LitCon

Want your writing featured in the Short Story Dispenser at Central Library? We are looking for fiction, poetry, and comics from students 5 – 17. Selected winners’ submissions will be available to print in our Short Story Dispenser over the summer.  

General Contest Rules: 

• Content must be family-friendly. 
• Only one submission per category (poetry, fiction, and comics). 
• All work must be submitted ready to be published “as-is.” No editing will be done. 
• Submission must be your own original writing and/or illustrations. 
• Fiction or poetry submissions must not require a specific line layout or indentation. 
• Any submissions that do not follow the contest rules will be disqualified. 

Fiction and Poetry: Up to 750 words max/4800 characters including spaces. 

Comics: Must use the downloadable template to create your comic and email it as a JPEG file. Comics can only be in black and white (no colour or gray-scale) and are limited to the one-page template. Any comic submissions that do not follow these requirements will be disqualified as they won't print with our Short Story Dispenser.

Submissions are open from May 1 to June 12 and should be submitted to litcon@calgarylibrary.ca. 

Create Your Own Comic

Share this video with your class to spark comic ideas and support student submissions for a chance to be featured in the Library's Short Story Dispenser.