Thank you to the Kate Dopirak Award Committee and Kate Dopirak’s family for awarding me the 2023 Kate Dopirak Craft & Community Award for my MG manuscript SORAYA UNBOXED! My hearty congratulations to fellow author, Leanne Pankuch— honoree for her manuscript LIAR’s SONG. 

I’m so incredibly grateful for this opportunity to continue to enhance my craft and connect with others in the writing community at the upcoming SCBWI Summer Conference in August. Many thanks also to agent Tracey Adams of Adams Literary for her phone consultation 🙂 .