Credit: Pennsbury School District
A Pennsbury High School junior won Bucks County Community College’s first-ever short-fiction contest.
Melanie Nolan, a 17-year-old junior, entered her story “Among the Bones” into the inaugural Bucks County High School Short Fiction contest.
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“From the first line of ‘Among the Bones,’ I was pulled into this woman’s world, her mind fading due to dementia, yet holding onto one, specific memory of her time working in a funeral parlor as a teenager,” the judges wrote of Nolan’s winning entry. “The story delves into her experience at the morgue and her fascination with the bodies that she observes and the questions she has about the lives lived and the secrets taken to the grave. This memory forces her to confront her own mortality, knowing that death isn’t too far away for her, either.”
The second place winner was Rachel Hoenisch, an 18-year-old senior at Neshaminy High School, for her story “The Huntress.”
Third place went to Marissa Klien, a 17-year-old senior at Central Bucks West, for her story “The Fates.”
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A reception was held last weekend for the winners at Bucks County Community College’s Newtown Township campus.
