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Gabi Coatsworth is an award-winning British-born writer and blogger, who
has spent half her life living in the United States. A member of several
national writing associations, she’s active in the Connecticut writing
community and runs several groups for writers. In 2018, she worked on the
inaugural Saugatuck StoryFest, a literary festival in Westport, CT.
Her memoir, Love's Journey Home, was published in May 2022, by Atmosphere Press, who will also publish her debut novel, A Beginner's Guide to Starting Over, in April 2023.
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Photo credit: Amy Dolego
Awards
- 2023 First place award for an autobiography or memoir, Connecticut Press Club Awards
- 2022 NFPW Communications Contest: 3rd Place for a personal website
- 2021/22 First Place Connecticut Press Club Award for Personal Website
- 2021/22 First Place Connecticut Press Club Award for Marketing Program or Campaign, (pre-launch marketing) 2022
- Third Place Connecticut Press Club Award for a non-profit blog, For Writers (2021)
- Second Place Connecticut Press Club Awards for a short story, Monster (2020)
- First Place Connectcicut Press Club Award for a short story, Misconception (2019)
- Second Place NFPW Communications Contest for a short story, Misconception (2019)
- First Place Connecticut Press Club Award for a non-profit blog, The Write
Connexion (2019) - Second Place NFPW Communications Contest for a non-profit blog, The Write
Connexion (2019) - Second Place Connecticut Press Club for a short story, Moving On (2018)
- Winner Westport Writes One-shot Stories, I Quit and As The Years Go By
(2017) - Honorable Mention Connecticut Press Club Award for a single story, The
Rescue (2016) - First Place Connecticut Press Club Award for creative non-fiction, The
Cabinet (2014) - Winner Fairfield Arts Council Poetry Contest, To My Sister (2009)
- First Place Connecticut Muse Winter Essay Contest, Farewell, Finally!
(2008)