Watch the 140 Character Short Story: SAND

Story read by actress Maya Woloszyn

Get to know writer Jemma Pollari:

1) What is your very short story about?

Sand is about a woman, beautiful and desired, but untouchable. The male protagonist wants to love her, and wants to mean something to her, but she moves on, leaving him, and her other lovers, behind her in ruins.

2) What motivated you to write this story and submit it to the festival?

My father took a photograph of me (photo here) walking on a sandblow; the idea came from the heat and expanse of sand, where any marks we make are covered over by the unfaltering wind. I was motivated to submit it to the festival after seeing the previous winners’ videos on YouTube – I love the idea that a whole narrative can be condensed to 140 characters.

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