{"id":4961,"date":"2014-10-16T17:15:13","date_gmt":"2014-10-16T06:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/?p=4961"},"modified":"2018-03-15T22:16:29","modified_gmt":"2018-03-15T11:16:29","slug":"silver-medalist-in-the-literary-classics-international-book-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/silver-medalist-in-the-literary-classics-international-book-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Silver medalist in the Literary Classics International Book Awards!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Forgive me for shouting, but my book Without Me was recently announced as a finalist and has won SILVER in the Literary Classics International Book Awards for best pre-school\/early reader! (exclamation mark warranted!!!!)<\/p>\n<p>Without me received a seal of approval from the CLC recently and they featured a great review of the book. A friend alerted me to the fact that I was a finalist only last week as I was off-line working on another book. Today I got the good news. I have to say I am delighted. The Literary Classics International Book Awards is held annually for entrance world-wide.<\/p>\n<p><span data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;K&quot;}\" data-reactid=\".2.1:3:1:$comment10152417944319013_10152417969349013:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body\"><span class=\"UFICommentBody\" data-reactid=\".2.1:3:1:$comment10152417944319013_10152417969349013:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0\"><span data-reactid=\".2.1:3:1:$comment10152417944319013_10152417969349013:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.$end:0:$0:0\">As my mum would say, &#8220;I am tickled pink!&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>A bit about Literary Classics quoted from their website:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Literary Classics, an organization dedicated to furthering excellence in literature, takes great pride in its role to help promote classic literature which appeals to youth, while educating and encouraging positive values in the impressionable young minds of future generations.\u00a0 Judging is based upon the criteria set forth by Literary Classics\u2019 highly selective awards committee which honors books promoting character, vision, creativity and learning, through content which possesses key elements found in well-crafted literature.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Literary Classics judging committee consists of experts with backgrounds in publishing, writing, editing, design, illustration, and book reviewing. To learn more about Literary Classics, visit their website at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.literaryclassicsawards.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.literaryclassicsawards.com<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wombatbooks.com.au\/blog\/entry\/guest-reviewer-dimity-powell-reviews-without-me\" target=\"_blank\">Wombat Books<\/a> was well represented with authors <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lynnestringer.author\" target=\"_blank\">Lynne Stringer<\/a>, Elizabeth Klein and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MotiveGames\" target=\"_blank\">L.d. Taylor<\/a> winning silver in the young adult section. A big hug for my publisher Rochelle Manners who believed in and published my book.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Forgive me for shouting, but my book Without Me was recently announced as a finalist and has won SILVER in the Literary Classics International Book Awards for best pre-school\/early reader! (exclamation mark warranted!!!!) 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