Local Authors & Music

Listen Up STL

Celebrate and help promote the musical creativity of the St. Louis community with Listen Up STL which gives local musicians the opportunity to make their music available to a wider audience.

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Celebrating Poetry Collection

April 1-30, 2025

In celebration of National Poetry Month, submit your original poems for inclusion in the St. Louis County Library poetry compilation available in the eMedia collection. The collection is divided in Kids, Teens, and Adults groups.

Celebrating Poetry Collection

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Indie Author Project

The Indie Author Project (IAP) allows local authors to upload their work for inclusion into the Indie Missouri collection, available to all participating Missouri libraries. Submissions will also be considered for the IAP Select collection. Titles chosen for the IAP Select collection are available to participating libraries nationwide.

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Your Story On Stage

A collection of personal stories from the St. Louis County Library community. Adults were invited to share their most captivating stories. The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis selected twelve stories from the submissions to perform for the St. Louis Storytelling Festival on November 17, 2024.

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Inspired by Jamaica Kincaid

In honor of 2024's St. Louis Literary Award recipient Jamaica Kincaid, we wanted you to share with us work you have created based on Jamaica Kincaid’s influential and enduring work, "Girl". We accepted submissions of fiction, creative nonfiction or memoir under 500 words for inclusion in our eMedia collection.

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