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Tag: WLA Awards

Launching the WLA Awards

November 20, 2017April 24, 2025

I recently just launched the WLA Awards, in its second year. The first year was a learning curve and I hope that the coming awards will be as successful as the 2017 Awards. I am lucky that I have again have jurors who willing to volunteer to spend hours pouring over pdf files to score, […]

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Recent Writing

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