Library Contests

Six Word Memoir Contest

Writing the story of your life could take years—but what about writing a truth about yourself or an experience in your life… using only six words?

Compose your life story, or the story of an experience, in only six words.

Ursula K. Le Guin once said: “First sentences are doors to worlds.” Here’s your chance to write your own!

Compose your best opening line to an imaginary novel.

Stretch those creative muscles and express yourself with a poem!

Compose a poem.

We celebrate October (the spookiest month of the year) with a horror story contest!

Compose your own original horror story—in only two sentences.

Build a house made of edible materials and icing!

All ages are welcome to participate. To keep things fun and fair, we have a separate category for children.