My March Sadness essay about “Kiss the Rain” by Billie Myers is facing off against Melissa Faliveno’s fantastic essay about “Round Here” by Counting Crows in Round 2 of March Sadness!

The most special part of it all is that Billie Myers herself read my essay (WHAT?! Still in absolute shock and so flattered and grateful) and shared it on her Instagram!

But if you’re inclined to vote, there’s still time. (Well, depending on what time you’re reading this post.)

Voting is open until 11am CT on Saturday, March 14th.

VOTE HERE!

Update: Made it through round one by the skin of my teeth! Stay tuned on social media for round 2 voting: @HowIFeelAboutBooks and @allisonwrites.bsky.social

Today’s the day! My March Sadness essay about “Kiss the Rain” by Billie Myers is LIVE and waiting for your votes!

VOTE HERE!

Voting is only up for 24 hours, so if you don’t see this before March 3rd at 9am Arizona time, you’ve missed your chance, but you can still read the essay – plus all the other awesome essays in the competition (as strange as it feels to call sad essays about sad songs “awesome”…).