Just before Christmas, 2016, L. John Lawrence received notice that his novel Hello, Wigwam won the Military Writers gold seal award, one of the highest awards given to books about military life. The announcement he received is copied below:
Your
book, Hello, Wigwam, received a GOLD Medal in the 2016 Military
Writers Society of America awards young adult category. I am
attaching the review to this email. Please use it any way you like. You will
receive the medal and 100 stickers from Dwight Zimmerman sometime in the new
year. Your award will be announced in a general email blast to the organization
membership, in the Winter 2017 MWSA Dispatches magazine, on the MWSA website,
and in a national media release. There will be no Awards Ceremony for 2016
winners.
Process:
As you know, 2016 was
a transition year. The MWSA Awards Committee (Betsy Beard (Chair), Sandra
Linhart, Carolyn Schriber(Author of the Year 2015), Bob Doerr (Author of the
year 2013 and Vice President of MWSA), and I) revamped the entire program. The
already stringent requirements were toughened further. Three judges read every
book submitted and scored them based on content, visual, style, and technical
criteria. The three scores were then averaged. To receive a medal, a book had to
reflect MWSA's exacting technical standards as well has a high total score. If
there was disagreement, the three judges met to discuss the books in detail.
Books are judged to a standard, not competitively against each other. If
you get the score, you get the medal. While this process took longer, we feel
that it was worth the time to ensure that only the very best books submitted
were recognized.
Best wishes for the
holiday season and congratulations on your personal and professional
achievement
with this
work
.
Joyce Faulkner and
Betsy Beard, MWSA Awards Directors
Joyce
Faulkner
Betsy
Beard
MWSA Awards
Directors
This award winning book can be found on the 4RV online bookstore (http://www.4rvpublishingcatalog.com/l-john-lawrence.php) and is available in hardcover and in paperback. It could also be obtained through regular bookstores and other online stores, such as Amazon.
Two reviews follow, neither from Amazon:
Want to read a book that will hold your attention? Read Hello, Wigwam by L. John Lawrence.