I'm thrilled to announce that Creative Nonfiction magazine has selected me, out of hundreds of contestants, as one of the top fifteen finalists for its "Revenge & Anger" writing contest! I'll find out this summer whether I am one of about a half-dozen writers selected for publication and -- more importantly -- which one of those six will assume the top-two slots with accompanying cash prizes.
The piece I had submitted to the contest is an excerpt from an unpublished, book-length memoir I am working on -- so, regardless of the contest's outcome, this is a welcome development, as it effectively bolsters my official biography and will heighten the marketability of the manuscript I intend to hustle around to agents later in the year.
