Thank You, Eber & Wein Publishing

So I would like to announce that I am Happy.
Not only am I Happy, but I am this much closer to success.
With every poem I write and story I create, and with every writing contest I enter and every book I publish, I become that much more happier, successful and most importantly, sure of my talent.

A few months ago, maybe around August, I entered some poetry contests and story contests. I entered one of my poems, 7:10 AM - a poem about a schizophrenic woman I had encountered some years ago. I entered this contest without any expectations. About a month or 2 ago I received a letter in the mail stating that I made it to the semi-finals. This EXCITED me in ways I can't even seem to remember. Well, today I spent the entire day Black Friday shopping for some Christmas gifts. I come home and my mom hands me an envelope with my name on it and the name "Eber & Wein Publishing" up top. The first thing that came to my mind was one those I'm-sorry-you-didn't-make-the-final-cut kind of letters (which I have gotten before) and I nonchalantly open it and to my dismay it said:

Congratulations! Your poem "7:10 AM" is a Second Prize winnrer in out most recent contest! This is a remarkable accomplishment of which you should be very proud, as your poem stood out among the thousands of entries we received....

All I can say is one word: CORONARY! I think I gave myself one because I jumped up and down and screamed and ran around and... was just flabergasted. I am SO incredibly happy. I won a prize check, my poem will be published in their anthology AND I get a personally engraved 2nd Place wall plaque mailed to me in 6-8 weeks. What an accomplishment, is right!

I thank my family for their support and for reminding me every day of my life that I am an amazing writer and to never give up my dream because it's written in the stars that this is what I was meant to do in this lifetime; write.

I thank my very few and close friends who have stuck by me and have also supported me in buying my book and telling me how much they can't wait for me to make it big because they believe in me. And I will.

I thank Eber & Wein Publishing for giving me such an opportunity to show the world that I love what I create and for giving me a chance to share that with other people. You guys rock!

And I thank myself - I thank myself for the determination in my heart, for having such a brain (that was blessed with my parents) and the ability it has to make me such a great writer and thinker, and for my ability to strive forward and follow my dreams no matter what. I believe in me. Always have. Always will.

I LOVE MY LIFE <3