Bucks County Community College (BCCC) recently announced that submissions are open for its ninth annual short fiction contest and all Bucks County residents aged 18 and older are invited to submit their original, unpublished short stories for a chance to win recognition and have their work reviewed by a panel of literary experts, said BCCC officials.
The top three winners of the Bucks County Short Fiction Contest will receive gift cards of $200, $100, and $50, and will share their work at a celebratory reading in March on the College’s Newtown Campus. They will be joined by the contest’s final judge, writer John Phillips.
The deadline for submissions is noon Thursday, January 22. Stories must be previously unpublished – including in blogs and online platforms – and must be submitted online. Click here for complete rules and the submissions link .
A separate contest for high-school students will also be held this spring. Click here for rules and deadlines for high school entries.
Author John Phillips, who will serve as the final judge, recently published his debut collection of short stories, “Dress Whites,” by Admission Press. His stories explore the aftermath of the Vietnam War, both for those who served and those who remained at home. As a sportswriter for Reuters, Phillips covered more than 60 world titles. Among other events he covered were the Olympics, World Series, Super Bowl, figure skating, tennis, and horse racing.
The Bucks County Short Fiction Contest receives funding and administrative support from BCCC’s School of Language and Literature.
For further information, contact the contest director, Professor Elizabeth Luciano, at Elizabeth.Luciano@bucks.edu.
