Morton Grove Writes

Celebrate National Novel Writing Month by writing a short story. Submit your original story to be featured on our website and in the library.  

By providing or submitting material to the Library, you warrant and represent that you own or otherwise control all of the rights to your submissions including, without limitation, all the rights necessary for you to provide, post, upload, or input the submissions.

Dates: November 6 – November 30

Submission Deadline: Thursday, November 30

Guidelines

• Your short story should be no longer than 5,000 words, and be an original, unpublished work.   

• Submit your story as Microsoft Word, Google Doc or PDF file.  

• Only one short story per person. 

• Please keep story content appropriate for a wide audience.  

• Submitted stories are not guaranteed to be posted on our website or in the library.  

Where to Submit

Please email your short story as an attachment to Adult Services Librarian, Nate Miller, at nmiller@mgpl.org. Include a title and your name if you would like it to be included with the story. 

Submitted short stories will be viewable on this webpage and in print format in the Library during the month of December.