Mead Public Library and the Sheboygan Press teamed up on a scary story contest for students in grades 3-12. Seven winners were selected. Each winner will receive prizes from the library and have their ...

TORONTO, Jan. 02, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Toronto Star Short Story contest opens tomorrow and invites all aspiring published authors to take part. The winning stories will be published in the ...

Visitors can print a randomly-selected story by pressing a button on Waldo Library's Story Machine. Submissions are limited to 7,500 characters maximum (including spaces) and are due by Sunday, Nov. 2 ...

It’s officially October and that means it’s time for students across Long Beach to scare us silly with their terrifying tales and artwork — but time is already running out. The Press-Telegram’s annual ...

Once, there was a kid named Jeff. It was the middle of summer in 2025, and he was bored. Need a news break? Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more! Jeff's mom wouldn’t let him ...

What steps do you take to figure out how the human brain processes memory? You hold a fiction writing contest, record people's brains while listening to the winners, and crunch your data, of course.

Last month, children’s author Bruce Coville published the first part of a scary Halloween story in The Post-Standard and syracuse.com, and invited local kids to finish the story, titled “Norbert ...

Ain’t life grand? That’s what Stories On Stage artistic director Anthony Powell thinks, and his group has just announced a new writing contest with that theme. Stories on Stage is looking for upbeat ...

This year’s Flash Fiction Writing Contest, as part of Daniel Boone Regional Library’s One Read Program, asked participants to tell a story that emphasizes its setting in 250 words or fewer inspired by ...

Ninth annual short fiction contest is open to Bucks County residents over 18 who submit their work by January 22.