Watch the September 2016 Winning Short Story Reading.

Reading performed by Erynn Brook

Summer Hills  by Rochelle Potkar

Get to know the winning writer: 

What is your 1pg Short Story about?

It’s about the states of complacency and hustle as embodied by its characters.

What genres would you say this short story is in?

Haibun, which is a prose-poetry form coming the closest to flash fiction, on a single page.

How would you describe this story in two words?

Summer Hills

What movie have you seen the most in your life?

Sholay (Hindi)

How long have you been working on this story?

A year

Do you have an all-time favorite novel?

Kafka on the Shore (Haruki Murakami)

What motivated you to write this story?

I always wanted to capture the inertia of the rich vis-à-vis the restless hustle of the not-rich.

What artist would you love to have dinner with?