"...the winner of the 2006 Anabiosis Press Chapbook Contest is Bestiary Charming by Jackie White. The runner-up is Breach by Anne Haines, and Northport by Thomas Allan Johnston receives an honorable mention."
And a hand-written note that says "Very close!!"
In other news, I think I'll stay home tonight because I'm absurdly tired, but tomorrow I'll be whooping it up at the Lotus Festival. Where else can you enjoy Tibetan sand paintings, Hindustani slide guitar, funky Brazilian samba-tronica (I'm not kidding, that's what it says!), stilt walking and mask dancing from Cote d'Ivoire, Klezmer punk-rock, Tuvan throat-singing, and the Balkan Beat Box all in the middle of Midwestern flyover country?
Have a good weekend, everyone.
19 comments:
no cigar, correct, but better than the ash in the tray, baby.
xoMM
Cool, Anne. Very cool.
-Diane
Yes, cool.
SO close!! Good going, Anne!
MM, Diane, Eduardo, Suzanne, thanks. :) I guess this is a sign that I shouldn't give up on the manuscript just yet ('cause I was about to) -- though I will probably revise it before it goes back out.
Wow- congrats, Anne! Next time, next time...
Congrats Anne! Your time is close, I feel it.
I know these notes are bittersweet, but congrats and be patient. It will happen.
What wonderful news!
Almost has to feel pretty damned good when it's accompanied by a handwritten "very close."
Good good good for you!
Congrats! You deserve this validation of your talent, and I wonder if the writer of the "very close" note was a supporter. Maybe it was a 4 to 3 vote type dealie. . . Must feel good, however your work was selected.
Keep trying, Anne. Sounds like you're on the cusp of being the big winner! Second place is nothing to sneeze at.
Thanks, all. One of these days!
Just adding my congratulations here. And no, you should *not* give up on your manuscript. Giving up on manuscripts is against the rules. ;~)
Although I haven't ever heard Tuvan throat singing, I have actually heard of the Tuvan people -- I read (right here in the middle of flyover country!) a fascinating article about them, Tuvan life and culture and history, in National Geographic a few years ago.
Whoo Hoo!!!!
Congratulations: next time you are gonna be the one!
Congratulations, and I am sure your time is close, close, close.
Ha! Thanks, y'all. I should not-quite-win more often -- it feels like a party in here. ;)
Lyle, I didn't catch the Tuvan throat-singers, but the best description I heard was that they sounded like a human didgeridoo! Pretty mind-boggling.
Congrats!! That's fantastic news.
Thanks, Jenni!
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