Melissa Ann Goodwin: November 2017

You can watch and listen to me read three excerpts from the Christmas Village on Youtube!
Check them out; they're fun!

Reading one: Jamie sees the village for the very first time

Reading two: The Christmas Village comes to life

Reading three: Jamie worries that he won't get home to his family in time for Christmas

About Melissa Ann Goodwin

About My Poetry

It wasn't until the forced isolation of the pandemic that I began to explore writing poetry with dedicated effort. To my surprise and delight, several poems that emerged from that time went on to win honors and awards in international poetry competitions throughout 2021 and 2022. A small collection of my work was a top five winner in the 2022 Oprelle Masters Poetry Competition, while individual poems earned awards and honors in the Bigger Than Me and Coming Home Competitions, The Prime 53 Poetry Competition, and the Vivian Shipley Award. In 2023, I published my first poetry chapbook, The Brook in the Woods Behind Our Old House, which is available on Amazon.