Fabulous, frantic, frenetic and deliriously informative is how this past weekend’s SD25 has been described. Indeed, it was every bit all that and more. With so many great writers, agents, and editors in attendance, all delving headlong into the fresh waters of today’s empowerment possibilities–from smart, smaller and indie press alternatives to N.Y.’s flailing corporate houses, to the growing prospects of digital vindication every author must now embrace–this year a virtual pot o’gold awaited writers in San Diego: information = opportunity. And as you can see in the photo, the rainbow that planted in the golf course directly outside our hotel Sunday afternoon affirmed it. The informed writer is the writer most likely to succeed. And at SD25, we reveled naughtily in that promise. Now onto the awards…
SCWC*SD 25 Award Recipients:
OUTSTANDING FICTION
Stormfront
by Doug Elerath of Albuquerque, NM
OUTSTANDING FICTION
(title to be announced)
by Greg Haas of Columbus, OH
OUTSTANDING FICTION
(title to be announced)
by Megan McGee & Daniel McNeil of Moab, UT
OUTSTANDING TOPIC
The Bath (read here)
by Lloyd Williams of West Hollywood, CA
OUTSTANDING TOPIC
I Don’t Want to Know (read here)
by Jennifer Silva Redmond of San Diego, CA
TOPIC (HONORABLE MENTION)
Wes Knows Best (read here)
by Gayle Carline of Placentia, CA
Congratulations to the honorees, and to all the writers who helped make SD25 such a memorable event. Dates for SD26 are Presidents’ Day Weekend, Feb. 17-20, 2012. Between now and then, join us for LA9, Sept. 23-25, 2011, in Newport Beach, as well as on our SCWC Facebook Page. Now go forth and write well!
