CB West Senior Wins Bucks County High School Fiction Contest

DOYLESTOWN, PA — A Central Bucks West student has won first prize in the 2019 Bucks County High School Short Fiction Contest.

Senior Nora Dowdell won the second annual contest and $200 for her short story entitled, "A Better Version of My Confession."

According to organizers of the contest at Bucks County Community College, the story revolves around a "lovable sociopath."

"The anti-hero’s engaging (and improved) confession is both insightful and funny, and it speaks to the author’s impressive abilities as a storyteller as well as to the baser instincts of the reader," judges wrote. "I enjoyed the story too much—and that’s exactly the point."

A public reception for the winners will be held on Sunday, April 28 from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. in the Orangery building at Bucks County Community College in Newtown.