Adult Winners (available via the story’s link) :
First Place: Leslie Spitz-Edson (“Fireflies“)
Finalists: Fiona Mackintosh (“Absent Without Leave“)
Marina Koestler Ruben (“Licking“)
Student Winners:
First Place: Shriya Sharma (“Chanda Hain Tu“)
Finalists: Austin Stump Manning (“It All Started with the Little Blond Girl with Pigtails“)
Sebastian Ko (“The Detox“)
The 2026 Short Story Readings event has been scheduled for 6:30 pm on Thursday, October 8 at Rockville Memorial Library. At this event, the winners of the Short Story Contest will be honored and read their work.
