I am thrilled to announce that one of my works in progress – HURTS – was a finalist for this year’s manuscript contest in the general nonfiction and memoir category.
I’m still pinching myself! In fact, it’s been about a month since I heard the news and I think it’s just sunk in.
After all, this is a book about Canada’s largest Indian Hospital written by a Canadian transplant living in Houston. Knowing that the topic and writing could connect with the judges despite the big geographic distance is a huge boost for when I dig back into the revisions later this year.
Congrats to all the winners and finalists!
GENERAL FICTION
WINNER
The Sunday Painter by Antonia Angress
FINALISTS
Orientation by Daniel Carlson
Possum Fields, A Novel by Pamela Diamond
Coalition by Katrina Murphy
Take My Life by Rachel Ballenger
A Bark of Baser Kind by Sophia Veltfort
Lost by Charlotte Wyatt
NONFICTION (GENERAL NONFICTION & MEMOIR)
WINNER (General Nonfiction)
Sleeping in a Sunset by Laurie Paternoster
WINNER (Memoir)
House, Mississippi by Ursula Pike
FINALISTS
Closure: How Solving My Sister’s Murder Broke Me Open by Theresa Bastian
Gifts from Damascus by Susan McDonald
Hurts: Searching for the True Story of Canada’s Largest Indian Hospital by Danielle Metcalfe-Chenail
Every New Beginning by Tiffany Parcher
HISTORICAL FICTION
WINNER
Far Away Bird by Douglas Burton
FINALISTS
The Invisible Prisoner by Erica Hairston
Feevah by Brenda Hummel
Revolutionary Spirits by Matthew LaWall-Shane
Valadon: A Girl From Montmartre by Terri Taylor
SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASY
WINNER
When Marisol Goes Home by Susan San Miguel
FINALISTS
Star Crossed by Dwayne Goetzel
Mind’s Construction by Matthew LaWall-Shane
Pharmacide by Elizabeth Steiner
The Ballad Panacea by Marcus Tyler
MYSTERY
WINNER
Cue the Corpse by Karen Duxbury
FINALISTS
Grave Promise by Lisanne Davidson
An Instant Out of Time by Lori Roberts Herbst
Hollywood Down Low by Leigh Paulk
ROMANCE
WINNER
Love Fronts by Connie Estes Beale
FINALISTS
Cartel Cover by Risa Leigh
Flirty Romancing by Mary Ann Loesch
What Remains Behind by Rodney Walther
THRILLER/ACTION ADVENTURE
WINNER
Not for Sale by James Peyton
FINALISTS
Malt U.S. Cola by Dwayne Goetzel
Pharmacide by Elizabeth Steiner
Helpers by Rick Treon
Shine Your Eye by Rodney Walther
MIDDLE GRADE
WINNER
Sleep Leap by Jennifer Voigt Kaplan
FINALISTS
Lockjaw by Robin Cox
The Blue Hour by Erin Liles
A Night Without Light by Cathey Nickell
Enchanted Gulf by Noah Weisz
YOUNG ADULT
WINNER
Icarus Flight School by Krissi Dallas
FINALISTS
Off Edge by Carol Barreyre
The Ascenditure by R.S. Dabney
Revolutionary Spirits by Matthew LaWall-Shane
Sugarcoated by Melody Robinette