Welcome
A few words about meAfter a rewarding career writing about science, medicine and healthful living (under the byline Nancy Ross-Flanigan), I'm now focusing on memoir, fiction, 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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NEWS
2023
Photography
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Third place, Pollinators category, Wild Ones native plant organization annual photo contest
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Third place, fall photo contest, Newaygo County Council for the Arts
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Winner, Forest Close-ups category, Forests in Focus contest, American Forests magazine
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Second place, winter photo contest, Newaygo County Council for the Arts
2022
Photography
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Third place, winter photo contest, Newaygo County Council for the Arts
2021
Writing
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.