LOCAL WRITER LOREN LEITH WINS
PRESTIGIOUS AWARD, ANNOUNCED AT
2018 FLORIDA WRITERS ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE
2018 FLORIDA WRITERS ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE. October 26, 2018. The Florida Writers Association, Inc., (FWA)
has announced that Loren Leith of Andrews, North Carolina won a prestigious
Royal Palm Literary Award (RPLA). Leith’s winning entry, Basement Level, won First
Place for Unpublished Nonfiction Short Story Genre.
The award was announced at FWA’s recent
four-day annual conference in Altamonte Springs, Florida. This annual
competition, which received 420 qualified submissions, was RPLA’s seventeenth.
“This is the most competitive RPLA
we’ve ever had,” said Chris Coward, RPLA chairperson. “The RPLA administrative
team, judges, and entrants did an amazing job.”
In all, the competition covered 26
adult genres and 5 Youth genres, with published and unpublished entries
considered separately. There were five grand awards, as well.
·
Published
Book of the Year: Beached, Mystery OR
Crime, by Micki Browning
·
Unpublished
Book of the Year: Downhill Fast, Thriller
OR Suspense, by Dana J. Summers
·
Best
Children’s Book: Citrus Green, Middle-Grade
Fiction, by Annette Masters
·
The
Dahris Clair Memorial Award for Plays: Hamlet,
Reimagined, by Walter Joseph Schenck, Jr.
·
The
Candice Coghill Memorial Award for the best youth entry: “Michael,” Poetry, by
Samantha Leslie in the 12-15 age category
“A win at any level can help any writer
market their manuscript or published book, and the detailed feedback from the
judges is invaluable for all entrants,” Ms. Coward said.
The Florida Writers Association, 1,500
members strong and growing, is a nonprofit 501(c)(6) organization that supports
the state’s established and emerging writers. Membership is open to the public.
The Royal Palm Literary Awards
competition is a service of the Florida Writers Association established to
recognize excellence in members’ published and unpublished works while
providing objective and constructive written assessments for all entrants.
For additional information, visit the
FWA website: floridawriters.net,
where you’ll also find more about RPLA and the complete list of 2018 winners.
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