WRiTE CLUB 2016 - A Champion Crowned

The celebrity judges have spoken.  The winner of the 2016 version of WRiTE CLUB  - announced at the DFW Conference Saturday night - is:

BonsaiBabe

And now the moment many of who have been waiting for, the unveiling of just who our champion is.  It is my pleasure to introduce to you Solange Hommel…aka BonsaiBabe. 

Solange has won a free pass to the 2017 DFW Conference. Solange is a retired teacher, newly transplanted to central Texas from northern Minnesota by way of southern California. She writes mostly contemporary short stories and flash fiction, although she also has a novel of dubious quality lurking in a desk drawer thanks to NaNoWriMo 2011. Write Club 2016 has been her most exhilarating and informative attempt at sharing her writing with the big, bad world. She credits her husband and several four-legged roommates for keeping her sane.

Our runner up...The Night Songstress...is none other than Joy Lucas. 

Inspired by a three-month stint living in an eerie, rundown apartment, Joy is currently putting the finishing touches on her debut horror/dark fantasy novel, “The Daghan Curse.” When she is not writing, she spends time spoiling her feisty dog, Rowan, named after a tree known in European folklore as a protector against malevolent entities. Joy loves meeting writers and avid readers, so say hi to her via Twitter (@JoyLucas23). Inspired by the Write Club competition and the voters’ feedback, Joy will begin posting “The Daghan Curse,” scene by scene, on joylucas.com

 

And there you have it.  Congratulations to both of our finalist, and a virtual high-five to Solange for becoming the sixth member of an elite club - WRiTE CLUB champ.

I want to again thank all 95 contestants who submitted their work for scrutiny this year, everyone who blogged, Tweeted, updated their Facebook status, or did whatever they could to spread the word about WRiTE CLUB so we could provide the exposure to these writers they so richly deserve, and finally I want to thank my wife Kim -- without who's support this contest would be impossible.

I want to now give the contestants who feel so inclined an opportunity to reveal their own identity.  You may not have won the contest, but as I've said many time before, just making it into the ring is high praise in and of itself, and you should bask in that limelight. So I encourage as many of you as possible to let others who you are and where they can read more of your writing!

I'll be back Wednesday with a final few words and a 2016 wrap up.  See you then.