Welcome to Thursday’s Writer’s Headlines!
Today we celebrate your kudos, announce December MoGo7000 totals, and find out who wins $100!!
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Congratulations to these Christian Writer’s Den Readers…
1. Tracy Crump (MS): 1)I have seven devotions in the winter issue of Quiet Hour. 2)I will speak on “Writers’ Rights” at the Bartlett Christian Writers meeting. 3)My column on critique appears in the Southern Writers Magazine. This issue’s article is entitled “The Golden Rule of Critique.”
2. Johnna Stein (GA): My poem “Love Your Enemies” was published in the January issue of LIVE magazine.
3. Susan Stilwell (VA): Article published with Open The Word in December, and another article on cell phone technology accepted by local parenting magazine is scheduled to publish in the spring.
4. Glenda Mills (WV): ChristianDevotions.us recently accepted a devotional of mine entitled “The Rose of Sharon.” It will be my first published article and will be posted in July 2012, my birthday month. I owe Cindy Sproles a debt of gratitude for helping me tweak this to fit their guidelines!
5. Jean Davis (DE): “Happy Birthday, Jesus, and Other Things I Can’t Say” was published Dec. 4 in Sense and nonSense, an on-line weekly newsletter. And a true story, “Nelly’s Gift,” was published December 25 in Live.
Yay, writers! We’re so proud of you! Can you see us doing the happy dance? 
Didn’t see your name on the list? Well, be sure to come back next week for a new list of writing opportunities, collected just for you! And who knows, maybe you’ll have something new to celebrate next time!
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December’s MoGo7000 Qualifiers
These Christian Writer’s Den writers wrote at least 7000 new words on their book project, earning them another entry in the MoGo7000 drawing:
57. Marcia Gaddis–9,104 words
58. Cindy Patterson–7,125 words
59. Patty Willett–8,539 words
Congratulations, ladies! Your names are entered into the drawing! Can’t wait to see who wins!
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And Now, the Announcement You’ve All Been Waiting For: Who Won the 2011 MoGo7000 Challenge and the $100 Prize?
But before I announce the winner, check out these amazing statistics:
**650,898 words were written this year in the challenge! Hoo-wee!
**21 Christian Writer’s Den readers/writers reached their goal and received at least one entry
**There were 59 total entries
**Cindy Patterson had the most entries, reaching her MoGo7000 goal all 12 months
**Eddie Snipes received the second highest number of entries, reaching his goal 10 times
**Eddie Snipes wrote the highest number of words–170,886 (that’s the equivalent of about TWO books!)
Congratulations to all the writers who participated. I’m impressed with your hard work and determination. And many of you told me the challenge encouraged you to write, even if you didn’t reach your goal. That encourages me!
Now, details about the drawing. (And just for the record, as I write this, I still have no idea who won, either!) You may have noticed that each writer who reached the monthly goal was given a sequential number throughout the year. I’m now going to the Random.org website and putting in a request for the numbers 1-59 to be listed in random order. The first number on the list will be the winner.
So here we go!
The winner of the 2011 MoGo7000 Challenge and recipient of the $100 cash prize is…
#50! Congratulations, #50!
Oh, I guess you need to know who #50 is…
It’s Cindy Patterson!!! Congratulations, Cindy! (Imagine horns blowing and confetti falling) I’m so thrilled for you and all the hard work you put in this year. Now just Contact Me and we’ll discuss how to get your $100 to you.
And thank you to all who participated. You’ve talked about how MoGo7000 encouraged you, but I want you to know how much it encouraged me that you would join in.
And don’t forget, the 2012 MoGo7000 Challenge has begun and it’s not too late to get started! Just check out the MoGo7000 Challenge Guidelines here, get your BIC, and start writing. You could win $100!
But whether you win or not, at the end of the year, you could have a book-length manuscript. So, what are you waiting for?
Write on!
Vonda
