Yesterday I got the notification that one of the stories that I wrote back in September was nominated for a major award. It waa the first time any of my stories were ever nominated for any kind of award and I have written a ton, probably more than 50 in 2019 alone for 2 places.

I put a ton of effort into this one though, most of my regular ones only take a couple hours at most but I think I spent anywhere from 2-3 weeks on it and I remember thinking it was great and being proud of it. A few minutes after I handed it in, I was told by an editor that it could win an award and I felt so awesome.

Then Yesterday I got an email saying that it was submitted, and from what I can tell, about 4000 stories are nominated each year for a bunch of different categories. That seems like a lot, but in the area that this major award serves, there's probably 5-10 million stories a year from eligible places which means that mine was in the top .001 and finding that out made me feel even better.

If I were to win in the category i was nominated for, I knew it would greatly help my career and maybe even boost my chances at a scholarship. But it will be tough to win, or even to win top 3 but I'll keep my fingers crossed for when April comes and the winners are announced.