Your Story Dies With You: Thank You

Your Story Dies With You

Your Story Dies With You. It's rather self-explanitory, but anyway, the idea is that every person on this earth (that's right, every last one of us) has a story to tell, and it should be told before it's too late. For thousands of years, storytelling has been a central part of how humans have communicated--stories have been passed down through generations, sharing knowledge, family history, and the odd tale with a moral that was forgotten years ago. Everyone has a story to tell, and you should tell it, now while you have the chance, because your story dies with you.

Sunday, February 10, 2013

Thank You

Today I had the honor to walk across the stage and receive not only a Gold Key award from the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, but also an "American Voices" nomination. I got to see many other teen artists and writers in Indiana and Ohio, who earned recognition for their work; after watching them receive their awards and catching glimpses of their works, I felt even more honored to have received the awards I did, especially the nomination for "American Voice." I wanted to say thank you to all the people who have read my work--thank you for your encouragement, and for taking the time to read my writing. And thank you for your suggestions in helping me make my stories better.

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About the Author

Madeleine Richey is a sixteen-year-old writer living in Fort Wayne, Indiana, with her parents, four siblings, Bub the cat, with whom she has a love/hate relationship, and Willie the kitten, who eats everything, including hands and feet. She loves playing electric guitar and listening to rock n roll, hoop dancing, drawing, and reading and writing. She has recieved multiple Editor's Choice awards from Teen Ink, had work selected for "The Slam" (Cicada Magazine's highly selective posting of teen work), writes a monthly column on current teen issues for Homeschooling Teen, self-publishes on Amazon, and writes for Triond.com. She has completed thirteen novels, is working on her fourteenth, and hopes to have one of them published one of these days.

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