12th Annual Imagine Little Tokyo
Short Story Contest

We want your fictional short stories based in Little Tokyo!

Deadline: February 28, 2025. #imaginelittletokyo

FORMS:

2025 Imagine Little Tokyo Short Story Contest Guidelines ENGLISH - click here

2025 Imagine Little Tokyo Short Story Contest Agreement ENGLISH - click here

2025 Imagine Little Tokyo Short Story Contest Guidelines JAPANESE - click here

2025 Imagine Little Tokyo Short Story Contest Agreement JAPANESE- click here


ENTRIES WRITTEN IN BOTH ENGLISH AND JAPANESE (日本語)

2024 Winners:

Adult Category:When Next We Meet” by Brandon Tadashi Chung
Honorable mention:  “Sustain” by Monique Hayes

Youth Category: Little Things” by Madeline Thach
Honorable mention: “Dreaming in Lil' Tokyo” by Pablo Matias Hernandez Martinez

Japanese Language Category:New Otani Wedding” by DC & Satsuki Palter
Honorable mentions: “Am I a Stranger or a Foreigner?” by Koh Hirano 

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