Monterey Shorts 2: More in the Line -- Best Book Nomination!
Monterey Shorts 2: More on the Line in the Running for Foreword Magazine's 2005 Best Book of the Year
The little-known Fiction Writers of the Monterey Peninsula (FWOMP) are taking on the literary world. Their latest title, Monterey Shorts 2: More on the Line, has been nominated by Foreword Magazine as a 2005 Best Book of the Year finalist. Competition includes such luminaries as Oxford University Press and Texas Tech University Press. "It's an honor for our self-publishing effort to be mentioned in the same breath with some of the big boys," says FWOMP chairman and co-founder Byron Merritt.
The book, one of nine finalists, was selected from over 1,540 entries in the 2005 "Anthologies" category. Winning titles will be announced during a ceremony at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. on Friday, May 19th, 2006 from 3:00 to 4:30 p.m.
This is the second such recognition for FWOMP, as they were chosen as a finalist in the USABOOKNEWS.com Best Books of 2005.
Monterey Shorts 2: More on the Line is FWOMP's second anthology. It contains twenty short works of fiction by the ten-member group, all of them set in and around Monterey Bay. Their first collection, Monterey Shorts, was released in October 2002 and has gone onto its second printing. That anthology contains ten fictional short stories which also take place in the region.
By doubling the amount of included stories and including improved graphics, Monterey Shorts 2 ups the ante significantly over its predecessor. The book is a familiar sight in Monterey-area bookstores and was the "#5 Local Bestseller" the week of June 5th, 2005 according to the Monterey County Herald.
Interested parties can meet the FWOMP authors at area events, including Pacific Grove, California's "Good Old Days".
For information: http://www.fwomp.com
The little-known Fiction Writers of the Monterey Peninsula (FWOMP) are taking on the literary world. Their latest title, Monterey Shorts 2: More on the Line, has been nominated by Foreword Magazine as a 2005 Best Book of the Year finalist. Competition includes such luminaries as Oxford University Press and Texas Tech University Press. "It's an honor for our self-publishing effort to be mentioned in the same breath with some of the big boys," says FWOMP chairman and co-founder Byron Merritt.
The book, one of nine finalists, was selected from over 1,540 entries in the 2005 "Anthologies" category. Winning titles will be announced during a ceremony at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. on Friday, May 19th, 2006 from 3:00 to 4:30 p.m.
This is the second such recognition for FWOMP, as they were chosen as a finalist in the USABOOKNEWS.com Best Books of 2005.
Monterey Shorts 2: More on the Line is FWOMP's second anthology. It contains twenty short works of fiction by the ten-member group, all of them set in and around Monterey Bay. Their first collection, Monterey Shorts, was released in October 2002 and has gone onto its second printing. That anthology contains ten fictional short stories which also take place in the region.
By doubling the amount of included stories and including improved graphics, Monterey Shorts 2 ups the ante significantly over its predecessor. The book is a familiar sight in Monterey-area bookstores and was the "#5 Local Bestseller" the week of June 5th, 2005 according to the Monterey County Herald.
Interested parties can meet the FWOMP authors at area events, including Pacific Grove, California's "Good Old Days".
For information: http://www.fwomp.com
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