And The Third Place Award Goes To . . .

Yes, my essay "Loss Of Contact" won 3rd Place in the CWC Nonfiction Contest for 2020! (CWC = Charlotte Writers' Club)

The contest judge, Charles Israel, Jr. (a writing instructor at Queens University of Charlotte) said the following about 
Loss of Contact:

"This writer captures our loss of friends in an intriguing and novel way--through the symbol of address books.  How do we deal with the passing of time, as friends--and ourselves--move away and indeed, move on?  This essay gives us a subtle, witty, and poignant answer.  And this writer knows how to take care of her reader: she will pause to address us directly, as our friends do in real life."--Charles Israel, Jr.--

A LITTLE LIGHT (1 of 3 Winners in a "First Chapter" Contest)

I'M A WINNER (1 of 3 actually)

For those who enjoy my fiction, I’m proud to announce that the first chapter of my unpublished novel

--A LITTLE LIGHT--was selected as one of the winners in the Meet Me @ 19th Street “First Chapter Contest.”

Meet Me @ 19th Street is an online literary journal published by Arch Street Press. If interested, you can

read the first chapter of A LITTLE LIGHT on Arch Street Press’s website. The chapter ends in a way that I hope

will make you want to read more.  Should you happen to like what you read, please share the link on FB and Twitter

or pass it along to a friend. Also, feel free to share your comments here. Thanks!