“I think it’ll just continue to grow as long as folks are interested.”Įven after the contest has ended, readers can still view all the entries here. “I’m always looking for feedback on how can we get more people involved and make this as easy as possible,” Hruscik said. This year’s contest required entries to be submitted electronically and Hruscik said she hopes to expand the field for writers who tried to bring in physical copies of their stories. Hruscik said the contest has been a success and looks forward to hosting it again. The writers of the top three stories will each receive Barnes & Noble. Reader voting through the website is finished and a panel of volunteers from the library and the Lansing Community College Creative Writing Society is deciding on the final winners. “It seems to be a way that the kids and family are reading together.” “The kids really enjoy it … it’s a button to push, and they love buttons to push,” Bills said. Her colleague Julie Bills agreed that many young library-goers and their parents were making good use of the dispenser. Librarian Anne Milliman said the dispenser has been very popular among families with kids. Also, our patrons totally appreciated being able to give that content themselves and show off how talented the writers are that we have … around here.” “People love to push the button and get the stories out,” Hruscik said. She says it has been a fun way to interact with readers and writers in the community. Interested readers can press one of two buttons on the machine to receive either a story for “young readers” or a story for “everyone.” The “everyone” button dispenses one of several contest submissions from the library’s website.īecca Hruscik is the head of adult services for the library and helped set up the contest. Since tFebruary, the library has been taking advantage of the dispenser to host a short story contest.
Jack MorelandThe short story I received from the dispenser titled “The Treatment” by Jonathan Stars. Spartan Newsroom - News and information from student journalists at the Michigan State University School of Journalism About the Michigan State University School of Journalism.
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