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​Cate is proud to share that Turning Toward Eden won the 2020 Cascade Writing Contest (YA Category) hosted by the Oregon Christian Writers. Winners were announced at an award ceremony livestreamed on August 20.

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Did you know that Cate is also a professional copy editor? That’s why she decided to launch QuickTakes with Cate, a bite-sized web series designed to equip you for all things writing! Every 2-Minute Tuesday, Cate spotlights tricky grammar and punctuation rules, word use quandaries, and style trends. 

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Turning Toward Eden placed as one of three finalists in the Young Adult category of the Genesis Contest, American Christian Fiction Writers.

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As she waits for publishers to grab her novel, Cate is busy with other projects. One of them is a middle grade novel whose first 250 words recently won Kite Tails’ grand prize. You can read the excerpt and more about Kite Tails HERE.

11/20/2017

Huge thanks to the SLO Nightwriters Golden Quill Writing Contest for hosting a lovely award ceremony. You can view the winners HERE.

Congratulations to the winners of the 27th annual SLO NightWriters Golden Quill Writing Contest! Winners and finalists in three different categories have just been announced. Judges awarded Cate’s essay, “The Auction,” first place for creative nonfiction and have invited her to read it aloud at the awards ceremony on Tuesday, November 14. Cate is honored and excited. You can read her winning entry by clicking the link below. 

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After awarding Cate second place in the spring 2017 flash fiction contest, WOW! Women on Writing interviewed her about her inspiration, her flash fiction piece “A Note in the Margin,” her professional life, and her upcoming novel, “Turning Toward Eden.”

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The winners of the Spring 2017 WOW! Women On Writing Flash Fiction Contest were announced today! Entries could be no more than 750 words. Cate is delighted that her piece, “A Note in the Margin” placed 2nd! Her story is dedicated to Theresa McCourt, her neighbor and friend, gifted artist and poet, who outran the wind of primary progressive aphasia on April 30, 2017. 

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Winning first place in the 2017 Ingrid Reti Literary Award Contest, sponsored by ARTS Obispo, Cate’s essay, “Echoes of Armenia,” addresses the sense of place that informs our cultural identities. The win garnered her an invitation to present a workshop on Armenia during Global Awareness Day at Teach Elementary School. Fourth through sixth graders learned to write the first letter of their names in the unique alphabet, joined in the Battle Dance of the Rams, and listened to the legend of Tamerlame the Terrible, all while enjoying traditional semolina cake. Each student got a “passport” stamp to commemorate this journey to one of the world’s most ancient nations.

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