At my last post, I mentioned (boasted, gushed…so sorry) that I won first place in the annual “Let’s Write” contest sponsored by the Gulf Coast Writers Association. My winning non-fiction entry, “The Privacy Curtain,” has recently been published on their website. To view it, click here, go to the “Let’s Write” Literary Contest portion of the page and click “See 2009 Winners!”*
Other winners include: 2nd place, Mimi Greenwood Knight of Folsom, LA; 3rd place, Vicki Hensley of Ocean Springs, MS; Honorable Mention, Judy Davies of Gautier, MS. In the Fiction category: 1st place, Wayne Scheer, Atlanta, GA; 2nd place, Liz Hoyt Eberle, Fredericksburg, TX; 3rd place, Anne B. McKee, Meridian, MS; Honorable Mention, Bobby Jenkins, Reedville, VA. In the Poetry category: 1st place, Angela Elder Quinn, New Albany, MS; 2nd place, Nai Rong Liu, Troy, MI; 3rd place and Honorable Mention, Brenda Brown Finnegan, Ocean Springs, MS.
*P.S.: If you read my entry, please note that the “storm” was not over. See Body Cast and The Principle of Finders Keepers.
May 8th, 2009 at 9:18 am
Karen,
I love it! I know you will get your book published soon, especially after this exposure. It has been a few days since I’ve got to “check on you” (Hi, Nathan!), but I love seeing what you all have been up to and reading your articles. I enjoy seeing the old school pictures also – eventho I don’t know any of the people from “down here” (since I’m from Louisville, KY originally), the pictures of the kids, clothes, hair styles, and schools remind me of my grade school days, which were a few years before yours. Things have sure changed in our schools, and not all for the best, but I know we still have some dedicated teachers and principals. Keep up the good work – and don’t forget, I want an autographed copy of your book when it comes out (by the author and the “subject”, both!). God Bless. Have a wonderful Mother’s Day, too.
May 8th, 2009 at 8:05 pm
Thanks for the encouragement! Nathan says “Hi,” too. I don’t know what the future holds for my book, but if we are fortunate enough to get it published, Nathan might get a bigger kick out of autographing it than me! Happy Mother’s Day to you, too.