Saturday, February 5, 2011
The Judges Meet to Discuss The Unknown Writers' Competition
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If you have not already done so, it is not too late to send your submissions to The Unknown Writers’ Competition. There are cash prizes in the following three categories: Fiction, nonfiction and poetry. The deadline is just days away (postmarked February 12th). Please go to www.dwpconline.org to down load an application form. Previous winners have gone to publish their own books, and several have become members of The Denver Woman’s Press Club. This competition is an excellent way for writers to get valuable, positive feedback from professional writers.
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About Me
- Elizabeth Wallace
- Over the past 15 years, I’ve published eight books on travel, local history and historical fiction. Several years ago, after speaking with family members in England, a name popped up that I hadn’t heard in ages. It was the dreaded name of Sawney Bean, a wicked and despicable Scottish folklore character from the 1600s. After researching Sawney and his clan, (the BBC did a documentary and tried to locate his cave) the inklings of a story began forming. The first book of what has become a trilogy, Forbidden describes Catherine MacDonald, who becomes a nun after being left by her mother at a priory. After an unusual encounter with a young woman she undertakes a journey to Scotland where she discovers what really happened to her mother, and the horrifying life she endured just to stay alive. In the second book, Damaged, Catherine tries valiantly to restore her respectability but is thwarted at every turn. Tainted by her mother’s legacy, she is shunned by the church, and by many of her friends. Unhappy and disillusioned with her life, she decides to embark on a journey to the New World. The final book, Expectations, will be published in the fall of 2014.