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SUMMARY:Short Story Awards Ceremony & Reading
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DESCRIPTION:Come listen to a dramatic reading of the top three community-s
 ubmitted short stories and find out who will receive our grand prize for b
 est short story in 2024!.\nhttps://champaign.libnet.info/event/11078546
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Registration is encouraged.</p>\n<p><a hre
 f="https://champaign.org/events?types=Workshop&amp\;term=Writer%27s%20Work
 shop">Writer's Workshop Series</a>:</p>\n<ul style="list-style-type: disc\
 ;">\n<li>Sep 4\, <a href="https://champaign.org/event/where-to-begin-11078
 554">Where to Begin</a>\, 7 pm</li>\n<li>Sep 18\, <a href="https://champai
 gn.org/event/story-elements-characterization-11078333">Story Elements: Cha
 racterization</a>\, 7 pm<br /><br /></li>\n<li>Oct 2\, <a href="https://ch
 ampaign.org/event/story-elements-building-tension-11078366">Story Elements
 : Building Tension</a>\, 7 pm</li>\n<li>Oct 16\, <a href="https://champaig
 n.org/event/tools-to-make-your-short-story-better-11078469">Tools to Make 
 Your Short Story Better</a>\, 7 pm<br /><br /></li>\n<li>Nov 6\, <a href="
 https://champaign.org/event/finishing-your-story-11078495">Finishing Your 
 Story</a>\, 7 pm</li>\n<li>Nov 20\, <a href="https://champaign.org/event/s
 hort-story-awards-ceremony-reading-11078546">Short Story Awards Ceremony &
 amp\; Reading</a>\, 7 pm<br /><br /></li>\n<li>Dec 4\, <a href="https://ch
 ampaign.org/event/open-mic-night-11078640">Open Mic Night</a>\, 7 pm</li>\
 n</ul>\n<p>Interested in our Short Story Contest? Entries due Friday\, Nov
 ember 8\, 2024. Visit <a href="https://champaign.org/about/news/short-stor
 y-contest-hosted-by-champaign-library">champaign.org/short-story</a> for a
 dditional details.</p>\n<hr />\n<p>About the judges:</p>\n<p><strong>Heidi
  Esther </strong>What would happen if Mister Rogers and Captain Marvel had
  a baby? It might just turn out to be Joyologist\, Heidi Esther! A communi
 ty champion\, author\, and That's What She Said Alumna\, Heidi Esther is n
 o stranger to cardigans\, deep feeling\, and brave steps. She is committed
  to helping you live at the intersection of Your Joy and Peculiar Genius. 
 How? She brings extensive experience in mindfulness\, emotional Intelligen
 ce\, essential workplace skills\, and personal transformation to her one-o
 n-one coaching and presentations. Contact her today at&nbsp\; &nbsp\;<a hr
 ef="mailto:howdy@heidiesther.com">howdy@heidiesther.com</a></p>\n<p><stron
 g>Megan Montgomery </strong>is a multi-award winning author of steamy\, sm
 art\, character-driven romance. Her debut novel\, Well...That Was Awkward\
 , described as "a big\, juicy bite of Chesapeake Bay culture\," was inspir
 ed by her homesickness for southern Maryland. She now lives among the corn
 fields of Illinois with her family. When she's not writing\, reading\, or 
 editing\, you'll find her volunteering at the library or the medicinal her
 b garden (or cackling over a cauldron during a full moon.) Her books have 
 received two B.R.A.G. Medallions\, the Best Indie Book Award for romance\,
  the Indie Reader Discovery Award for chick lit\, the Rudy Award for conte
 mporary romance\, and were finalists in the Page Turner Book and Screenpla
 y Awards.</p>\n<p><strong>Ted Sanders </strong>served as the Director of C
 reative Writing in the Department of English at the University of Illinois
  at Urbana-Champaign where he continues to teach creative writing. His bod
 y of work includes his debut novel\, <em><a href="https://cucatalog.org/po
 laris/search/title.aspx?ctx=3.1033.0.0.1&amp\;pos=5&amp\;cn=613343">No Ani
 mals We Could Name</a></em><a href="https://cucatalog.org/polaris/search/t
 itle.aspx?ctx=3.1033.0.0.1&amp\;pos=5&amp\;cn=613343">\, &nbsp\;</a>publis
 hed by Graywolf Press in 2023\, and his children's fantasy series\, <em><a
  href="https://cucatalog.org/polaris/search/searchresults.aspx?ctx=3.1033.
 0.0.1&amp\;type=Keyword&amp\;term=sanders\,%20ted&amp\;by=AU&amp\;sort=REL
 EVANCE&amp\;limit=TOM=*&amp\;query=&amp\;page=0&amp\;searchid=1">The Keepe
 rs</a>\,</em> published by HarperCollins Publishers in 2015. Learn more at
  <a href="http://www.tedsanders.net/">tedsanders.net</a></p>\n<p></p>\n<p>
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