Storytelling World Awards

This week, Storytelling World announced the 2019 Storytelling World Awards. I am both honored and humbled to see Roar: True Tales of Women Warriors on the page with so many other fantastic books. Thank you to the selection committee of the Storytelling World Awards. Please check out all the winners. I know I now have so many books to read this year!

The award is a blessing and an honor, but it is also somewhat bittersweet. We submitted Roar: True Tales of Women Warriors last year for consideration in the “Stories for Adults” category. The selection committee chose to honor the story “Power Play,” written by Anne Thomas. Many of you may already know, Anne passed away in January. She did not learn about winning the honor for her story, but, in December, I was able to let her know her story was a finalist. I am thrilled with the honor, but saddened that Anne is not here to receive it. One of our fellow Roar authors, Dawn Gross, put it best, however, when she said, “Thank you for bringing us together to raise our voices for good. Anne certainly did that and her stories will continue to carry her voice long after her final exhale. The award and its timing strikes me as a most poignant exclamation point.”

As Dawn said, we brought together 21 female authors to raise up our voices for good. Roar is a collection of stories about what it means to be a woman in today’s world. Each and every story in Roar deserves to be read, and heard. It is through storytelling that we learn. It is through storytelling that we understand. And it is through storytelling that we can heal.

All proceeds from the sale of the book benefit the National Network to End Domestic Violence. Roar is available for sale at Curious Iguana Bookstore in Frederick, MD, on Amazon and BN.com, at many libraries, and at all Better Said Than Done storytelling shows. You can find more information about all the authors of Roar here.

Because women’s stories still need to be shared, we continue to host Roar storytelling events around the country. If you would like to have a Roar book event or storytelling show at your library, museum, book store, event, or venue, contact jessica at bettersaidthandone.com.