Pennsbury and Harry S. Truman students are among the finalists
The Times
Officials at Bucks County Community College announced that Nora Dowdell, a senior at Central Bucks High School West, won first place in the second annual Bucks County High School Short-Fiction Contest.
Elizabeth Luciano, the literature professor who runs the contest, said the 18-year-old Doylestown resident was awarded the top prize of $200 for her story “A Better Version of My Confession.”
The $100 second-place prize went to 18-year-old Carolyn Priestley of Lower Makefield, a senior at Pennsbury High School who is dual-enrolled at Bucks. Priestly won second place for her story “Ask Me Anything.”
Kaylie Garcia, a 15-year-old sophomore at Harry S. Truman High School and a resident of Levittown, placed third and won $50 for “Together.”
The faculty of the college’s Language and Literature department made the final selections.
The public is invited to a reading and reception featuring the winners from 2 to 3 p.m. on Sunday, April 28, in the Orangery building on the campus at 275 Swamp Road, Newtown. Admission and parking are free.
For more information about the contest, contact Luciano at Elizabeth.Luciano@bucks.edu or 215–968–8167.
