Midtown Reader's Story Slam series is an opportunity for local writers to share their work with our community of Tallahassee writers and readers. The theme for this month is “Taking Root." Writers should send in 600 words or less on the theme by May 18th at 6 p.m. to be considered to read at the event on May 25th at 7pm.

To submit:

*Times New Roman/12 pt font/1” margins/double-spaced

*600 words or less

*Fiction or Nonfiction

*Pieces should be written on the theme "Taking Root"

*Due Thursday, May 18th

*If selected, must be available to read in-store the evening of May 25th

*Name should not appear anywhere on the submission itself

*Please include a brief cover letter within the email

*Send your submission to caylee@midtownreader.com

About Our Host:

Bridget Adams is our Story Slam judge and emcee. Bridget is a fiction writer and Creative Writing Instructor. Her work has been published in The Sun, Willow Springs, Hobart, Hayden's Ferry Review, and elsewhere. She received her MFA from Bowling Green State University, where she was the winner of a Devine Fellowship and Fiction Editor at Mid-American Review. She is currently a PhD student at Florida State University.