You've heard it before
National Awards
Garden Writers Association (GWA) Gold Award
for Grieving Garden: This Too Is A Garden
GWA Silver Award
for Garden Vigilantes
Appeared on Prairie Home Companion website
GWA Silver Award
for Mulch Madness
Appeared in GreenPrints
GWA Silver Award
Digital Media: Blog - Overall Website
Regional Awards
New England Bell Ringer Award
National Press Coverage for Connecticut Safety Belt Coalition
New England Bell Ringer Award
National Press Coverage for Connecticut Special Olympics
(Became a national model and is still used today.)
New England Bell Ringer Award
Merit Award for Direct Mail
(Boston Office Grand Opening for Mintz & Hoke.)
"Award-winning writer." Nearly everyone says it.
And while I'm proud of my very first award from the local Lutheran church for my covered casserole, I really have won some coveted writing awards over three decades.
And another thing.
It's difficult for me to blow my own horn because where I come from (Minnesota), it was a grievous sin to draw attention to yourself.
But I'm over that. So here she blows:
What Judges and Readers' Say
"This piece of writing brought me to tears."
National Judge on Grieving Garden
"This is laugh out loud writing."
National Judge on Mulch Madness in Greenprints
"Greenprints has the best writing in the industry."
The Sacramento Bee
"A very engaging writing style. . ."
Senior Editor, Penguin Group
"The observations are keen and right on."
Former book editor at New York publishing house
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