Write Michigan Anthology 2024

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>A short story's brevity reflects the brevity of the passing time of the work where the reader is granted only this short while these few pages to be struck by an acute moment . . . when everything changes for a character everything becomes sharper everything is now suddenly clear or everything falls apart-and the reader is left to consider what follows-and what that means for us mortals. . . . </strong></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>And perhaps in the end that is why we marvel at the gem of the short story form. A lifetime fits into it though it's held in a moment. And to pull that off while focusing on plot and characterization and setting and tone and language and point of view-that's a fantastic leap of art.</strong></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>     - From the Foreword by </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Gary Schmidt </strong></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The Write Michigan Short Story Contest is in its twelfth year. We are delighted to have entries from 333 unique Michigan zip codes this year that covered the entire state. This contest offers opportunities for writers in three age groups-11 and under 12-17 years old and 18 and older-with cash prizes awarded to the Judges' Choice Judges' Choice Runner Up and Readers' Choice winners in each category. </span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>With this anthology we share in the telling of some of the best stories imagined by Michigan writers. Printed in these pages are eighteen stories: the Judges' Choice Judges' Choice Runner-Up Readers' Choice and three published finalists in each of the three categories. We hope you enjoy these stories as much as we do. </span></p><p></p><p></p>