GUARDIAN ANGEL WEST COAST GATHERING OF ANGELS
September 16-21, 2009 Redmond events and Barnes & Noble at Bend, Oregon
Attendees: Susann Batson; Sue Berger; Janet Collins; Mary Jean Kelso; Bill Kirk; Janie Robinson; Shari Soffe Hosted by our own resident Angel: K.C. Snider--
were presented Newberry Awards by Publisher, Lynda S. Burch

RAINBOW SHEEP 2009 EPPIE WINNER! Children's Fiction by KIM CHATEL.

EARTHQUAKE!  by SUSAN J. BERGER, artist EUGENE RUBLE-
the Wild Card Category won HONORABLE MENTION at the 2009 GREEN BOOK FESTIVAL  www.greenbookfestival.com

Artist KIT GRADY'S illustrations in The Secret Adventures of Louie V Children's Book won Honorable Mention at
The 2009 San Francisco Book Festival

TRACY AHRENS, author of CLOUD JUMPERS & WHAT IF THE MOON won 2 First Place awards, 2 Second Place awards and 1 Third Place award at The Illinois Woman’s Press Association awards in Chicago 2009.

KEVIN SCOTT COLLIER'S illustrated art in the book Go Green With Me won the
2009 Book of the Year Award from Creative Children Magazine.

MARY JEAN KELSO, author of the ANDY & THE ALBINO HORSE series & THE CHRISTMAS ANGEL stories,
is the recipient of the 2009 1st Place BEST SPOT NEWS AWARD from THE NEVADA PRESS ASSOCIATION and
2009 3rd Place BEST SPOT NEWS AWARD from THE NATIONAL PRESS ASSOCIATION

  Award for Literary Excellence  
BEST CHILDREN'S STORY STUBBY'S DESTINY by DIXIE PHILLIPS  and artist KIM SPONAUGLE.

GAP'S Photo Artist, MARYSUE ROBERTS of (DOWN BY THE SHORE & GIFTS FROM GOD) selected as an honorable mention winner in the category People Enjoying the Desert in the
Third Annual Anza-Borrego Desert Photo Contest.