Lakes Poet gets
national honors
COMPETITIONS WILL PUBLISH FOUR OF HER POEMS IN BOOKS
Lynn Renee Simon submitted five original poems to
national poetry contests and has received notification that four of her works
have been accepted for publication.
Simon, who has been writing for more then 30 years,
will be published in the spring 1997 Collections by Iliad Press and in the
collection of works titled Best New Poems published by the Poets Guild.
Another poem submitted to Quill Books will be published in a forthcoming book
and has been entered in the “Editor’s Favorite” awards competition. Her poem
“You Are My Shadow” has made it to the semifinals in a competition sponsored
by the National Library of Poetry and will be published in there anthology
“Journey Between Stars” in December 1997.
“I’ve been writing all my life,” said Simon. “I
entered these writing contests to see if I would receive any comments on my
work. I never imagined that I would make it to the finals and semifinals and
that my poems would be published. I’m walking on cloud nine.
Her first book, “Reach Into My Soul,” a collection of
original works, took three years to complete. “it’s only about 40 pages, but
it’s a good representation of my writing,” Simon said. “Everybody sees
something different when they read my poems.”
She will begin the search for a publisher this month,
encouraged by the positive responses from the competitions.
Simon and her husband, Michael, are residents of
Lauderdale Lakes. They have lived in South Florida for the past 14 years.
