Every month, the Author Q&A attendees are entered into a contest to win a free book by the visiting Q&A author. We're a little behind on announcing the July winner, so here's two months at once. And the winners are . . . July: @Brindizi Hamblin (book by Marc J. Gregson or Erin Stewart) August: @Janelle Youngstrom (book by Brandon Mull) Congratulations! 🥳 The author will select which of their books to send you, but please DM me your shipping address. @Brindizi Hamblin, since there were two Q&A's in July, also let me know whether you want a book from Marc J. Gregson or Erin Stewart. Stay tuned for more info soon about our September Q&A event!

I entered my first ever writing contest a month ago, the results came in today and I wasn't on the "podium"--which is totally fine with me. But my story was listed as an honorable mention! It was a fun contest, I'm not sure if I will or will not do it again. It was mainly just a means to exercise my writing muscles (or exorcize my writing demons, who's to say). 100 word limit, based on three prompts. I've attached a pdf of the story! If anyone is interested in giving feedback, please do! I was also given a rubric that showed me with scores how I did in different categories and I scored lowest in the Style category (meaning sentence structure, variety, and flow; as well as formatting). So if you need something specific to critique, I am looking to improve on that front!

Anyone who's experienced StoryCon knows it's a massive source of inspiration, community, support, and fun for writers. If you're feeling like treating yourself this upcoming year, join us there (and let's do an in-person meet-up!!) Individual Adult and College Student Tickets are 20% off as part of our launch sale with the code EARLYBIRD27. This is the only significant discount we're running all year, so if you want to come, now's the time to commit! The sale ends Sunday night at midnight. Learn more at https://www.storycon.org/ See you there!