Times of San Diego

Submissions Open for Library Shop’s Annual ‘Matchbook’ Short Story Contest

A matchbook with Kate Fellowes’ first-place story from 2019. Photo courtesy of the Library Shop The Library Shop Saturday opened submissions for its sixth annual Matchbook Story Contest, a challenge ...
Times of San Diego

Matchbook Story Contest Offers Up Most Fit to Print – Library Shop’s Top Tiny Story

The Library Shop has announced the winner of the Matchbook Story Contest, which asks participants to write a short story that can fit inside of a well, you know. This year’s winner, penned by San ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

Read the story about a murder – only three sentences long – that won the library’s most popular contest

A clever spin on murder — the name for a group of crows, not the criminal act — took first place in San Diego’s quirkiest short story contest. Cindy Chen won the Sixth Annual Matchbook Story Contest ...