First, my personal essay entry won first place in the Memoir/Personal Essay division of the 85th Annual Writer’s Digest Writing Competition. The recognition alone makes this a very special award with a substantial cash prize a nice bonus feature.
Second, the finalists in the 2016 New Mexico/Arizona Book Awards were announced yesterday in Albuquerque. My latest novel, Cracks in the Wall, was named a finalist in two fiction categories. The winners will be announced at the annual banquet in late November. This is the fourth consecutive year that my novels have been name as finalists. Novels have to achieve a score of 90+ to be considered a finalist in this competition.
I urge my readers to watch for the upcoming post on the subject of credibility. It will discuss my right to be involved with writing the Stacey Burns story as well as other related topics.
My thanks to everyone who supports this blog.
Duke
Congrats!
Congratulations!the book was a great read!!!
Congratulations, Duke! You are amazing.
As an active and accomplished writer, your commitment and actions are inspiring and motivating to others- both in the writing field and other areas. What awards and accolades say to me besides public recognition is: Here is a writer who has been blessed with some natural talents and the incentive to build on those talents. Letting his light shine by acknowledging and announcing how his talents have manifested themselves, may be just the thing some hopeful writer may need to see or read or experience by knowing this man.
Congratulations! May you have many more occasions of accomplishment and contentment in your writing.