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I won Midwest Writing Center's Great River Writers' Retreat! I am so, so excited to meet the people at MWC, and to use the time they're giving me to finish my first draft of Naughtia & the Trouble She's In. THANK YOU Midwest Writing Center!
here's the link:
Announcing the Winner of the 2022 Great River Writers Retreat
2022 Annual Writing Retreat with my Writing Group in Michigan!
Yay! I recently placed in the top 10% of Tall Poppy Writers' Popstars Writing Contest, and won judges' critiques on my MG novel manuscript, Corn on a Stick! Thank you, Tall Poppies! https://tallpoppies.org/
More Awesome News!
I've won a spot on Author Mentor Match!!!!!!
https://amm-4ddff9.easywp.com/blog/round-6-mentor-picks/
I'll be working with Beth Turley, https://twitter.com/beth_turley author of If This Were A Story https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/If-This-Were-a-Story/Beth-Turley/9781534420618
I am SO excited to work with Beth, and I'm ready to work hard on my MG novel, Corn on a Stick!!!
Hooray, hooray! One of my manuscripts has won this year's Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators Work-in-Progress Award! I am so excited! Thank you, SCBWI!
October 1, 2018
SCBWI Announces Work-in-Progress Awards
Congratulations to the winners of the 2018 Work-in-Progress Grants and Don Freeman Illustration Grants! Both awards are part of SCBWI's program to assist children's book writers and illustrators who are in the process of completing a specific project currently not under contract. The recipients will have their work posted on a special site which will be made available to a hand-selected list of agents and editors.
Work-in-Progress Grants
Young Adult Fiction:
Nadia's War by Teddi Ahrens
Nonfiction:
Growing Up Darwin by April Jo Cervetti
Multicultural Fiction/Nonfiction:
Soledad Strikes Back by Lupe Ruiz-Flores
Picture Book Text:
Taking Up Space: Yoga Shape Poems by Joanne Durham
Middle Grade Fiction:
Master Mo: The Book of Joy by Angie Chan
Chapter Books/Early Fiction:
Jules and Diamond by Stacy Allen
Don Freeman Illustration Grants
Published Award: Sandra Salsbury
Pre-published Award: Cristina Lalli
