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Unfit for Shelves? A Love Letter to Banned Books

Special event, one week from today! Join the F. Scott Fitzgerald Literary Festival for a virtual panel event on book banning, featuring Ron Charles and Maureen Corrigan. “Unfit for Shelves? A Love Letter to Banned Books” is this year’s spring special presentation. This event is free and open to the public. We hope you can […]

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Events on Book Banning & More – Mark Your Calendar for May 19

Mark your calendar for not one, but two virtual events on Tuesday, May 19, 2026! There are different Zoom links for these two separate events. You may come to both or one of these events. 2026 Annual Meeting Tuesday, May 19, 20265:30 p.m.VirtualClick here to join the Zoom meetingMeeting ID: 890 1685 3336Passcode: 936626 If […]

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The 2026 Short Story Contest Is Open

We are excited to announce that the Short Story Contest is open for submissions! ADULT CONTEST: The Adult Contest is for residents of the DMV (DC, Maryland, and Virginia). STUDENT CONTEST: The Student Contest is for high school students who attend a school in Montgomery County. Submissions are now open for original, unpublished works of […]

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2025 Winners of the Short Story Contest

We are happy to announce our winners of the 2025 short story Contest. They are listed below with comments from reviewer Nate Brown: Adult Winner: L.V. Pires     L.V. Pires (“January Light”) Read story here “I knew that there was no other story for her in this moment. This was the only one. This was the […]

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