Tuesday, September 3, 2024

First Place?

I just learned that one of my stories is the first-place winner of the L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future, 3rd Quarter. To say that I am stunned would be putting it mildly. 
What does this mean? I won the $1,000 prize and am now in the running for the annual Golden Pen award. I will join the top three winners of each quarter for a week in LA in April, where we will attend workshops with sci-fi and fantasy writing greats. Our stories will be published in Writers of the Future, Volume 41, and we will attend the Writers of the Future gala, where they will present the quarterly awards, announce the grand prize winners, and unveil the new book. Yes, I am a little nervous. 

I do not think I would be here without the support of my friends and family. Thanks to Dusti R Baldwin, Sarah Coffin, Violet McCallum, and Kristen Brown, the story found a new message (that clearly worked). Many more helped me get to this point.

I will share the experience with those interested in this new adventure. In the meantime, thank you.

Here is a link to last year's gala: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgfoGQm5UGg
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