Why Susan P. Hunter is Walking for Story

The first recipient of the Story Summit’s Dream On Award is walking on September 27, 2020 in support of emerging women writers

Susan P. Hunter, an author from Gallatin, Tennessee, won the Dream On Writing Scholarship from the Story Summit in November, 2019. The award is for a writer 50 or over who has a dream of bringing a story to life.

According to Dream On judge, Jeff Arch, Academy Award-nominated writer of Sleepless in Seattle, Susan Hunter’s 77 Letters: Operation Morale Booster: Vietnam has the potential “to hit the sweet spot between something highly commercial and deeply emotional.”

Along with 50 other emerging writers, Susan attended the Winter Story Summit in February 2020 to be inspired, informed, and encouraged by other professional writers, including Jeff Arch. Now, after several drafts, hard work, and razor-focused rewriting, 77 Letters is launching its US release. And on September 27, 2020, Susan Hunter, will be paying it forward by walking for emerging women writers so they, too, can attend future Story Summits.

“Receiving the Story Summit Dream On Scholarship proved to be a professional pivot for me and a realized dream eleven months later,” says Susan P. Hunter. “Throughout my life, I had been…