BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//PYVOBJECT//NONSGML Version 1//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:events.uid.5926@www.discovernikkei.org DTSTART:20190418T000000Z DTEND:20190418T000000Z DESCRIPTION:Actors to Present Dramatic Readings of Three Winning Stories\nT he Little Tokyo Historical Society has selected the winners for the sixth annual Imagine Little Tokyo Short Story Contest\, which included adult\, y outh and Japanese-language categories. Winners will be revealed at a publi c reception on Thursday\, April 18\, from 6 to 8 PM at Union Church\, Los Angeles.\n\nAt the reception\, actors Jonathan Ohye and Scott Keiji Takeda will present dramatic readings of the English-language winners' work\, wh ile actress Megumi Anjo will read the winning Japanese-language short stor y. Winners will each be awarded $500 and their short story will be publish ed in The Rafu Shimpo and Discover Nikkei website. All finalists' stories will be posted on the historical society's website\, http://www.littletoky ohs.org/ by July 1.\n\n"We appreciate the efforts of every person who subm itted a short story\," said Naomi Hirahara\, chair of the Imagine Little T okyo committee. "To complete a creative work is an accomplishment in itsel f."\n\nThe following served as final judges: adult English-language\, Sess hu Foster\, Irene Simonian and Teresa Watanabe\; youth\, Stephanie Nitahar a and James Sherod\; and Japanese-language\, Shige Higashi and Duncan Will iams. The reception\, which will be held in the multi-purpose room of the church\, is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served . DTSTAMP:20240419T195319Z SUMMARY:6th Annual Imagine Little Tokyo Short Story Contest Awards Receptio n URL:/en/events/2019/04/18/6th-annual-imagine-little-tokyo-short-story-conte s/ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR