Local writers should send in 600 words or less on the theme by July 26th to be considered for a reading in store on August 2nd. Writers and readers alike - join us on August 2nd at 6 PM to hear some incredible original work!

Colleen Mayo, an MFA student in Fiction at FSU, will be emceeing our Story Slams and helping select our writers/readers each month. Colleen has work published in The Sun Magazine, Bluestern, and serves as the online editor of The Southeast Review. She also won the 2017 FSU Creative Writing Spotlight Award. Colleen also co-hosts a podcast on writing at FSU with Sean Towey. She's from Austin, TX, and lives in a yellow house with her husband and her cat.

WRITERS: Please use the following criteria for all submissions:

*Times New Roman/12 pt font/1”margins/double-spaced
*600 words or less
*Fiction or Nonfiction
*Due the last Thursday of the month (this month's deadline: July 26th)
* Writing piece should fit with the theme of "Steam."
*If selected, must be available to read the evening of August 2nd
*Name should not appear anywhere on the submission itself.
* Please include a brief cover letter within the email.
*Send your submission to storyslam@midtownreader.com