Bucks County Short Fiction Contest for High School Students
2025 High School Short Fiction Winners
The Bucks County Short Fiction Contest for High School Students is pleased to announce the winners for Spring 2025.
- Olivia Beno, a senior at Pennsbury High School, was awarded first place for her story, “The Lake.”
- Sarah Lueck, a junior at Central Bucks High School West, won second place for “In the Bleak Midwinter.”
- Sophia Ogden, a junior at Pennridge High School, took third place for “On the Corner of Turpin and Thistledown.”
Dr. Cecile Kandl Anderson of the School of Language and Literature at the College made the final selection.
The Winning Short Fiction Stories
In the Bleak Midwinter by Sarah Lueck
On the Corner of Turpin and Thistledown by Sophia Ogden
For more information, contact the contest coordinator Prof. Elizabeth Luciano at elizabeth.luciano@bucks.edu.