Imagine Little Tokyo Short Story Contest Winners Announced

The winners of the sixth annual Imagine Little Tokyo Short Story Contest were announced on April 18 at Union Church of Los Angeles in Little Tokyo.

Opening remarks were made by Michael Okamura, president of the Little Tokyo Historical Society, and mystery author Naomi Hirahara, chair of LTHS’ Short Story Committee.

Youth Category

The winner in the Youth Category was Austen Lock for “A Reason to Be Proud.” He was introduced by Jim Sherod of the Little Tokyo Public Library, who served as a judge along with Stephanie Nitahara of Kizuna. The story was read by actor Scott Keiji Takeda, who recently appeared in Luis Valdez’s play “Valley of the Heart” and is currently on the Netflix series “Huge in France.”

published on May 2, 2019