By: Hailley Fargo

With our Short Edition program continuing to expand, we wanted to provide some updates to the Libraries. Some highlights include: • Launching our second writing contest with a “Lost &
Found” theme. We had 42 submissions and added 14 new stories to our dispensers.

• Continuing our collaboration with Schlow to open up our submissions to allow anyone with a Centre County zip code to contribute content to our website and dispensers

• Lending one of our dispensers to State College High, in order for them to test out the machine and run a writing contest of their own

• Deploying five new dispensers to campus locations including Abington, Behrend, Berks, Brandywine, and Harrisburg. These dispensers will rotate on a semester and or yearly basis and we are seeking campuses with a desire to integrate Short Edition into the curriculum and co-curricular activities

• Expanding our Short Edition website to include a new Partnership page. We are continuing to explore and test out ways to integrate Short Edition with our curriculum. Many faculty members at multiple campuses have expressed interest in this (and some have already implemented Short Edition in their syllabi)

• Launching “The Other Side,” our third writing contest. Submissions are due April 12!

For library colleagues interested in learning more about the Short Edition program, please visit our page on the Libraries’ Intranet. For questions about the programmatic direction of this
project and the student-run Editorial Board, contact Hailley Fargo (hmf14), Student Engagement & Outreach Librarian. Questions about the dispensers across the Commonwealth can be directed to Matt Ciszek (mpc16), Head Librarian, John M. Lilley Library, Penn State Behrend.