I learned yesterday that In the Face of Danger received an Honorable Mention in the 29th New Millennium Writings Contests, which had a deadline of January 31, 2010.
Whoo-hoo!
Edited and published by Don Williams, here's how the literary magazine introduces itself on its website: Welcome to New Millennium Writings, a journal filled with vibrant imagery, word-craft and pure story-telling talent. NMW is a Winner of a Golden Press Card Award for Excellence.
And here are some accolades by industry insiders:
“I found this to be one of the most powerful literary experiences I've ever had. For anyone who gives a whit about writing or the human condition,New Millennium Writings should be required reading.” —Kane S. Latranz, Alibi
“Fiction, poetry, and nonfiction that will feed your soul.”—New Pages
“Best Reading for Spring, 2010.”—The Montserrat Review
“The works of the best new authors in fiction, non-fiction and poetry are stunningly presented in each volume.”—Direct Communications
“Highly recommended. NMW is one of our favorite journals.”—Winning Writers
New Millennium Writings has published regularly since 1996, in both the online format and in literary magazine-style bound "book," but in the past years their issues have gone down from biannual to one issue per year. The first place award winners from the two contests this year will be published in the 2011 issue due out this winter, as well as some honorable mentions.
In the most recent issue, No. 19 (the cover graces this post), only three Nonfiction stories were published.
Going back to issue No. 18 (2008-9), there were six Nonfiction stories published.
Keep your fingers crossed that In the Face of Danger will be published in issue No. 20, coming in Winter 2011!
It's good to feel encouraged; this nod has certainly stoked my fires again.
What's fanned your writing flames lately?
37 comments:
Congratulations on the Honorable Mention! That's flippin AWESOME!!!!
Congrats! I'm keeping my fingers crossed! I'll buy the book if they put in your story. :)
Definitely confirmation that you are doing things right! Writers (well, everyone) needs that every once in a while! Congrats!
Congratualtions!!! That is such excellent news! I'm so proud of you!
That's really awesome Nicole. Congratulations!
Congrats! You must be on cloud nine. The only think stoking my fire lately is the fact I'm getting closer to the end of the WIP rather than still being closer to the beginning. The end is near!
CONGRATULATIONS, NICOLE! THAT'S AWESOME! I'M EVEN TYPING IN ALL CAPS BECAUSE I'M SO HAPPY FOR YOU! IN FACT, I MIGHT EVEN USE MORE THAN ONE EXCLAMATION POINT AT THE END OF THIS SENTENCE IN YOUR HONOR!!!
Really, very well done, good lady. Here's to your honorable mention, and your impending publication! *raises coffee cup*
Wow, congrats and here's keeping my fingers crossed!!
What's keeping my writing flame going lately is a new idea I want to start on. Finish one so I can start another.
Congratulations! :)
Totally awesome! Crossing my fingers for you. :)
Yay! Congratulations!
My fire has been sputtering lately; still looking for the bellows...
Congrats on getting honorable mention!! That's so awesome! And, it's definitely a boost to get something like that.
That is so great! There's nothing like some possitive affirmations to put a little more oomph in your initiative. Such exciting news!
Congratulations Nicole! Don't we need stoking every so often?! Just writing has stoked my fires.
That's awesome! Congratulations.
So many congratulations to you! (And you know what has stoked my writing fires *big smile*)
Congratulations.... Your story is really good. It was when I read it before. It's very nice to know others think so too.
Wow, Nicole, that's so awesome! I'm pulling for you, girl. :) Reading books I love in my genre always gets me revved up to get back to work on my WIP. I read all weekend long and now I'm ready for action!
That is uber-awesome! Congrats to you. I'll have everything crossed for you the rest of the way!! :)
Nicole, that is fabulous! way to go. Totally awesome.
My new online crit group is fanning my flames. And I have my live crit group tonight so more fans and I will build myself a bonfire! Yay!
That's fantastic Nicole - congrats! I remember that story and I absolutely loved it. Good luck!
Wonderful! Congratulations! And best of luck. Fingers crossed here.
Congratulations, Nicole! That's wonderful! I'd love to read your story!
Congratulations, Nicole! I remember reading the post of your story and it was fantastic! I hope that it gets published but even if it doesn't, this is a great accomplishment! :-D
Congratulations! I have my everything crossed in the hope your work is published. :)
Awesome!! Congrats! :)
I work with kids who love to read - that always helps keep me excited about writing!
Congratulations Nicole! An Honorable Mention is terrific!
My writing finally increased yesterday, but I'll say it was Jackee from Winded Words who kicked me in the butt, she set a goal to write 1K every day for two weeks and since then I've written every day (crap words, they meant nothing) but yesterday I finally got my mojo back and it was great. My current WiP has been sitting in revisions stuck and finally I came up with a new plan of attack!
It fueled my fire!!
Hey :)
Left a really late comment on the Let's talk blogfest entry.. Still catching up !
Found this new blog to follow and to catch up on loads of posts :)
Nice one !
congrats, congrats, congrats!!!!
That is a huge thing! I can't say I've had that big an achievement, but I did have a beta say she couldn't put my MS down till she read the whole thing and it pissed off her hubby! Yay!
CONGRATS and fingers crossed for you!! :)
You just stoked my fire. That's great news! I like literary magazines, especially those that accept creative non-fiction. I will be checking this one out.
Congratulations, Nicole! That's fantastic. What an honor for you! Yay!!!
Yippee! Gotta love the nods and nudges that keep the words flowing. Congrats!
Congratulations, Nicole! That's very, very amazing. :)
Congratulations on the honorable mention, and I am totally hoping for your publication! You are such a gifted writer, whether or not this gets published, I'm so happy that you're reminded of how well you write! :)
You were kidnapped by Central African Rebels! I am looking forward to reading about that when I read it in New Millenium Writings (fingers crossed). Congrats on the honorable mention.
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