Great news, Nell! Well done.

Dee.

Congratulations Nell. Good to hear.
John

Nell, well done. Brilliant news!

John

Thanks everyone. Have to say I feel torn between thanking you all and allowing this thread to drift down the list of forum topics. Still, there's always rejection about, had one myself the day before yesterday, and I always feel cheered when someone on site is published. Having had my share for a while I'll leave this now for the next piece of good news.

Thanks, Nell, and remember, everyone- keep those good news stories coming!

Don't feel torn Nell or embarrassed about basking in the glory ) - enjoy it! I'm sure it's very well deserved!

Nahed

Hi Anna

Thanks in part to the writers in this community my poem Last Night, today & tomorrow has been voted into their Peoples Poet anthology 2005 , published in November 2004.Available from all good amazon.com sites.

Plus: Bewrite books have given me the green light about publishing a collection of my poetry due out in October 2004.

Cheers folks,


John

Oh well done, John! Congratualtions!

Dee
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Congratulations John! I think this is really encouraging news for everyone here. At times when a writer despairs that he/she will never get published, this news and thread gives hope and new life to our determination to succeed. Well done!

Nahed

Well done, John.

Best wishes

Jumbo

Well done everyone! These success stories give us all hope, and its great to hear when someone has such positive news!
H

Great news, John, congratulations!

Very well done, John - great news!! Am looking forward to reading your work in the flesh (as it were!). Don't forget to remind us when both your pieces are out!

Best wishes

Anne B
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Here's a curious thing.

I started writing late last year, with the plan of spending at least 12 months learning more about the craft (if I could do it/what style could I do/how it should be done/etc).

Anyway, my wife submitted an early draft of my first ever short story ('Tableland' - drowsy epic about yuppie lost at sea experiencing visitations from ghosts of previous oceanic victims) to the Dylan Thomas International Creative Arts Comp (as advertised on WW) - and it won third prize! This is curious not only because I didn't know I had entered but also: the draft wasn't very good and the organisers never told me (I found the list on their website and emailed them).

The moral here is that there is hope for us all, and never leave unfinished drafts of your work lying around.

Congrats Julian, maybe that's the best way to enter a comp, via a third party. Well deserved, if there's a monetary prize I suggest your lovely wife gets 10 %.