{"id":20481,"date":"2021-10-28T00:10:26","date_gmt":"2021-10-28T04:10:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zeezoey.com\/blog\/?p=20481"},"modified":"2021-10-27T17:09:39","modified_gmt":"2021-10-27T21:09:39","slug":"deb-barnes-of-zee-zoeys-cat-chronicles-recognized-for-three-muse-medallions-from-cat-writers-association","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeezoey.com\/blog\/deb-barnes-of-zee-zoeys-cat-chronicles-recognized-for-three-muse-medallions-from-cat-writers-association\/","title":{"rendered":"Deb Barnes of Zee & Zoey’s Cat Chronicles Recognized for Three MUSE Medallions from Cat Writers’ Association"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi everyone! Whew, while I am no longer president of the Cat Writers\u2019 Association<\/a> (CWA), I\u2019m still heavily involved in the organization, specifically, helping to coordinate our 27th conference and awards ceremony that was held October 22 – 23, 2021 and it was a lot of work to pull it off! The conference was virtual this year \u2013 a first for us – and while it presented some technological challenges, overall, it was a great event with some superb speakers. Registration was required to attend the sessions, so I can\u2019t share specifics on the sessions, but what I can share is our communications contest awards ceremony which was open to everyone (details to follow)!<\/p>\n

As I\u2019m sure most of you notice by now, I don\u2019t have the time to blog like I used to, so I really don\u2019t have many pieces I can enter in the contest. That said, I’m honored to have received three prestigious MUSE medallions. One for a post I wrote last year, “Ten Great Reasons to Celebrate Jazmine for Her 7th Birthday<\/a>,” one for an article I wrote for Catster magazine – Cool Cats: From Motherless Kittens to Ambassadors<\/em>, (published in the May\/June 2020 issue; about the decreasing Florida Panther population) and my Zee & Zoey’s Cat Chronicles<\/a> Facebook page for Rescue\/Advocacy.<\/p>\n

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With limited time at my disposal \u2013 between my day job and trying to write my next latest and greatest non-fiction novel, Facebook is my primary source of communication, so I was really thrilled to receive recognition for the page. If you don\u2019t currently follow the page, I hope you will after this.<\/p>\n

And for those of you that would enjoy watching the CWA awards ceremony in full, check out the video below for your viewing pleasure! Thank you all for your support over the years as well. You all are so dear to me and I appreciate you sticking by me and my feline gang!<\/p>\n