Timeline highlighting Chris Gaffney’s recent awards and achievements in writing and public speaking.
Timeline
2019
First Place in the National Society of Newspaper Columnists’ Award for Best Humor Column at a Website with Under 100,000 Average Monthly Views
Named Finalist for National Society of Newspaper Columnists’ Award for Online Humor
Winner of the First-Ever Great Hartford Storyslam
Op-Ed Published – Record-Journal
2018
Tell Me Another: Ordinary Lives, Extraordinary Stories
The Mouth Off at the Mark Twain House and Museum – Storytelling
Named by Feedspot as a Top 100 Humor Blog on the Web
Awarded 1st Place: Eagle Club Level of Toastmaster’s International Speech Contest
2017
Featured by Erma Bombeck Writer’s Workshop on HumorWriters.org
Speak Up Storyteller at CT Historical Society
Awarded 1st Place: Area 24 of Toastmaster’s International Speech Contest
Awarded 1st Place: Eagle Club Level of Toastmaster’s International Speech Contest
2016
Started Monthly Readings at RJ Julia Bookseller’s Voices in the Bookstore
Awarded 2nd Place: Quarterfinals of Toastmaster’s International Speech Contest (District 53)
Awarded 1st Place: Division B Level, Toastmaster’s International Speech Contest
Awarded 1st Place: Area 24 Level, Toastmaster’s International Speech Contest
Awarded 1st Place: Eagle Club Level, Toastmaster’s International Speech Contest
2015
Last Comix Standing Participant, Foxwoods Resort and Casino
Weekend Host – Joker’s Wild Comedy Club in New Haven, CT
2014