My chest is puffed out a little today, okay a lot.
I have been named as a finalist in the best columnist category of the British Columbia/Yukon Newspaper Association's Ma Murray awards. My column about receiving a piece of art from a convicted rapist/murderer and my column about my father's death were the two I submitted. (They are both on this blog under the Writer's Block section - Hands of a father, and Horrors of FASD - if you want to have a read.
Being named as a finalist means that I am in the top three in the province and that I get to attend (most expenses paid) the award gala at a swanky hotel in Vancouver in April.
It's quite an honour.
Free Press reporter Arthur Williams is also a finalist. His story about the feasibility of an inland port in Prince George is nominated in the best business writing category. Congratulations to Arthur.