WRITING CREDITS

BOOKS:

                          

Memoirs 2006             Humor, Gift Book 1993           Devotional 1991

Art Book Bindery        Starburst Publishers             Moody Publishers

 

 

            

 

Devotional 1987                Gift Book 1983                               Gift Book  1981

 Moody Publishers                Moody Publishers                         Moody Publishers

 

 

Devotional 1977

Moody Publishers

 

ARTICLES:  Alma has had over 400 inspirational, humorous, or how-to articles published in newspapers, periodicals, Christian publications and books, including Daily Guideposts. 

                                             

COLUMNS: She wrote a weekly "right around home" humor column for 23 years for The Carillon, an award winning newspaper. These columns later became the basis for most of her books.

 

POETRY:  She has over 300 published poems including 150 poem/photo features, both traditional and free verse, in various periodicals, including Guideposts Prayers for Every Need, Vol. I and II.

 

PHOTOGRAPHY: Approx. 900 BW photos of her weekly Insight series have been published during the past 17 years on the editorial pages of  The Carillon, mentioned above.  Her photos have also appeared in Esprit magazine, a women's quarterly, Standard, a weekly adult SS paper, as well as bulletin covers for the Presbyterian Church in Canada. She illustrates her own freelance articles and poetry appearing in other publications.

 

AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS:

                     

            Angel Award, Excellence in Media, Times to Treasure

            Award of Excellence, Excellence in Media, Days Remembered

            Writer of the Year, Moody Write to Publish Conference 1991

            Phyllis Mitchell award for Christian writing, Canada 1991

            Poetry judge - Canadian Authors Assoc.

            Achievement Award, Decision School of Writing, 1986

            Four first prizes in Canadian writing contests