If it were 5 p.m. I’d be opening a bottle of wine to celebrate. Alas, it’s no where near 5 p.m. and the wine rack is empty. So instead I’m going to treat myself to not one but two chocolate chip cookies. Why? The results for the StoryaDay 2011 Writing Contest are in and I received Honorable Mention!! 😀
Here’s a link to the results: Short Story Contest 2011 Winners
I am ecstatic! The first round judge was Melanie Rigney, former managing editor of Writer’s Digest magazine and the final round judge was Heidi W. Durrow, whose first novel The Girl Who Fell From The Sky (Algonquin Books, 2010) won the Bellwether Prize and NYT Bestseller.
Entering the 2011 Short Story Contest was a huge step. The whole idea was terrifying but I pushed through my doubts and insecurities. Winning Honorable Mention tells me I can write and I must keep writing! This little big of recognition was the confidence boost I needed.
The story I entered is titled Evaluation M-047. You can read the rough draft on my StoryaDay blog (for a limited time). I haven’t decided whether to share the edited and beefed up version on web, as I may do more revisions (and possibly submit for publication?).
Thanks to everyone who showed their support back in May when I was juggling both a story a day and the Indiegogo Project!
Amanda Makepeace's Imagination Run Amok 
Yay, Yay, Yay! I am sooo pleased for you. Can you have that glass of wine now? I’d make you a G & T if you lived in my neighborhood, or perhaps we’d get a bottle of bubbly and serve it with some carbonated juice. (I put a lot of thought into my liquid celebrations. lol.)
And, just so you know, it has been clear to me for a while that you can indeed write! And I know how challenging it was for you to write on a daily basis–much like the challenge to be creative in any way on a daily basis–you manage to do it ALL! You deserve this success.
Brava!
Thank you!! I wish I had some wine. It would have been nice to celebrate with a little toast. 🙂
I am truly blessed to have you as a friend. You always know how to make me smile.
OH, and I just read your story … AND L-O-V-E-D IT! I am looking forward to reading your book. Yeah! 😀
(and this is my officially urging you to keep at this one … deserves an honorable mention or better!)
Aww, thanks! It’s only the rough draft too! 🙂
Whoop! Whoop! Well done Amanda! 🙂
Thank you, Andrea! 😀