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A few words about me

After a rewarding career writing about science, medicine and healthful living (under the byline Nancy Ross-Flanigan), I'm now focusing on memoir, personal essays, and photography.
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​​My memoir, Mango Rash: Coming of Age in the Land of Frangipani and Fanta (Behler Publications, Oct. 22, 2019) can be purchased from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, IndieBound, Flying Bear Books in Newaygo, epilogue books in Rockford, Pages Bookshop in Detroit, Everybody Reads in Lansing, and many other bookstores, as well as NCCA-Artsplace in Fremont and Artworks in Big Rapids. You can also order signed copies directly from the Buy Books section of this web site.

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2022

​Photography

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Third place, "It's Alive! category, Wild Ones native plant organization annual photo contest
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Third place, winter photo contest, ​Newaygo County Council for the Arts

2021

Writing

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Mango Rash was a semifinalist for the Hearten Book Awards, a division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions. 

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Mango Rash made the long list for the Journey Book Awards, a division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions. ​

Photography

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 First place, fall photo contest, Newaygo County Council for the Arts

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 First place, "It's Alive" category, and Best in Show, Wild Ones native plant organization annual photo contest

2020

Writing

Mango Rash and I were featured in the "Breaking In" column of the January-February issue of Writer's Digest​ 

Photography

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Third place, pollinators category, Wild Ones annual photo contest

2019

Photography

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Third place, winter photo contest, Newaygo County Council for the Arts

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Third place, people in nature category, Michigan Nature Association annual photo contest

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Honorable mention, fall photo contest, Newaygo County Council for the Arts

​2018

​Writing

First place, memoir/nonfiction category, Pacific Northwest Writers Association, for Mango Rash

​Photography

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​​First place, winter photo contest, Newaygo County Council for the Arts

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​First place, fall photo contest, Newaygo County Council for the Arts

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​First place, flora & fauna category, Michigan Nature Association annual photo contest

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​Second place, pollinators category, Wild Ones annual photo contest

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​Honorable Mention, people in nature category, Michigan Nature Association annual photo contest

2017

My submission, "Tabu," an excerpt from  Mango Rash was a finalist for the 43rd New Millennium Writings Literary Awards in Nonfiction.​
For the second time, I was named a finalist in the Tucson Festival of Books Literary Awards, with an excerpt from Mango Rash. A different excerpt from the memoir was a finalist for the same award in 2015 and was published in Colere. Another excerpt from the memoir was a finalist for the 2015 Northern Colorado Writers Top of the Mountain Book Award.
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