{"id":2741,"date":"2018-06-15T04:09:01","date_gmt":"2018-06-15T12:09:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=2741"},"modified":"2018-06-15T04:09:01","modified_gmt":"2018-06-15T12:09:01","slug":"frivolous-friday-winning-cat-writers-and-artists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=2741","title":{"rendered":"Frivolous Friday \u2013 Winning Cat Writers and Artists"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"As I\u2019ve mentioned, we have some amazing authors and artists and other professionals in the Cat Writers\u2019 Association (CWA) and many of us enjoy entering the annual CWA competition with our meaningful, useful and entertaining work. I\u2019d like to introduce some of the winners this year.<\/p>\n

One of the most outstanding books among the one-hundred-plus entrants was called Caticons: 4000 Years of Art Imitating Cats<\/em><\/strong> by Sandy Lerner of Virginia. Check it out here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

My artist for the Klepto Cat Mystery covers, Bernadette Kazmarski, won a Certificate of \"\"Excellence for this work along with a Muse Medallion for her Pittsburgh C.A.T. Calendar and she won a cash award\u2014huge recognition\u2014for an article she wrote on kitten rescue. See Bernadette\u2019s work here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Other books you might be interested in\u2014all winners in the CWA 24th<\/sup> Annual Awards Banquet include Layla Morgan Wild\u2019s Black Cats Tell all: True Tales and Inspiring Images<\/em><\/strong>,<\/p>\n

Shirley Rousseau Murphy\u2019s Cat Shining Bright, and a book of poetry by Vicky Pittman called Cat Haiku: Sweet Verses.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Winning Blogs posts, (aside from this one\u2014Catscapades) were Mollie Hunt\u2019s Crazy Cat Lady Mysteries, Feline Opines Blog by Anita Aurit and JaneA Kelley\u2019s Paws and Effect Blog. Be sure to visit them and give them a paws up.<\/p>\n

Thank you for supporting this blog and don\u2019t forget to purchase your print or Kindle copy of my latest Klepto Cat Mystery, Meowmoirs of a Klepto Cat<\/em><\/strong>. Yes, it\u2019s Rags\u2019s memoirs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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