monique A few weeks ago I sent in a short story entry to the written arts category of the Rosa Parks Multicultural Scholarship Competition. Yesterday, when I came home from work, I found a phone message telling me that I'd won! I wrote a story entitled "Traveling to the City of Angels" about the trip my mother, brothers, and I took from northern Ontario to Los Angeles. The director of the competition asked and was granted permission to read my story at the presentation and awards ceremony which will be held at the end of the month. Since it is in Kansas I won't be able to attend. They are filming the ceremony and will send me a copy of it on DVD. They asked me for a photograph of myself and I told them I would email them one. They also wanted some information about me, which I'll also send. I'm very happy I won. The prize will help pay for my textbooks next term. |