I am honored that my article, “The Gift: The Story of a Cat Rescue,” won the 2017 Kari Winters Rescue and Rehabilitation Award at the Cat Writers Association writing competition. Tica, the International Cat Association, Inc., sponsored this CWA award. The article retells my experience rescuing cats after my sister passed away. From this experience, I received several intrinsic gifts, including an extraordinary cat named Albee and this CWA award.
I dedicate this win to Albee because of his gift of loving me.
Thank you, Judge Stacy LeBaron, for this thrilling honor.
Judge’s comments: I found The Gift: The Story of a Cat Rescue by Cori Solomon to be just the right balance of education and emotion. Cori shares this wonderful and very personal story of rescuing a group of kitties that her sister had in Las Vegas after her tragic death. Cori bonded with one particular cat named, Albee. I found as Cori shared with us in detail of how she found homes for many of these cats that I also felt bonded to him. Her passion for these cats and kittens would convince anyone that fostering is critical to saving lives and Cori does this very well in telling this story of “The Gift.”
Albee, the cat I rescued