Once Kath and I both became published, we felt there was a hole in the cast at Writer Unboxed: the voice of the Unpublished Writer. We asked if you’d like to see that role filled, and you answered with a resounding yes. We got pretty serious about the search. We asked for writing samples, and for candidates to submit As to our Qs. To say that we had a hard time choosing one person to fill the role would be a vast understatement.

We did choose a wonderful and perfect-for-us unpublished contributor in the end: Jan O’Hara. And we got a little greedy, too, asking our other finalists to blog with us three times a year. We call these finalists our Honorary Contributors, and here they are:

Sharon Bially
Anne Greenwood Brown
Tracy Hahn-Burkett
Suzannah Windsor Freeman
Kristan Hoffman
Jeanne Kisacky
Erika Robuck
Lydia Sharp

Check out their websites, and look for their posts here, too. They are all gifted writers. (Case in point, Anne Brown already has a book deal with Random House, and Erika Robuck with NAL/Penguin.) We’re thrilled they’re with us!