Though the weather may not have been ideal, we were glad to see book lovers from around the country brave the rain, take in talks by more than 100 top authors and enjoy all the activities and performances that took place around the festival grounds.
As we begin planning for our 10th anniversary, we want to hear from you. Our planning committee considers all the feedback we receive as we look to make the festival bigger and better every year.
If you attended, please take our survey and share your thoughts.
Need more of an incentive? Complete our survey by Sunday, June 17, and you will be entered into a random drawing, with the chance to win a $100 Visa gift card.
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Let's Go to the Video....
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Were you faced with so many great choices on May 19 that you missed a favorite author's presentation? Or did you buy a book, and now wish you had seen that author's talk? If so, don't despair. Thanks to our friends at C-SPAN Book TV and the City of Gaithersburg, we have videos of select presentations.
C-SPAN Book TV was broadcasting live from the James Michener pavilion all day, and videos of these presentations are available on the channel's website:
Videos of author talks in the F. Scott Fitzgerald (fiction) pavilion are also available through the city of Gaithersburg YouTube channel. Currently you can find videos of panel discussions featuring:
Additional author presentations from the Jim Henson (children's) pavilion will be available in the coming weeks.
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Walter Johnson H.S. Sophomore Nathalie Jabbour Takes Top Honor in 2018 Short Story Contest
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 Nathalie Jabbour (at right with Festival founder and Gaithersburg Mayor Jud Ashman), a Rockville, Md., resident and sophomore at Walter Johnson High School, took first prize in the 2018 Gaithersburg Book Festival short story contest for high school students with her story, “Displaced.”
Second prize went to Gaithersburg High School (Montgomery County, Md.) senior Madeline Hudson, for her story, “Avem Maris.” Third prize went to “Hers,” written by Gaby Brennan, a junior from Oakton (Va.) High School. “Vegetable in the Fruit Drawer,” written by Lance Colet from Oakton High School (Fairfax County, Va.), was named the Fan Favorite.
The top three winners received $250, $100 and $50 gift certificates, respectively, and the Fan Favorite, which was determined based on voting on the Gaithersburg Book Festival website, received a $25 gift certificate. Prizes were provided by the Johns Hopkins University Montgomery County Campus.
The winning stories were selected by Nisha Sharma, author of “My So-Called Bollywood Life” and a featured teen/young adult author at the Gaithersburg Book Festival.
"Judging the Gaithersburg Book Festival Writing Contest has been an amazing experience,” Sharma said. “It was an honor and a privilege to read work from such incredibly talented aspiring writers. I hope each and every one of them pursues their passion and one day is asked to participate at the GBF as a signing author."
Additional contest finalists, listed in alphabetical order with the school they attend and county in which they reside, included:
- Keira DiGaetano, Richard Montgomery High School (Montgomery County)
- Doris Jimenez, Southern High School (Anne Arundel County)
- Maria Korzeniewicz, Sandy Spring Friends School (Prince George’s County)
- Natalia Pereira, Walter Johnson High School (Montgomery County)
- Talia Yu, Maret School (Washington, D.C.)
All finalists’ stories are available on the Festival website.
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10th Annual Gaithersburg Book
Festival
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Saturday
May 18, 2019
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On the Grounds of
City Hall in
Olde Towne Gaithersburg, Md.
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