Johnnie Bernhard has received “Equal runner-Up” in the 2016 Faulkner-Wisdom Creative Writing Competition, Essay Category.  Her essay, “Ignorance or Innocence” was judged by bestselling, non-fiction writer and poet Rodger Kamenetz. The international literary competition is part of the annual Words & Music Literary Feast held in New Orleans, www.wordsandmusic.org

Bernhard’s novel, A Good Girl, received finalist recognition in the 2015 Faulkner-Wisdom Creative Writing Competition, novel category. It is set for publication, spring 2017, by Texas Review Press,www.texasreviewpress.org

For more information about A Good Girl, visit the author’s web site at www.johnniebernhardauthor.com .