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Awards

Trudy's dare-to-be-different inspirational memoir 'Some Things Are Simple Meant to Be' has been selected as a Semi-Finalist at the Chanticleer International Book Awards (CIBA).  On March 7, 2024 Trudy was notified that her book has been selected as a Finalist in the CIBA.

CIBA looks for the best books featuring true stories about adventures, life events, unique experiences, travel, personal journeys, global enlightenment, and more.  They put books about true and inspiring stories to the test and choose the best among them. 

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Trudy, one of the First Place Winners; Bellingham, Washington; April 20, 2024.

2023 Chanticleer International Book Contest.

Hearten CIBA Award

Uplifting & Inspirational Non-Fiction

Stories for the Heart

(26 categories — several First Place Winners in each.)

“What you are is God’s gift to you . . . what you become is your gift to God.”

 — Hans Urs von Balthasar (Swiss)

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News to smile about

Trudy is one of the Finalists for the 2024 Short Stories and Essays  Shorts Book Award.

Title: Regifting With a Twist

At Chanticleer Book Reviews and Media (International).

Same place where Trudy’s memoir, Some Things Are Simply Meant to Be, won First Place in 2024.

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These titles are in the running for the FIRST PLACE and GRAND PRIZE WINNERS of the 2024 Shorts Book Awards novel competition for Short Stories!

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Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works!

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  • Gail Noble-Sanderson – The Soldier Jacob

  • Trudy Wells-Meyer – Regifting with a Twist

  • Burl Harmon – Being 100 Years Old

  • KD Sherrinford – Christmas at The Saporis

  • Mike Murphey – The Claunch Ness Monster

  • Lisa G. Spicer – Letters From Tacoma

  • Catherine Brown – Finding Namaste

  • Deborah L. King – Attention Accepted

  • J.J. Clarke – Deadly Ambition

  • Susan Lynn Solomon – A Circle of Sabbaths

  • Glen Dahlgren – The Dice of Chaos

  • PJ Devlin – Running

  • Glendall C. Jackson III – Naked Came the Detective

  • Carol L. Wright – Apple, Table, Penny… Murder

  • Hannah Stone – The Weight of Bone and Feather

  • L. Burton Brender – Stories from the War

  • Dr. Yumiko Shimabukuro – Dream Rut: Navigating Your Path Forward

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