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News About Sonja Herbert's Writing
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| 07-18-08
Sonja's true story, "The Power of Education," has been accepted for publication in the anthology, Ask Me About My Divorce.
07-18-08
The Editor of HCI's Ultimate Christmas anthology, has accepted Sonja Herbert's story, "Goodwill to Men," about her first Christmas as a divorced mother. The book is slated to be published in October.
04-18-08
Sonja's true story, "A Tribute to Snow College," is now published in the book, My Teacher is my Hero. Buy it in any bookstore or at Amazon.com!
02-08-08
"A Time for Healing," A creative non-fiction story about healing old wounds between a mother and child, will be published in the book, I didn't Get Old Being Stupid, slated for publication the end of 2008.
11-08-07
A story about Sonja's education after her immigration to the US, called, "A Tribute to Snow College," has been accepted for the anthology, My Teacher is My Hero, slated to be published in April 2008
11-17-07
A Christmas story about celebrating Advent in a nonreligious household, called "Letting the Light Shine," was accepted by the anthology, Christmas Traditions: True Stories of Holiday Celebration, and should be on the market by November 2008.
09-17-07
Chickensoup for the Divorced Soul has selected Sonja's creative non-fiction story "A True Mother," as a finalist.
08-14-07
Sonja Herbert's flash fiction story, "Returning Home," has won Honorable Mention in the Glimpse Flash Fiction Contest.Here is the link for the story "Returning Home"
08-08-07
Here is a link to an interview Sonja gave Vivian Reed of the T-Zero Expandizine. Read this really good interview here The Writer's Ezine.com
07-22-07
Sonja's essay "What I Believe," has been published on the PBS website, This I Believe.
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Here is a great Mother's Day present! Buy the Book, Letters to My Mother: A Tribute to the Women That Gave Us Life and Love, and read Sonja's letter to her amazing mother, on page 118.
01-08-07
You can now order the Book, Yours Internationally, Prize Winning Stories, from Joyous Publishing. Four of Sonja's stories are published in the book.
11-19-2006
Sonja's, non-fiction essay about her experiences living and teaching on the Navajo reservation, called "Peace in the Valley," has won first prize in the Travel Nonfiction Contest at Storyhouse.org.
11-05-06
The anthology, His Forever: Stories of Real People Finding Jesus, is now available at your local bookstores. Sonja Herbert's story about her conversion to Christ on page 139, is called "Finding Christ at the Carnival." Get the book and read these spiritual and uplifting stories!
09-23-06
Sonja Herbert's manuscript, Tightrope!, was selected as the best book length manuscript for the year 2006 by the Eaton Literary Awards.
09-14-06
A Cup of Comfort for Grandparents which includes Sonja's true story, "Something About Daniel," is now out on the market. Buy it and read the wonderful stories, including Sonja's.
09-04-06
A children's story, based on a piece of glass art, was accepted by the Delaware Art Museum for their Story in Art project.
08-22-06
An article about writing personal non-fiction stories was accepted by Writer's Village University, and has been published on the web in the T-Zero Xpandizine at The Writers Ezine.com. Click this link and read it!
06-21-06
The short story, "Emma," which is chapter 54 of Tightrope!, won first prize in the Joyous Publishing Contest for June 2006.
Another piece, part of chapter eleven of Cross and Carnival, won runner up in the same contest.
Both these pieces, together with the prologue to Cross and Carnival, will be published in September 2006 in the anthology Prize Winning Stories.
06-12-06
Sonja's essay, "The Van," has won a prize in the Alabama Writer's Conclave writing contest.
06-11-06
Sonja's essay about her experiences when she first immigrated to Colorado, entitled "Culture Shock," will be part of the forthcoming New Lands anthology.
05-20-06
Sonja's website is now linked to these webrings:
- The Carnival Ring -- Learn more about American carnivals
- Honey I'm Home! -- The 50's ring
- Deutschland -- All About Germany
- German WWII Stories -- More about the War in Germany
- Mormon Sites -- Pro LDS
- The Jewish Ring -- Learn more about Margot's heritage
- Holocaust Survivor Ring -- More stories about survival in the Third Reich
- The Holocaust International Webring -- Stories about the Holocaust and genocide
05-01-06
This website is now linked to the Holocaust Survivor Webring. You can read many fascinating and illuminating stories about the survivors of the Holocaust. Margot's story is in good company here.
We've also added to the links on the links page, and have added several other pages concerning the Holocaust. Check them out!
04-05-06
Besides the revision of Cross and Carnival, Sonja has been working on some historical articles. One of them, about Eleanor of Aquitaine, is out there, looking for a home. The other one, about brave Bessie Coleman, is still in the works.
She is also working on two writing-related articles, and hopes to have them done within the month of April.
Sonja also has several autobiographical pieces out.
April 10, 06
Another one of the chapters of Cross and Carnival, won Finalist in the M Review Literary Writing Contest.
Last week we made an effort to join this website to a special webring, focused on the Holocaust. The acceptance is still pending, but it is expected any time.
We also will put up some of the more relevant links that will take you, the interested reader, to sites focusing on the Holocaust.
April 17, 06
This site is now linked to the carnival webring and the 50's webring. For all of you who are interested in what life is like as a carnie, browse the carnival webring. The portal is on the home page of this site.
If you want to take a trip down memory lane, check out what the 50's webring has to offer.
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