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I was in Atlanta with my Glitter Girls* in November–during our sacred, wine-infused NaNoWriMo write-in weekend–when I learned that I had placed as a Runner Up in the WOW! Women on Writing Summer fiction contest.

*Side bar: My Glitter Girls are Laurel Butler, Mary Knapp and Kristin Shoffeitt. We are friends first and writers second. They all live in Atlanta without me. Hrrumph. The glitter reference is an inside joke that isn’t actually funny so I won’t bore you with it.

Laurel had won the contest previously, placing 2nd place so OF COURSE, it was my goal to place higher.

As witnessed by the rankings, I did not “win” (with air quotes added.) I am a runner up** and proud of it.

**I do not run. Ever.

The Glitter Girls with our NaNo genuine artifacts

It’s a great contest and the other winning entries are exceptional. And one of the parting consolation prizes is an interview–which checks one thing off my bucket list. You can read my interview here at The Muffin.

I might still challenge Laurel for the top spot sometime in 2011. And I’m hoping to convince Kristin and Mary to enter as well.

It was a treat to hear the results in the midst of friends. And they upheld their role of a Glitter Girl well. They played favorites. They told the waitress she was waiting on a bonafide fiction contest winner. And they helped drink the bottle (or plural bottles, I don’t remember…) of wine while avoiding whining. And they SPARKLED!

But not at all like vampires.

Who are your Glitter Girls? Anyone cheering you on towards your dreams?

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