Snowy Stories Contest

Help celebrate the start of winter and show off your creative writing skills! Kids and teens in grades K-12 are invited to enter Bethlehem Public Library’s snowy story contest 

Write and submit an original short story by emailing it to us at contest@bethpl.org. Stories incorporating visual elements may be emailed as PDFs.  

Submissions will be accepted online between December 21 and January 29. We will select one elementary schooler, one middle schooler, and one high schooler to win a prize. Winners will be posted online in February.  

Need help getting started? Here are some story prompts to try: 

• It is the first big snow of the winter. What will you do? 

• You are an animal preparing for the winter, when it begins to snow.  

• You are taking a walk on a snowy day, when you notice a set of footprints leading off the trail and into the woods.  

• Write a story about the coldest you have ever been.  

• Write a story about your favorite thing to do outside on a snow day.