What an amazing Awards Program this year. We had nearly 500 entries, and there were so many amazing authors, the Long List was a struggle to put together. As it is, it’s a very long list — 73 names! Congratulations to you all.
I hope to have the short list in hand before the holidays, but no promises. It may not show up till the first week of January. Stay tuned to the Contest page for updates, and join me on Twitter.
Here’s the long list:
Middlefield by Donald Modica
The Land at the End of the Earth by J.K. Shushtari
Sins of the Fathers by Laurie and John Fatland
Slow Exposure by Carole Burns
Magic for Unlucky Girls by A.A. Balaskovits
Becoming the Answer Jew: A Minnesota Journey by Tracy Harris
Bartleby’s Rainbow by Reg Darling
Pioneer Camp by Christian Felt
Drafts of a Suicide Note by Mandy-Suzanne Wong
Fortress for One by Mary Vensel White
Art and Crafts: In the Evenings of an Amateur by Tara Deal
The Vitruvian Man by Kathleen Maher
The Invented Life of Kitty Duncan by Kat Meads
The Shadows of 1915 by Jerry Burger
What Survives by Phyllis M Skoy
Uncertain Treasures: Stories by Alison Withey
Cages by Sylvia Torti
Resurrection City: Stories of Jonestown by Annie Dawid
At the End of the World by Allison Reu
Fire! by Christopher Davis
These Are Our Demands by Matthew Pitt
On One Memorable Day by Douglass Seaver
Some Liars by Alex Higley
On the Island of Sugar and Secrets by Gail Chehab
The Lava Never Sleeps: A Honolulu Memoir About Being Lost and Found by Loreen Lee
The Ride by Nancy Demme
Accidental Soldier: A Memoir of Service and Sacrifice in the Israel Defense Forces by Dorit Sasson
Dead Light by Lenore Hart
States of Emergency by Chauna Craig
Little Angel by Jody Hobbs Hesler
The House on Ashbury by Susie Hara
The Journal of Henry David Tarantula by Betsy Bernfeld
Nature and Desire by George Keithley
Place: Canfield by Bob Gentzel
When a Red Bird Flies by Karen Evancic
The Gift by Louis Michalski
Like A Bee in the Brain by Jerry Baskfield
Remember To Forget Me by Kerry Bakken
Blueberry of Oretha Castle Haley Boulevard by Vicki Salloum
5 Months 10 Years 2 Hours by Lisa Reisman
The Counterclockwise Amber Minge by Dean Monti
The Last Tiger by Deborah Thompson
Life, Move Leisurely by Sahar Mustafah
Purgatory by Melissa Fondakowski
The Dog is Back. Kill the Dog. by Will Wootton
Imperfect Rapture by Kelly Beard
Rainbirds by Clarissa N G
Seasons by Robert Mundy
Unruly Creatures by Jennifer Caloyeras
Chanticleer by Marney Blair
Living Treasures by Yang Huang
The Buddha Train by Stephen Policoff
The Rock Eaters by brenda peynado
Wimmera by Mark Brandi
Jerusalem As a Second Language by Rochelle Distelheim
Call it Love by Amaya Rivera
The Dieter by Mark Connelly
A Bad Goodbye: Reckoning the Aftermath of Murder by Charisse Coleman
Chinese Red by Elizabeth Horneber
Transit by J.D. Smith
A Comparative Seismology: Stories by Jacob Appel
The Myth of Wile E. by Colleen De Maio
Billy Penn’s Hat by Brian Heston
A Young Diana and the Raptor Nightingales by Sephone Zorro
The Cloister Door by Victoria Hughes
Life List by Mimi Morton
Still Standing: My Journey from Doubt to Wonder by Peter Gibb
October, Far From Home by Margo Littell
The Time of Quarantine by Katharine Haake
More Horses Than Cars by Lynda Miller
Fools and Cowards by Vicki Salloum
Emilio: A People’s Politician — The Life and Times of Emilio Naranjo by Robert McGeagh
Love will Keep Us Together and Other Fables by Brenda Liebling-Goldberg