henry copeland: My kinda tale: blogger beats the publishers who ignore her... pllqt.it/81ZX9U

I Have a James Beard Award and I Think You Are So Great. – The Everywhereist

I published my essay about Mario Batali and his shitty cinnamon roll apology on this site because I assumed that no publication would want it. It ended up getting a James Beard nomination for Journalism in the Personal Essay category. And then it won. This doesn’t fall into the schema of dreams coming true, because this was never a dream I’d had. It’s not something I thought was in the realm of possibility. […]My blog was up against publications whose editors don’t even reply to my emails.
- www.everywhereist.com