2024 Cat Writers' Association Certificates of Excellence

Over the past 7 years I'm honored to have won 17 Certificates of Excellence and 2 Muse Medallions from the Cat Writers' Association. Last month I learned that I added 2 more to my collection from the 2024 contest, including one that I'm especially thrilled about.

While I think I'm a fairly good writer, I'm the first to admit that I'm a horrible photographer. I never would've even considered entering a photo of mine in any of the Photography categories before now.

Then I took this picture of Mudpie at the vet's office last fall. I immediately thought it was exquisite, but I didn't know if it was a truly good photo or if I was just being partial because it's my beautiful Mudpie. Thanks to the encouragement of cat photographer extraordinaire Marjorie Dawson of the Dash Kitten blog I decided to enter it in the Photography (Single Image) category and it was one of 9 (out of 31 entries) to win a Certificate of Excellence. I couldn't be happier!!!

I also won a Certificate in the Written Article: General/Other Short category for my article titled The Best Cats for Allergy Sufferers.

Never in my wildest dreams did I think such things were possible when I joined the CWA back in 2013. Cats are my greatest passion and being recognized for my creative endeavors involving them is truly a dream come true.