Congratulations to our Fall into Fiction Contest Winners 2024

About the Contest

Congratulations to our 2024 Fall into Fiction Short Story contest winners! The contest challenged aspiring local authors to compose short stories read in 5 minutes or less (8,000 characters max), and our community certainly delivered! Stories of all kinds were submitted and will be added to our growing collection of short form literature published online through the Short Edition and Biblioboard digital collections. For a limited time, you can print contest submissions on a Short Edition dispenser kiosk at the Almaden, Village Square and West Valley Branches. 

Winning Entries

Ages 0-9

• 1st Place: Stanley Ko “All Because of the Pie”
• 2nd Place: Charles Li “The Mystery of the Moon Landing”
• 3rd Place: Doyun Kim "Town Troubles"
• Honorable Mention: Sarika Bhattacharyya "Marvelous Melinda"

Ages 10-12

• 1st Place: Ameya Desai “Siya and the Big Lie”
• 2nd Place: Alaina Gupta “The Heist"
• 3rd Place: Anonymous "Serena and the Seaside"
• Honorable Mention: Nina He "The Two-Faced Lemons"

Ages 13-17

• 1st Place: Aliva Cui “A Cup of Lemonade"
• 2nd Place: Montserrat Solorio "Buried Echoes"
• 3rd Place: Riddhiman Rana "A New Dawn"

Ages 18+

• 1st Place: Su Adel "The Winter and the Spring"
• 2nd Place: Hannah Parenteau "A Recipe for Rivalry"
• 3rd Place: Sophia Castillo "Window Shopping"
• Honorable Mention: Anders D Krehbiel "The Circus"

Prizes

Each winner will receive a gift certificate to local bookseller Books Inc. and an assortment of goodies to help keep the words and creativity flowing. Congratulations again to our winners and to all who participated! We look forward to seeing more of your creativity in our poetry contest in April.