You Can't Win Everything
Around these parts, the Erma Bombeck Writing Competition is a big deal. Erma lived in the Dayton region and wrote for several Dayton area papers for years (her column eventually went into national syndication). Every two years, a writing workshop is held in her name. The workshop is so popular it sells out in hours. But you can win the competition and get the chance to go, too. In past years, I haven't entered the writing contest. First off, I'm not funny. Secondly, I don't write shorts (under 450 words). This year, however, an event happened one day and I thought to myself, "Yes. Let's write that up and submit it." As you can probably tell from the title of this post, I didn't win the contest. And truthfully, I didn't expect to. (You can see who won here .) But I received an email from one of the coordinators yesterday which read: I am writing to tell you that your essay “Be Careful What You Wish For” advanced to the final round of the Erm...