Join the Imagine Little Tokyo Short Story Contest for a special Japanese-language workshop that will introduce you to an overview of Los Angeles’s Little Tokyo and provide tips for placing fictional characters in real-life settings.

Now in its 12th year, the Imagine Little Tokyo Short Story Contest is unique because it has a Japanese-language category in addition to English-language adult and youth categories. The contest is presented by Little Tokyo Historical Society in partnership with the Discover Nikkei project and the deadline for entries is February 28, 2025. For more information and guidelines, visit the Little Tokyo Historical Society’s website at littletokyohs.org/imagine-2024.