Join Library Shop SD’s 6th annual Shorties Awards Gala!
San Diego’s shortest and quirkiest awards ceremony, emceed by Library Shop SD Manager Scott Ehrig-Burgess, will include a spirited reading of this year’s 10 finalists by Write Out Loud SD and an artistic interpretation of last year’s winning story.
The show will stream live from the Neil Morgan Auditorium inside the San Diego Central Library @ Joan Λ Irwin Jacobs Common on the Library Foundation SD’s YouTube channel. You can also join the Shorties Social Streaming Party & Costume Contest at Library Shop Mission Hills, and get 10% off for dressing in your Gala best.
The Shop received over 200 entries this year. Thanks to Library Foundation SD Trustee Judith Wenker for triple-matching donations to help support the San Diego Public Library system.
Stop by Library Shop SD to grab your copy of this year’s winning limited-edition Matchbook Story in late January. The Library Shop SD is located in the San Diego Central Library @ Joan Irwin Jacobs Common and is owned and operated by Library Foundation SD. All proceeds support the San Diego Public Library System.
About the Matchbook Story Contest:
The Library Shop’s annual Matchbook Story Contest started as an oddball challenge to fit a short story inside a book of matches and has grown into one of the Library Shop’s most popular programs and library patrons and Shop customers have collected each year’s limited-edition matchbook. Every year, the winner receives a $50 Library Shop gift card, and their story is printed on 2,000 matchbooks available for purchase at the Library Shop, published in the Library Connections e‑newsletter, and installed as part of the Tiny Book Display in the Hervey Family Rare Book Room at the San Diego Central Library.
