Winning Writers at St. John's Parish Church
JANE VAUGHAN and MARY SEABROOK, parishioners at ST. JOHN’S PARISH CHURCH, received a wonderful surprise when they attended the 2023 Blue Ridge Mountain Christian Writers Conference. This was the first time these two members of the Charleston chapter of Word Weavers International attended this large, prestigious conference, held every May at the Ridgecrest Conference Center in Black Mountain, NC.
Months earlier, Jane and Mary each made a brave first step into the publishing world by submitting a personal story for a chance to be included in an anthology of encouraging stories from special needs families. From the many submissions, both of their stories were accepted. Quite an honor for a first effort! The book, Room at the Table: Encouraging Stories from Special Needs Families, published by Mt. Zion Ridge Press LLC, was entered in the conference’s elite Selah Award contest by its lead authors/compilers, Stephanie Pavlantos and Starr Ayers. The contest, for works published in 2022, had more than 450 entries in 29 categories. Room at the Table won FIRST PLACE in the Anthologies category!
The book was also submitted to the conference’s coveted Director’s Choice Award contest in which the 29 Selah Award categories were condensed to 5 related-genre groups. The Anthologies category was included in the Devotions/Bible Studies/Gift Books group. Both past and present conference attendees could submit a 2022 published work and a total of 80 entries vied for a top spot in one of the 5 groups. Room at the Table won FIRST PLACE AGAIN! Happy tears of surprise were shed at the Awards ceremony held on Wednesday night, May 31, and these two Godly women, with their first ever submissions, can now call themselves published AND (1st place) award-winning authors. Congratulations and Praise be to God!
Well worth the read, Room at the Table: Encouraging Stories from Special Needs Families is available at Amazon in both Kindle edition and paperback.
Anyone desiring information about Word Weavers International, a global organization of support/critique groups for Christian worldview writers, can contact Timothy Griggs, president of the Charleston chapter, at media@stjohnsparish.net, or visit the World Weavers International website at www.word-weavers.com. You, too, could spread the GOOD NEWS as a published, award-winning author!
Months earlier, Jane and Mary each made a brave first step into the publishing world by submitting a personal story for a chance to be included in an anthology of encouraging stories from special needs families. From the many submissions, both of their stories were accepted. Quite an honor for a first effort! The book, Room at the Table: Encouraging Stories from Special Needs Families, published by Mt. Zion Ridge Press LLC, was entered in the conference’s elite Selah Award contest by its lead authors/compilers, Stephanie Pavlantos and Starr Ayers. The contest, for works published in 2022, had more than 450 entries in 29 categories. Room at the Table won FIRST PLACE in the Anthologies category!
The book was also submitted to the conference’s coveted Director’s Choice Award contest in which the 29 Selah Award categories were condensed to 5 related-genre groups. The Anthologies category was included in the Devotions/Bible Studies/Gift Books group. Both past and present conference attendees could submit a 2022 published work and a total of 80 entries vied for a top spot in one of the 5 groups. Room at the Table won FIRST PLACE AGAIN! Happy tears of surprise were shed at the Awards ceremony held on Wednesday night, May 31, and these two Godly women, with their first ever submissions, can now call themselves published AND (1st place) award-winning authors. Congratulations and Praise be to God!
Well worth the read, Room at the Table: Encouraging Stories from Special Needs Families is available at Amazon in both Kindle edition and paperback.
Anyone desiring information about Word Weavers International, a global organization of support/critique groups for Christian worldview writers, can contact Timothy Griggs, president of the Charleston chapter, at media@stjohnsparish.net, or visit the World Weavers International website at www.word-weavers.com. You, too, could spread the GOOD NEWS as a published, award-winning author!