter.” Vladimir Nabokov

So, you are thinking of writing that great novel…the intense short story…or, that inspirational poem…You have your setting, your subject, your time…Have you remembered to read other writing like yours? Reading stories, poems, and sentences like you wish to write brings you closer to the words and audience with which you are trying to connect. [...]

“My stories run up and bite me on the leg-I respond by writing down everything that goes on during the bite. When I finish, the idea lets go and runs off.” Ray Bradbury

“If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten.” Rudyard Kipling

Getting your driver’s license was an exciting adventure for the teenager. However, it was never any fun for the parent. The driver is a nervous individual who really wants to pass. The driver has plans for a more exciting weekend. A party with an older crowd; a borrowed freedom; and a new date lie ahead [...]

It is about a decade after the turn of the century…the 19th century that is. Gas streetlights have just started to replace the lanterns that hung along the safe paths. The city has used some variation of olive oil, beeswax, fish oil, whale oil, sesame oil, or nut oil to fuel the brightness overhead. They [...]

The wind shifts and the rain pelts the dry earth below. The sky darkens and the winds increase in intensity. The calming drips of a slow rain as it provides tasty water to the thirsty verdant terrain. It was light just a few moments ago. There were no cars on the road. Now, a parking [...]

“Some stories are true that never happened.” Elie Wiesel