Submit Your Short Stories for EBPL's Annual Contest

East Brunswick Public Library (2 Jean Walling Civic Center) returns with its annual National Short Story Month contest.

The "73 Words in the 732" contest challenges residents (ages 18 and older) to write an original short story of seventy-three words or fewer. Stories can be on any theme or topic. A panel of library staff will select the best submissions to feature on the library’s blog and website.

“As always, we look forward to our community’s creativity in the '73 Words in the 732' challenge,” says Melissa Hozik, Adult Programming Librarian. “Shakespeare did say in Hamlet that brevity is the soul of wit.”

Submissions must be from adults. Stories must be submitted online at tinyurl.com/73words2026 by May 31.

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