BCP author Julie Gianelloni Connor has been named a winner in the Sixth Annual Short Story Contest for Texas Authors by DEAR Texas! Her story, “A Good Dress is Hard to Find,” is included in Short Stories by Texas Authors: Volume 6, published by DEAR Texas and sold at the Indie Lector Store.

About “A Good Dress is Hard to Find” Julie says:

In her first semester at university, Jill Dugas is making the transition from the small town of Orange, Texas, to mega-city Houston. Her expanding horizons are matched by her first steps to test the boundaries set by her conservative family. When her parents visit her for a day in Houston, the simple act of buying a new dress becomes a subterranean battle of wills between daughter and father. Is the outcome ever in doubt?

Indie Lector writes of Short Stories by Texas Authors: Volume 6:

Texas authors have once again allowed their creative minds to open up and expand the universe in which they live with short stories that capture one’s emotions through the everlasting medium of storytelling.

This sixth volume of award-winning short stories takes readers on a personal ride of growth and understanding, then a jaunt through history both factual and fictional, then a trip of magic, suspense, and much more. Those are just a few of the emotions one will experience as they read the 14 winning short stories from prolific Texas authors.

Short Stories by Texas Authors: Volume 6 features 14 short stories by these 13 authors: Ann C.K. Nickell, Cathy Cunningham Fennel, Michael J. Farlow, Jean Lant, Patricia Taylor Wells, Joe Kilgore, Renne Siewers, Breakfield & Burkey, B. Alan Bourgeois, Mary Ann Faremouth, Kathryn Haueisen, and Julie Gianelloni Connor.