Totton College Library has recently taken part in the National Short Story Week. During the week there was a display of short stories as well as collaborative short story writing where anyone from the college could add a line to an existing story. There was also a short story writing competition. Alongside this there was a display in the library of a wide range of short story collections, which included both modern and classic.
This week proved popular amongst staff and students. “It was nice to see staff and students of all levels taking part in the collaborative short stories,” Claire Richards, library assistant, said. The finished stories were put on display at the end of the week and links were put on the college intranet pages.
The writing competition saw many entries and finally prizes were awarded for first, second and third place. “There was a great response to our story competition and the entries were of a really high standard,” Jill Florence, Library manager commented. Third place went to Saskia Formaux with “My Ghost Story”, Second place went to Tamsin Asplin with the story “Murder at the Plaza” and first place went to Maddie Goldberga with “Poison” a story with a twist about a man whose job is to protect the President.
“The event was really successful as many students contributed in one way or another and it was interesting seeing the collaborative stories develop,” Susan Pilcher, librarian and organiser of the event remarked. Last year was the first National Short Story Week and Totton College Library has taken part both years. More information about this week can be found at: http://www.nationalshortstoryweek.org.uk/index.htm.
You can read about other 2011 events here.
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