Write Fast: Student Short Stories Come Due Dec. 10

CRANSTON, RI – Time's up when the clock strikes midnight on Saturday, Dec. 10, 2016. Student writers with a flair for short stories can now submit their masterpieces to Write Rhode Island, the competition sponsored by School One, an arts-intensive school on Providence's East Side, and Goat Hill, an authors' group.

The competition is open to all public, private, parochial or home-school students throughout the Ocean State. Details about how to submit stories and full competition guidelines can be found at www.school-one.org. Winners will be announced in Spring 2017. There are different categories based on grade. Winners will receive a cash prize, get their work published or exhibited and participate in a statewide reading.

During the fall, Write Rhode Island put on writing workshops at local libraries.

“The Cranston Public Library was excited to be the site of a series of three workshops for teens," said Linda Archetto, Head of Teen Services, Cranston Public Library. "This series of writing workshops for teens gives the library the means to offer teens the opportunity to explore their voice, use their creative talents and imagination, and develop their writing skills working with a published author in community with other teens.”

The goal of Write Rhode Island is to promote and celebrate student by incorporating Rhode Island as a theme in a creative piece of prose, the organizers said.

“Together with Goat Hill, we’ve sponsored 35 free creative writing workshops for teens this fall at public libraries all over the state and we’re eager to read the stories that are submitted. As part of the contest, we plan to hold readings and publish the winning stories in an anthology,” said Jennifer Borman, Head of School, School One. “Write Rhode Island is a unique opportunity. Currently there are very few ways for students to share their work with each other or with other Rhode Islanders.”

Courtesy Photo Caption: Cranston students write quickly to keep up with flash fiction writer Kathryn Kulpa at the Flash Fiction Writing Workshop at the Cranston Public Library.