Last Thursday I received an email from Helen Chen. She is the organizer of our local library's writing group and the underwriter of an annual short story competition called the Chi-Shu Award Writing Contest. The subject of her email was Congratulations!!! I won third place.
This is the third year of the contest and my second time placing. I placed third the first year it was held with "Wanting to see MLK" . I wasn't organized enough last year to enter but four good friends of mine placed or received honorable mentions, three of which are part of our local writer's club, Writer's Ink.
My story that won third place this year was "The Red Stamp" . It's about a young Mexican National going through the harrowing and disheartening process of seeking a VISA to the United States.
My other story that won was also written from the POV of a minority of which I'm not a member. It was written about a young black boy wanting to attend an equal rights demonstration during the '60s.
Apparently, I do a better job when I'm writing from a different POV than my own.
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