I can't believe I haven't written a blog about this until now. I got the news last week that I'm a finalist in not one, but both of the categories I entered in the South Florida Writers Network contest. I submitted a a picture book manuscript and a poem right before the deadline and then forgot about it. What a surprise when the email came in last Friday. The winners will be announced at an awards ceremony on the 21st. Being so new to the children's writing industry, I feel like I already won just being a finalist in both categories. I still can't believe it. I keep reading the email over to make sure it's real and that I'm not seeing double where my name is listed twice for the different categories.
Even bigger news- and I can post this now since the winners were officially announced- is that my friend and critique group buddy Roxanne won the Highlights contest. What a week for our group!!!!! I'm so proud of her but then again I knew she was a huge talent when I first met her.
I hope we both keep up the momentum as we start subbing our work to publishers, although I won't feel like a real writer until I have a nice collection of rejection letters.
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