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A small success

VericaVerica
edited April 2010 in - Writing Tales
I have just heard that I've won First Prize in this year's Essex Age Concern Essay Competition, with my 1500 word essay Difficult Decisions, with Prize giving event on 14 May, when I will be asked to read the essay to the assembled audience. Quite pleasing, as last year I won Second Prize in the same competition.

Comments

  • flyingtartflyingtart
    Well done, Verica! :)
  • VivViv
    Great! Is there a prize?
  • heatherheather
    Well done, Verica.
  • LizLiz
    Wow! That's brilliant Verica.
  • LeeHLeeH
    Congrats, that's great!!
  • VanVan
    Congratulations!
  • CarolCarol
    Wonderful Verica, well done.
  • dorothyddorothyd
    great news!
  • NefertariNefertari
    That's really great news well done Verica
  • KJKJ
    Well done!
  • cekaceka
    Good on yer, Verica!
  • ttofeettofee
    Well done!
  • SusieMSusieM
    Well done
  • megrosemegrose
    Congratulations, Verica.
  • B DarterB Darter
    Well done Verica.
  • RosalieRosalie
    Very well done, Verica (and I now know how to pronounce your name!)
  • WordyWordy
    Congratulations, Verica.
  • KangarooKangaroo
    Congratulations Verica! :-)
  • Col BCol B
    Second one year, first the next, what next?
    Congrats!
    ;)
  • forget-me-notforget-me-not
    Congratulations Verica!
  • littlewandalittlewanda
    Congratulations, Verica :)
  • BetsieBetsie
    Congratulations - that' great news
  • niddyniddy
    well done:)
  • lexialexia
    edited April 2010
    Well done, Verica (How DO you pronounce your name, by the way ? :) I assumed it was like Veronica without the "on" )
  • dorothyddorothyd
    edited April 2010
    I think Verica said on my 'do you like your name' thread you say it Veritsa, yes, Verica?

    's OK, found it

    I don't mind my name if it's pronounced properly - Veritsa - with the accent on the 'e', but usually people pronounce it as 'Vereeka', which I hate.
  • VericaVerica
    Thank you very much everybody! Isn't this a wonderful community?!

    I don't know, Viv, what is the prize, but I suspect it's probably in the region of £30 or a little more, as last year's second prize was £25, which I shared with our daughter and my husband, as we were just going to see Tanja on the way from the presentation. I don't think I ought to enter next year, but it depends on the subject, as the last two have been just up my street. Maybe I will enter the poetry section. They had a very large entry last year and the first prize essays were excellent.

    You're right, Dorothy. Better than our doctors' receptionist, who has just called me Vereeka twice on the 'phone, despite my announcing who I was when I rang. I've become so used to it, that it has almost stopped upsetting me! After all, a rose by any other name ...
  • Phots MollPhots Moll
    Well done!
  • jennywilsonjennywilson
    well donex
  • Celtic CCeltic C
    Well done, Verica - excellent news! :)
  • caseycasey
    Well done. Give yourself a big slap on the back, a great boost to your confidence.
  • Jay MandalJay Mandal
    Congratulations! At this rate, they'll be asking you to be the judge next year. :)
  • DaisyDaisy
    Wow! Well done, Verica! It must be a fantastic feeling to win first prize :)
  • VericaVerica
    Thank you again!
  • MutleyMutley
    Well done - what a great achievement.
  • LilyCLilyC
    Well done Verica. Nice to hear some good news.
  • Pete GPete G
    Well done Verica. Next stop your own anthology or regualr column in a newspaper.
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