Wednesday, May 6, 2009

I Don't Believe It--2009 Best of State




Last night I was up way too late working on some things, but it paid off. About 11:00 p.m. a notice came in from the awards committee for the 2009 Best of State. I clicked over the the link to see if Abinadi had made the cut. The first name I saw was Annette Haws for Waiting for the Light to Change. "Oh well," I thought. "Good for her." She's won the AML and a Whitney Award with that book, so I wasn't really surprised. In the past, only two books, a non-fiction and a fiction have been awarded the Best of State. Before I clicked off, I glanced on more line down and saw ABINADI. It was labeled as a Historical Fiction winner. I don't know if it's a new category, or if they couldn't decided between the two books, but I was elated.


So, on May 30th, I'm going to show up wearing some type of Formal attire at the Best of State Gala!

27 comments:

Rebecca Irvine said...

Woohoo! Yay for you!

C.J. said...

That's Wonderful!!!!

Marsha Ward said...

Very wonderful, Heather! Way to go!

Heather Moore said...

Thanks, Ladies!

Unknown said...

YIPEE!!! Congratulations, Heather! That's so awesome! (Do you think I have enough exclamation marks for you?)

Tanya Parker Mills said...

Congratulations! I wish you the best of luck.

Unknown said...

Congratulations, Heather. That is so exciting!

Stephanie Black said...

That is wonderful, Heather! Congrats!! Abinadi is such an awesome book.

Tristi Pinkston said...

Holy smokes!! That is so cool!

Unknown said...

So brilliant! Congratulations, Heather. That book is the tops!

Alison Palmer said...

Happy dancing for you on the other side of the US! :)

Laurie LC Lewis said...

Fabulous, Heather! I'm so happy for you!

Aubrey said...

Way to go, Heather! I'm so excited for you! :)

Taffy said...

Go Heather! Go Heather! Go! Go!

Nancy Campbell Allen said...

Oh HEATHER! This is fantastic!! You cherish every last minute of the dinner and awards ceremony. It's so much fun. I'm so happy for you!!!

Karlene said...

That is wonderful news! Congratulations!!

Heather Moore said...

Thanks, Ladies for stopping by. Maybe we should call this the "babe blog" :)

Don said...

Can I take exception to that comment?

Congratulations! Good for you.

Fiauna said...

Stopping by from Mormon Mommy Blogs to offer congratulations! Way to go!

Heather Moore said...

Thanks Don & Fiauna!

* said...

Awesome! Whooo whooo! For the love of all things well-written & amazing, way to go, girl! ;)

Emily M. said...

Woop woop! Congratulations!

Kimberly Vanderhorst said...

Congratulations Heather! Very much deserved!

Jordan McCollum said...

Congratulations!

It was nice meeting you today at the launch!

Rachelle Christensen said...

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Heather Moore said...

Thanks Terresa, Emily, Kimberly, Jordan (it was nice to meet you on Saturday) & Rachelle (yes, I voted for you!).

Jenna said...

Awesome! I'm so excited for you!