Vote for Medfield Resident in National Writing Contest

Follow these easy links to vote for Medfield's Anne Sawan’s books to benefit the Wheelock School if chosen as the winner of the MeeGenuis.com’s Author Challenge 2011:

• Vote for Sawan’s book, “Two Years Bigger, Two Years Smaller,” by clicking here.
• Vote for Sawan’s book, “The Baseball Game,” by clicking here.

“If I win, Wheelock would be the recipient of a MeeGenuis Library for a year,” Sawan said. “The books on their website are well done, engaging and colorful and are a great way to share reading activities. “I know Wheelock, and Medfield, pride themselves on different ways to approach and embrace literacy.”

Now, with less than two weeks until voting closes on the contest, Sawan needs your help.

Here's a summary of her two books submitted:

“These two stories in the MeeGenuis contest are based on my kids but really are about anyone's kids,” Sawan said. “The first one, ‘Two Years Bigger,Two years Smaller,’ is based on my two sons, Harry and Teddy. They are two years apart and although they have very different personalities, they are very close. I love watching them play and use their imaginations together, but they are getting older and I can see that in a short time these games might end, especially as one enters middle school.

“The second story, ‘The Baseball Game,’ is about a kid who appears to be great at everything and a kid who is not ... He tries but he just can't measure up to his fearless peer. He is also a little quirky, not quite fitting in to the fourth grade sports scene. At the end, these two kids connect, despite their differences. I think this story reflect the feelings a lot of boys have. The pressure to be tough and competitive and the pressure to try and fit in, when maybe you don't.”

Dec. 18 is the deadline to vote for Sawan’s books on MeeGenius’ contest website. Finalists, according to the website, will be chosen by either a “popular vote” or as a “staff favorite.” The finalist round will run from Jan. 31 to Feb. 21. If Sawan advances as a finalist, she will have her book(s) professionally edited, illustrated and produced for the final round of voting. The winner will be announced March 7.