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articles, profiles, news reports, columns, editorials...
Writing
awards include:
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Canadian International Development Agency and Canadian Community
Newspaper Association Excellence in Writing finalist, Quebec City,
2006.
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Saskatchewan Weekly Newspaper Association's Columnist of the Year
Award in 2003, and its Business Writing Award in 2008.
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Saskatchewan Weekly Newspaper Association awards annually from
2001-07 for First Nations, health, cultural stories, editorials,
and business columns.
(See
links to example articles in the left-hand sidebar.)
Author
of the short story, "The Legacy," featured in In
the Shadow of the Burr Oak: An Anthology, published by FantasyFic,
Esterhazy, Sask., 2008.
If
a picture tells a thousand words, then the written word speaks
volumes. A skilled writer, like a skilled photographer, can transform
random bits of information into a story that has the three essential
elements that I strive for in all of my writing: perspective,
dimension, and meaning.
~
Helen Solmes
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