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Rooglewood Contest: Cover Reveal Coming June 1st

Ladies and Gentlemen,
     I will be participating in the cover reveal for the 2015 Rooglewood Creative Writing Contest.  This means that one week from today, all of you will find out which story this contest is featuring and you can start sharpening your pencils.
     Their previous contests were as follows:

Five Glass Slippers 
(a Cinderella retelling)




and


Five Enchanted Roses 
(a Beauty and the Beast retelling)




Check back on June 1st to see the cover for the next anthology and to discover the contest parameters for this year!


P.S. I haven't seen it yet, and I am just as eager as you are!

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  1. AnonymousMay 25, 2015 at 7:45 AM

    Gah! I'm positively bursting to see the cover! The email from Anne Elisabeth Stengl should come any day now!

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  2. Esther Brooksmith (wisdomcreates)May 25, 2015 at 9:58 AM

    Me, too, Ana!!!
    And I'm sort of relieved that you haven't gotten the email yet, either. I was kinda worried that maybe I had been overlooked.
    So, yes, any day now for the revealers! And then EVERYONE will know in just 7 days! :D

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    1. AnonymousMay 25, 2015 at 3:06 PM

      And I am relieved that someone else feels like that, too! I also got worried that my name was somehow forgotten, but then I looked back at the cover reveal for Draven's Light and realized that I got the cover reveal email pretty close to the actual reveal date.

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    2. Esther Brooksmith (wisdomcreates)May 26, 2015 at 7:26 AM

      Oh, that's comforting to know.
      And it makes sense that Anne's email doesn't come too early.
      It's just hard to wait!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  3. Emily Ann PutzkeMay 25, 2015 at 4:27 PM

    I CAN'T WAIT!!!! I'm participating in the cover reveal as well ... I'm so excited to see it!!

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    1. Esther Brooksmith (wisdomcreates)May 26, 2015 at 7:25 AM

      Oh, yay, Emily! So excited that you are part of the cover reveal, too!!!!

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  4. Esther Brooksmith (wisdomcreates)May 26, 2015 at 10:29 AM

    Emily and Ana,
    CHECK YOUR INBOXES!!!!

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    1. AnonymousMay 26, 2015 at 11:57 AM

      HA. I just came back to tell you the same! Now mum is the word until June 1st!

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    2. AnonymousMay 26, 2015 at 12:06 PM

      And now the brainstorming begins! *grins widely*

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    3. Esther Brooksmith (wisdomcreates)May 26, 2015 at 4:44 PM

      Yes!!! Thank you so much for coming to tell me. I love being part of this community of writers. And in on this secret with you (for 6 days). You have no idea how excited I was to finally see the email.
      ;)

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