Scribes Valley Notes

Scribes Valley Publishing is now accepting submissions to our 21st Annual Short Story Writing contest.  For the 21st  Annual Scribes Valley Short Story Writing Contest, we are looking for stories that enthrall us, leave us breathless, make us say “Wow!” and stay in our minds even weeks after we read them. You've worked hard on your story, pondered every word, developed characters so real you know them personally, and created a setting which pulls readers out of the real world. Don’t keep it to yourself! Let others read it. Let US read it!   Full contest rules and guidelines are available on our website .  Come on over and show us what you've been working on!    Thrill us! Entertain us! Beguile us! TELL US A STORY! Fiction short stories up to 5,000 words. Any genre, any subject. Cover page should have author name, mailing address, telephone number, e-mail address, word count, and optional author bio. Subsequent pages should have at least page number...

We’ve selected the top three stories from the finalists of our 2018 Short Story Contest . Please join us in congratulating these talent authors: FIRST PLACE:   Mike Tuohy – “Confetti Girl” SECOND PLACE:   Andrew K. Clark – “Tangled Limbs” THIRD PLACE:   Catharine Leggett – “The Oriole”

Greetings! Listed below are the finalists of our 2018 Short Story Writing Contest . Please visit our 2018 Winners page , and get to know these talented authors. Virginia M. Amis  -  WOOD AVENUE Katelyn Andell  -  EUPHORIA, VA Patricia L. Baker  -  THE WHISPERERS Colin Brezicki  -  STAGE STRUCK Andrew K. Clark  -  TANGLED LIMBS Carol Cooley  -  NEVER IN GRACE Ronna L. Edelstein  -  THE MALLEABILITY OF MEMORY John Francis Istel  -  DEVILED EGGS Catharine Leggett  -  THE ORIOLE Leslie Muzingo  -  IN MY DADDY'S SHOES Steve Putnam  -  SELTZER CAN ON A BLUE TRACTOR PAINTED ORANGE Mike Tuohy  -  CONFETTI GIRL Michelle Wotowiec  -  PICTURES AND STORIES AND GHOSTS

Here are the winners of our 2013 Short Story Writing Contest. Our thanks to everyone who entered. Ronna L. Edelstein – Dismissed Vincent Guiliano – Consumed Drew Hardman – To Endure Mike Tuohy and Susan Zimmerman – Capisce? TJ Perkins – Redemption Io Kirkwood – The White Carpet Kristin Swenson – The Flood Chelle Wotowiec – When We Become the Photographs Catharine Leggett – All of Me Mike Tuohy – War of the World’s Fair Amelia Perry - Watcher Author bios and other information will follow shortly.