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September 8th, 2025

Bill Hallberg Rock ‘n’ Roll Short Story Contest Spotlight: Undergraduate Student Submissions Winner Mavis Wolff Reads Her Winning Story, “Yes, Please”

  1. Bill Hallberg Rock ‘n’ Roll Short Story Contest Spotlight: Undergraduate Student Submissions Winner Mavis Wolff Reads Her Winning Story, “Yes, Please” Christy Alexander Hallberg 23:44

Congratulations to the winner of the second Bill Hallberg Rock ‘n’ Roll Short Story Contest in the Undergraduate Student Submissions category, Mavis Wolff! Listen to Mavis read her winning story, “Yes, Please,” in this episode.

 Mavis Wolff is a Corporate Social Purpose Intern with Volunteer Tennessee, and a Peer Mentor at MTSU’s University Writing Center. She has developed a strong skillset in professional mentorship, academic research, and compositional tutoring. She is a published researcher and has received several honors for her academic excellence and creative writing. She hopes to pursue a JD in Fall of 2026, after graduating with a B.A. in English (Writing) and a Minor in Spanish.

 

MUSIC IN THE EPISODE IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE:

Rock is Lit theme music

Sixties 60’s music (free to use)

“Don’t Forget to Dance” by The Kinks

“Come Dancing” by The Kinks

“State of Confusion” by The Kinks

Sixties 60’s music (free to use)

Rock is Lit theme music

 

LINKS:

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Mavis Wolff’s website: https://maviswolff.com/

Mavis Wolff on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maviswolff/

Rock is Lit on Instagram & Bluesky@rockislitpodcast

Christy Alexander Hallberg on Instagram and YouTube: @christyhallberg

Christy Alexander Hallberg on Facebook: @ChristyAlexanderHallberg

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Christy Alexander Hallberg is the author of the award-winning novel 'Searching for Jimmy Page' (Livingston Press, 2021) and host of Rock is Lit, the first podcast devoted to rock novels. She is a Teaching Professor of English at East Carolina University and serves as Senior Associate Editor of 'North Carolina Literary Review'. Her fiction, creative nonfiction, book reviews, and interviews have appeared in many journals, including 'storySouth', 'Still: The Journal', 'Fiction Southeast', ‘Litro’, ‘STORGY’, ‘Entropy’, and 'Eclectica'.