Hey, I'm Lily!
About Me
I'm a seventeen year old aspiring writer who likes to try new things. For example, running my very own website/author platform, or managing a summer cotton candy business with my mother. I am very entrepreneurial-minded, and am constantly musing over what kind of business or side hustle I should start next!
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I am also a proudly homeschooled, Christian teen who loves God and seeks to grow in her faith and relationship with Him.
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About the Site
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Canada Lily is, yes, in part an author platform, but I also publish frequent posts about writing here on my blog, specifically aimed at young writers like myself. I love the idea of being able to help other writers along on their journey, while learning new things myself. I also regularly share pieces of my own fiction writing and poetry. I would love it if you would stick around!
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The name Canada Lily is a play on both my name and where I live. There truly is a real flower called the Canada Lily.
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Writing Accomplishments
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Writing accomplishments. Yeah. Those. If you're a young writer like me, you might also cringe when you submit somewhere that asks you to list previous publishing credits. Maybe you don't have any at all. And that's okay. If you keep diligently at it, the chances are good that somewhere, sometime, someone will snap up your manuscript. Thankfully, I now have a couple of credits I can list. And don't worry, my list isn't yawn-inducing length (yet), not like the lists you might see in the bios of more accomplished (probably adult) writers. Anyhow, you can read below to see the accomplishments I am proud to share with the world.
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2023
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"Two Hats," a pantoum (type of poem), received an Honourable Mention from Dandelion Press in one of their short story contests.
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"Side By Side," a pantoum, set to be published in Dandelion Press' first ever short story and poem anthology! This was my second paid piece.
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"One Busy Mom," a short story published in Nature Friend Magazine. My first ever paid piece, too. (Well, other than those shop credits I got from Dandelion...)
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2024
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"Is Baking Cookies Usually So Hard?," a Middle Grade flash fiction story won an Honourable Mention in Kailei Pews' 3rd Annual Kids' Choice Kidlit Writing Challenge.
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"Goldilocks and the Wolf," a poetic retelling of Goldilocks won an Honourable Mention in the 2024 Sheree Fitch Prize, run by the Writers' Federation of New Brunswick.
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"One Shoe, Two Shoe," a flash fiction piece won an Honourable Mention in Morgen Bailey's 50-word contest, November 2024.
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"4 Tips to Help You Focus and Write More Productively," an article filled with helpful writing tips, originally appearing on my blog, then appearing on Writer's Vision. This was my first time guest posting!
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