Local Writer Wins National Award

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. - May 12, 2014 - PRLog -- Local Mount Vernon-based writer Stacie Zinn Roberts, president of What’s Your Avocado?, (http://whatsyouravocado.com)  and author of the new book How to Live Your Passion & Fulfill Your Dreams (http://liveyourpassiontv.com/store/), was honored with a national writing award by the Turf & Ornamental Communicators Association (http://www.toca.org) (TOCA), during the organization’s 25^th annual conference held in New Orleans on May 8.

Roberts won a Writing Merit Award for her article “Night Moves No More”, a product information feature story that ran in the June 2013 issue of Golf Course Management magazine, the official publication of the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America. A link to the winning story may be found here: http://gcmdigital.gcsaa.org/i/132416/62

A total of 425 entries were received for 70 categories in this year’s competition from all over the United States, and countries as far away as Australia and Ireland.

About Stacie Zinn Roberts

An award-winning writer, speaker, and host of the online TV show Live Your Passion, Stacie Zinn Roberts conducts retreats and workshops nationwide. A professional writer and marketing consultant for 25 years, she’s authored 1,500 published articles and interviewed 3,000 people in her career. Stacie invested more than a decade to perform research, explore new thought and spiritual concepts, and conduct personal interviews to create a common sense approach to helping people to live their passion and fulfill their dreams. Her new book, How to Live Your Passion & Fulfill Your Dreams, is now available on Amazon.com, Barnes&Noble.com and in select bookstores nationwide in paperback and on Kindle. She lives in Mount Vernon, Washington. Learn more at www.whatsyouravocad.com and www.liveyourpassiontv.com . Follow Stacie on Twitter @WhatsYourAvocad and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/whatsyouravocado

About TOCA

The Turf and Ornamental Communicators Association (TOCA) is composed of editors, writers, publishers, photographers, public relations/advertising practitioners, industry association leaders, manufacturers and others involved in green industry communications. It is a national organization based in New Prague, MN.

Media Contact:

Stacie Zinn Roberts

What’s Your Avocado?

Stacie@whatsyouravocado.com

360-941-4595