My First Writing Contest Award

(forwarded message)
Congratulations Toriano!

I'm pleased to inform you that your story, "The Pride of St. Louis,"
has been
awarded an Honorable Mention in Toasted Cheese's A Midsummer Tale
Writing
Contest.

An excerpt from "The Pride of St. Louis" will be published in the
September
issue of Toasted Cheese.

Best of luck with your writing, and I hope to see you at the Toasted
Cheese
forums!

Theryn Fleming
Editor, Toasted Cheese
www.Toasted-Cheese.com
beaver@toasted-cheese.com

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Toasted Cheese is pleased to announce the winners of the 2005 A
Midsummer Tale
Writing Contest:

1st: Melissa A. Bartell, "Crossing the Mojave"

2nd: Christina Hallis, "Missing Sunrise in Charleston"

3rd (tie): Fatima M. Noronha, "Abbey Road and Mister Maniappa" and
Devon
Ellington, "Dog Driving"

Honorable Mention:
Ellia Bisker, "I Talk the Talk, He Rides the Bike"
Catherine Lanser, "Make Me Laugh"
Jenny Lentz, "Are We Honest Yet?: The Trip of Truth"
Joanna Popper, "In the Back of the Bolivian Bus with My Mom"
Toriano L. Porter, "The Pride of St. Louis"
Jim Walke, "Driving Directions."

This year we had a record-setting number of entries, not just for AMT,
but for
any Toasted Cheese contest ever. In addition, the quality of the
entries made
judging a challenge. So thanks to all who entered; Beaver very much
enjoyed
circumventing the world via your road trip stories!