
Congratulations to the winners of the 2025 Bryan + College Station Public Library System Color Our World Adult Writing Contest! Thank you to everyone who participated, and look forward to next summer’s contest.
Please enjoy the winning short stories!
- 1st Place – “A Creative Robot” by Natalie Hemmer
- 2nd Place – “High Value Gray” by Kat McMullen
- 3rd Place – “The Curse of the Shadow Blight” by Mike Downey
The contestants wrote according to the following prompt:
You woke up one morning to find that everything in your world has turned black and white. Write a story about how you bring back color using your artistic talents and creativity.
OR
He/She/They/Proper Name woke up one morning to find that everything in their world has turned black and white. Write a story about how they bring back color using their artistic talents and creativity.