Tony simmons (writer)
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Tony Simmons is a writer
and journalist
based in Panama City, Florida
. Simmons is the online editor at The News Herald (Panama City, Fl. and the author of Dazed and Raving in the Undercurrents (a collection of his newspaper columns), and the debut literary novel Welcome to the Dawning of a New Century. He has won numerous awards for his newspaper work, including recognitions by the Florida School Boards Association, Florida Society of Newspaper Editors, Florida Press Club, Florida Department of Education
, the Sons and Daughters of the American Revolution, and the National Society of Newspaper Design.
Writer
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and journalist
Journalist
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based in Panama City, Florida
Panama City, Florida
-Personal income:The median income for a household in the city was $31,572, and the median income for a family was $40,890. Males had a median income of $30,401 versus $21,431 for females. The per capita income for the city was $17,830...
. Simmons is the online editor at The News Herald (Panama City, Fl. and the author of Dazed and Raving in the Undercurrents (a collection of his newspaper columns), and the debut literary novel Welcome to the Dawning of a New Century. He has won numerous awards for his newspaper work, including recognitions by the Florida School Boards Association, Florida Society of Newspaper Editors, Florida Press Club, Florida Department of Education
Florida Department of Education
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, the Sons and Daughters of the American Revolution, and the National Society of Newspaper Design.
Short Stories
- The Girl from the Wrong End of Time, published in City Limits anthology, Vol. 2, (August 2008)
- Love in the Year of the Comet, published in City Limits anthology, Vol.1, (August 2007)
- Nothing Was Real but the Girl, published in North Florida Noir (2006)
- Some World Not This, published in Writers Cafe anthology (November 2006)
- Constant Vigilance, published in Postcards from Pottersville Vol. 2
- The Wedding Photographer's Deposition, published in Postcards from Pottersville Vol. 1
Non-Fiction
- Dazed and Raving in the Undercurrents, a collection of his newspaper columns for The News Herald (Panama City, Fl.) (November, 2004)