Blog Awards
Awarded to me by:
All Write (Harper Faulkner)
Crossing the Line (Michelle Bunn)
Groundingmyroots (Emily He)
Everyday Underwear (Cindy Brown)
Awarded to me by The Things She Thinks About (Deborah Batterman)
Awarded to me by Play 101 (Melissa)
Awarded to me by Bringing Along OCD (Tina Fariss Barbour)
Awarded to me by Traveling Through (Julie Farrar)
Awarded to me by Being Arindam (Arindam)
Awarded to me by: Blog of a Vet’s Wife (Nancy MacMillan) and The Blooming Late Journal (Samantha Stacia)
Literary Awards
2011
Writers Digest Honorable Mention for Magazine Feature Articles (Top 100)
“Love at First Bite” (Feature story about artichokes)
2010
Writer’s Digest Honorable Mention for Adult Nonfiction (Top 100)
“Running on the Roof of the World” (Adventure story about running at Mt. Everest Base Camp and other points in Tibet)
Writer’s Digest Honorable Mention for Adult Nonfiction (Top 100)
“Roamin’ Holiday” (Article about running the Rome Marathon on my honeymoon)
Kay Snow Award for Adult Nonfiction–3rd Place
“Six Pounds” (Essay celebrating motherhood and how it changed everything, including my creative life)
2009
Kay Snow Award for Adult Nonfiction–3rd Place
“The Lure of Lhasa” (Travel story about one of the most exquisite and tragic cities in the world)
Wow — congratulations on all your awards! I read the titles of your pieces — have you published a post on the Six Pounds one? I’d love to read it.
Thank you, Melissa. I have not published Six Pounds yet, but may at some point.
I’ve nominated you for a Versatile Blogger Award. Hope you’ll accept another one!
Emily, thank you for your nomination! I appreciate your enthusiasm for my blog. Since this will be the third time I’ve received a nomination for the Versatile Blogger Award, I will gratefully put your gesture in my big pocket of gratitude, and ask you to share it with another blogger who might otherwise not be recognized. Thanks again! And I love your blog about life in China!