"Alex Trebek Never Eats Fried Chicken" Wins 2008 Million Writers Award
Friday, July 18, 2008 at 01:28AM Well, the voting's over, and my story "Alex Trebek Never Eats Fried Chicken" has narrowly won the 2008 Million Writers Award. Once again, I'd like to thank Steven McDermott for publishing the story in Storyglossia, Therese Rudzis for nominating it, and of course everyone who voted for it. Thank you!
The other finalists are all great stories, and I can't suggest enough that you go and read them. I'm not going to pretend that I'm not happy I won or that I'm against receiving cash prizes, but the biggest reward has been the amount of people that read the story over the last month and let me know what they thought about it. Hopefully the other finalists had a similar experience. I know there was some controversy when the Notable Stories came out this year, and certainly not everything went according to plan, but I really do think that the original goal of the Million Writers Award--to bring a group of stories to a broader readership--is working, and for doing that for me I'm thankful to StorySouth and Jason Sanford.
I'm off to Chicago in the morning for an anniversary weekend (and music festival) with my wife Jessica (four years!). See you all when I get back!
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Very well deserved, Matt! Congratulations, and have a fantastic time in Chicago.
Congratulations, Matt.
Congratulations, Matt! It's a terrific story full of great details and perceptions, first-rate craftsmanship. Your creative energy is phenomenal. Happy anniversary!
congrats!
Sweet congrats! I know I voted...
its a wrap
Well done, Matt! It's a fabulous story.
nice work, man. top notch.
congrats and happy anniversary, matt! c u when you get back...
congrats matt
Congratulations Matt! It's a great story.
matt on fire :)
congrats, bro.
Congratulations, Matt! It's a great story.
You're the man!!!!!
Congrats from Italy too (Buràn)
Thanks, everyone!
That's great, Matt!!
A fine, memorable story, Matt. Congratulations.
Matt, that's fantastic news and well deserved! You wrote an excellent story.
It was a heckuva way to be introduced! I look forward to reading more of your work, very much. Congratulations!
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Awesome, awesome story Matt. Keep up the good work. You have a fan in India!