FWA Melbourne members John White, Rick Gangraw and Laurence Davis are winners in the 2011 Royal Palm Literary Awards!
Flash Fiction (Unpublished)
FIRST PLACE
Christmas Morning by John White
A child has to choose between three identical Christmas boxes. If she chooses correctly, she’ll have the best Christmas of her life.
JUVENILE FICTION – Children’s Picture Books (Published)
FIRST PLACE
Beatrice and the Best Birthday Present-Ever! by John White.
When Beatrice’s Aunt Penny gets sick, Beatrice gives her the best birthday present ever.
Mystery (Unpublished)
THIRD PLACE
Secrets in the Ice by Rick Gangraw.
When bodies are found frozen in a lake, a visiting couple teams with locals to discover ghosts are a murdered family’s revenge.
Rick Gangraw lives on the east coast of Florida with his wife and kids. He has traveled to over twenty-five different countries and almost every state in the USA.
Novella (Unpublished)
FIRST PLACE
The Emporium by Laurence Davis.
After a young man is kidnapped to a planet more than two light-years from home, he discovers a world of biologically inspired robots and the family he never knew.
CONGRATULATIONS GUYS!
Karlene Conroy and Mia Crews
Workshop for Space Coast Writers Guild
Karlene Conroy and Mia Crews conducted their workshop, “Getting Your Manuscript in Shape and Out the Door” for the June 2009 meeting of the Space Coast Writers Guild.
Thanks Karlene and Mia, for sharing your expertise with other writers!
2009 FIT Creative Writing Institute
Melbourne FWA Writers Group Leader Martha Powers joined FIT Professors/FWA members Jason Harris and John Lavelle as workshop presenters for FIT’s Creative Writing Institute in May. Thanks to FIT and the workshop presenters for providing an educational week of writing and networking.
Kudos to Martha Powers . . .
Martha was a guest speaker for January’s Pen Women meeting. They loved her!
Congrats to Kathy Taromina and John White!
November 2008, Florida Writers Association 7th Annual Writer’s Conference.
Kathy Taromina won first place in the Children’s Unpublished category of the 2008 Royal Palm Literary Awards for her book Rosemary Rabbit’s Talent. John White’s short story, The Writer, took first place in the short story, published category. Congrats to our two FWA Melbourne group writers!
Photographs below: FWA President Dan Griffith presents Royal Palm Literary Awards to Kathy Teromina and John White during November’s FWA Melbourne meeting.
