Beth Groundwater's Publications
2008
“Networking, and more networking, did the trick”, Breakthrough column, The Writer Magazine, September, 2008.
"Ride the Wind” poem in Rubber Side Down, The Biker Poetry Anthology, edited by Jose Gouveia, Archer Books, August, 2008.
Authors, Speak at Colorado Libraries!", Colorado Independent Publishers Association Signature newsletter, April, 2008
MP3-format production of “Covered Dish Casseroles” short story, Sniplits.com, April, 2008.
"The Extra Gift" short story in the online Crime and Suspense magazine, January/February, 2008.
Large-print edition of A Real Basket Case, Wheeler Publishing, an imprint of Gale/Cengage Learning, January, 2008.
2007
One week’s insight on the writer’s life, Bylines 2008 Writers’ Desk Calendar, December, 2007.
Live performances of “Biscuit Connection” short story by Colorado Homegrown Tales, December 21-23, 2007.
"Flamingo Fatality" short story reprint in Mouth Full of Bullets, June, 2007.
A Real Basket Case amateur sleuth mystery novel, ISBN: 1-59414-547-4, March, 2007, Five Star Publishing, an imprint of Gale/Cengage Learning.
"Lucky Bear" short story reprint in Burst, Winter, 2007.
"The Murder Cache" short story in The Map of Murder anthology, February, 2007. This anthology was an Award-Winner in the Short Story Fiction category of the National Indie Excellence 2007 Book Awards.
2006
"Biscuit Connection" short story in Mom Writer’s Literary Magazine, December, 2006, and translated into Farsi by Asad Amraee in Atiye (meaning Future) weekly, Tehran, Iran, December, 2006.
"Lucky Bear" short short reprint in the online Apollo's Lyre magazine, October, 2006.
"Power Play" (formerly titled "Global Domination") short story in Wild Blue Yonder, the in-flight magazine for Frontier Airlines, September/October, 2006.
"Covered Dish Casseroles" short story in NEWN, June, 2006.
2005
"Flamingo Fatality" short story in the Great Manhattan Mystery Conclave anthology, Manhattan Mysteries, ISBN: 0-9754109-4-6, September, 2005.
"Global Domination" short story in the Kansas Writers Association anthology, Words Out of the Flatlands, April, 2005.
"Lucky Bear" short short story in the online Flash Me Magazine, April, 2005, and in Storyteller Magazine, September, 2005.
2004
"New Zealand" short story in Dry Spell: Tales of Thirst and Longing, RMFW Press, ISBN: 0-9760225-0-8, September, 2004.
Beth Groundwater's Writing Awards
2006
Winner of the Fall, 2006 Short story Contest sponsored by Mom Writer’s Literary Magazine.
2005
Third Place, Mindfire Renewed Poetry Contest for "Ride the Wind"
Second Place, Paranormal Romantic Mystery/Suspense, RWA Kiss of Death chapter's Daphne du Maurier Contest for Virtual Death
First Place, Storyteller Magazine Flash Fiction Contest for "Lucky Bear"
Winner, Great Manhattan Mysteries Conclave Short Story Anthology Contest for "Flamingo Fatality"
Princess of Rejection prize from the Sisters in Crime Guppies Chapter for receiving the second most rejections in the winter of 2005
2004
Finalist, Mystery/Suspense, RMFW Colorado Gold Contest for To Hell in a Handbasket
Third Place, Mystery/Suspense, PPW Paul Gillette Writing Contest for Virtual Death
Winner, Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers Short Story Anthology Contest for "New Zealand"
Honorable Mention, Kansas Writers Association Short Fiction Competition for "Global Domination"
2003
Honorable Mention, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya Science Fiction Novella Prize, Barcelona, Spain for Epsilon Eridani Alternative
First Place, Short Story, PPW Paul Gillette Memorial Writing Contest for "New Zealand"
2002
Finalist, Mystery/Suspense, RMFW Colorado Gold Contest for Midlife Crisis (retitled Basket Case)
2001
Third Place, Mystery/Suspense, PPW Paul Gillette Writing Contest for Virtual Death