Winning any type of writing contest is fun. Winning a Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers Colorado Gold Rush Literary Award is a cause for major celebration! (Cue the balloon drop and confetti!) In September, the winners of the 2022 RMFW Colorado Gold Rush Literary Awards were announced at the annual RMFW conference in Aurora, CO. The…
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Rocky Mountain Writer #138
Liz Roadifer & The Trouble With Fairies Liz Roadifer writes in two completely different worlds. One work is dark thrillers. The other is romantic fantasy. It’s the romantic fantasy that’s making news. Liz recently learned that The Trouble With Fairies won a National Excellence in Romance Fiction Award in a major contest sponsored by First…
Why I Entered the Colorado Gold Contest
I was thrilled to hear this week that I was a finalist in the Colorado Gold Writer’s contest, but why should you care? Well, if you are a multi-published author, you probably don’t, and shouldn’t. But if you’re a writer struggling to get your work in front of agents and/or editors, maybe you should. Colorado…
Do the Dream Dance With Me
By Peg Brantley I was asked to write a guest post for RMFW shortly after my third book became a finalist for two awards. I was stoked. The post would be due shortly after the banquet for the first award and I joked that I’d write about what it felt like to lose. I had…