PUBLISHED?

Today I am super excited to be sharing this with my blog, like I have done on other social media. I'll be giving more detail here because well you guys always get the best of me! Let's begin at the beginning, in September of 2015 I joined a Creative Writing enrichment and the September of 2016 I will be published. A huge thing has happened clearly to get to this point, we finished the enrichment is December, I have talked about this previously the whole enrichment thing so I won't repeat, but anyways even though that had came to an end the wonderful teacher Angela still talked to me and would keep up to date with writing events and competitions. Angela told me about some sixth form competitions which I entered and what not, and I took part in in which I came unsuccessful. Near the end of May she told me about another competition and I had been working on a poem which by far is one of my favourite I have ever written, and so I entered that and since I had heard nothing about it, a part from her approval on that it is the best poem I have written to date. So that was it, I didn't know what happened from there. I just thought it was another sixth form competition that I mustn't have been successful with. Until this morning my mother tells me I have post,so I'm naturally opening my mail and well this is what I received, all this in the picture to the right. I received this certificate and a letter from 25 Years of Young Writers telling my poem Pick A Card will be published in an anthology amongst other writers in the North East, and that my poem will be entered into a competition for a chance to win prizes and what not. The competition would be great to win but I am just so happy that I am being published, my poem is being published. This is the a huge step for my writing career and I couldn't be happier or more grateful for this opportunity and the wonderful Angela. I never thought I'd be able to do this, sure I wanted to but I had my doubts. It may seem small to other's but for me this a huge achievement, and I am so happy and proud! My family and friends have been ever so supportive, everyone around me it is just amazing. I don't think my fourteen year old self starting out on Wattpad ever had an inkling of a clue that she started and blossomed to do this! I am over the moon, I am so excited, the book my work will be published in is; The Poetry Trials - The North East publication date is September 30th! I am so excited, this a huge step and I am hoping this success continues and I am simply just happy. I am glad you guys on my blog can be on this journey with me, as you know writing is my everything!  If I hear anything more on details. or the competition and what not I will keep you guys up to date and I hope you all have a wonderful day!