Marley Mejia is a Semi-finalist for the Royal Palm Literary Award in the Non-fiction Category

Marley's entry, Glioblastoma, has been selected as a semifinalist for the 2021 Royal Palm Literary Awards competition. Winners will be announced in October at the Florida Writers Association Conference in Orlando.

Genre: Short Non-fiction 2747-word count

Log line: Marley’s mother’s death two years ago has left her with grief and guilt. Now aged twelve, she writes about the experience from her eight to ten-year-old perspective.