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Valley Voices Story Hour: True Stories. On Stage.

We are looking for your water stories!

Write about a moment that features water in some way, or in which water becomes a part of the story. Your story can touch on water in any of its forms: lakes, rivers, clouds, snow, ice, fog, in a fountain or pool, etc.

Open to writers of all levels: all students, faculty, and staff of Kalamazoo Valley Community College. Deadline for submissions is Nov 21.

Guidelines:

  • Water Theme
  • True story
  • 1-2 pages, typed, double spaced, 12-point font (approximately 500-1000 words)

Writing Tips:

  • Vivid images that help your readers imagine the story: sense of sight, taste, touch, smell, sound
  • A story you would love to read out loud
  • Head over to the Moth Story Hour website to listen to examples of stories: https://themoth.org/listen

Writers will be selected to read on our Moth Story Hour Stage at Anna Whitten Hall: Dec. 5, 2025! There will be live music at the event.

The guidelines are the following:

  • Submit at the TTC Faculty Receptionist Desk, where the faculty offices are located
  • Submissions will be collected until Nov. 21, 2025
  • You may submit up to two stories
  • Attach your story to this form
  • Open to Kalamazoo Valley students, staff and faculty
  • Writers will be selected to read on our Moth Story Hour Stage @ Anna Whitten Hall: Dec. 5, 2025, during the Kalamazoo Art Hop!
  • Must be available to read on the evening of Dec. 5th

Click here for criteria.
Click here for the submission form.