My middle grade novel TROUBLE BENEATH THE WAVES placed 3rd in this year’s SCBWI Sue Alexander Grant competition.

Woo hoo!

Per SCBWI’s Kite Tales:

“A beachside setting and strong voice help set Trouble Beneath the Waves apart. The middle-grade excerpt by PB Rippey snagged third place. A judge wrote, “I was intrigued by this unique plot and the unusual, well-defined characters—and would have liked to read more of this story.”

I took TROUBLE BENEATH THE WAVES to the Big Sur Children’s Writers Workshops last February, receiving critique from Mae Respicio (seriously, click on the link and go and follow Mae–she knows what she’s doing, she’s brilliant) and Eric Elfman.

Last year my novel THE MONSTER AT ELIZABETH LAKE placed 4th in the same contest, although this year a 4th place slot was not announced. Grateful to have made the cut at 3rd Place.

Congratulations to the contest winner, Sherry Shahan, and 2nd place winner, Karol Ruth Silverstein. Looking forward to purchasing their novels from an indie bookstore in the near future. I don’t know Karol personally, but I’ve loved hearing her speak at SCBWI events, most recently at the last Skirball Writer’s Day.

Yours in carrying on writing/revising/revising/revising,

PB