Although it’s not why I write, it’s always nice to be shortlisted for an award.
Keeper of the Archives has been shortlisted for the CALEB Awards this year in the young adult fiction section. You can read more about the CALEB Awards here. The winners for published books are selected every two years, which is why Keeper is eligible even though it was released in 2024, which seems so long ago now! I have been writing so many other things, including in other genres, that it can be easy to be distracted by bright, shiny new stories.
Will I win? I don’t know. I have read one of the other books I am up against and I know how good it is. And although it might sound like a trite phrase, it’s an honour just to be nominated. I don’t take these things for granted. And it is nice to think that people other than myself think my story is worth being shortlisted.
The winners will be announced on 17th October at the Omega Writers Conference. I sadly won’t be able to attend, but I’ll watch the live stream. I will be happy if I win, but also happy for all the winners and every nominee, who I am sure feel just as grateful as I do.
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