“Sunny Lockwood has a gift for writing stories that touch our hearts, telling of people whose courage and creativity renew our hopes and affirm the power of possibility.”  Diane Dreher, author of Your Personal Renaissance and The Tao of Peace.

 

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I’ll answer the existential question ‘Who Am I?’ by quoting Emily Dickinson:

 

I’m nobody! Who are you? Are you a nobody, too? Then there’s a pair of us – don’t tell! They’d banish us, you know.    How dreary to be somebody! How public, like a frog To tell your name the livelong day To an admiring bog!

 

 

A bit more specifically, I’m a writer whose byline has appeared in publications as diverse as Good Housekeeping, MS, and the Chronicle of Higher Education. I’m a follower of Jesus, a wife, a front edge Baby Boomer and a practicing human being.

 

Sweetheart Al describes me as:

·        insatiably curious

·        often effervescent

·        opinionated

·        with a sunny personality

 

As you read my work, you can decide for yourself who I am.

 

In case you’re wondering about my kindergarten photo (taken in Mattawan, Michigan, in 1952)…it’s here because it’s me at my innocent, enthusiastic best.  I hope you see in it the kind of energy and openness I want here at my  website.

 

If you'd like to e-mail me, do so at sunny@sunnylockwood.com or send a message using the form to the right.

 

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 Some of Sunny Lockwood's Writing Awards 

From the California Newspaper Publishers Association

* 2004 2nd Place in feature story writing for a daily newspaper

           with a circulation of 10,001 - 25,000

           For "A Tale of True Love, True Grit"

 

From the National Federation of Press Women

* 2005 2nd Place in feature writing for a daily newspaper

            For "A Tale of True Love, True Grit"

 

* 2006 1st Place in news reporting for a daily newspaper

            For "Jump Survivor Questions Bridge Barriers"

 

* 2006 3rd Place in personality profile

           For: "Santa's Co-Star Shines in her Seasonal Role" 

 

From the Northern California Chapter of the

National Federation of Press Women

* 2005 1st Place in feature writing for a daily newspaper

           For "A Tale of True Love, True Grit"

 

* 2006 1st Place in news reporting for a daily newspaper

           For "Jump Survivor Questions Bridge Barriers"

 

* 2008 1st Place in feature writing

           For "I Love You More Today Than Yesterday" 

           (magazine profile of Julius La Rosa)

 

Best Video Contest, sponsored by Calaveras County Public Access Television

* 2007 3rd Place

           For "Al Lockwood: Photographing Wildflowers of the Mid-Sierra"