Florida Writers' Assoc Conference
Lake Mary, FL

Jackie has been asked last minute to head down to Florida for the annual FWA Conference. She will be doing one-on-one sessions with some of the talented writers from that beautiful state, and sharing with them some of her insights as an author and as an editor.

At an awards banquet during MidSouthCon 26, the 2008 Darrell Award winners were announced. Jackie had two stories as finalists in the short story category, but there was a charmingly stunned look on her face as the winner was revealed. The room erupted in shouts and applause as it was announced, "The winner of the 2008 Darrell Award for short story is Jackie Gamber, author of 'The Monster'."

The Darrell Awards are memorial awards given annually in the categories of short story, novella, and novel to promote literary science fiction and fantasy in the southeastern part of the U.S. A special thanks to the jury, the readers, and MidSouthCon for hosting the banquet. Check back here to see when Jackie's feet touch the ground again.

Jackie's short story, "Hidden: the Lost Works of Dernell Hall", appearing in Issue 263 of Bewildering Stories, has been selected as an Editors' Choice in their fourth quarterly review for 2007. From the Bewildering Stories website, "The editors’ choices are the result of an extensive but always enjoyable process. The review editors have long been distinguished in Internet publishing for their prompt and outstanding work in evaluating and proofreading submissions and in making the selections for the Quarterly Reviews. As always, the discussions have been lively and insightful."

Congratulations, Jackie!