Congratulations to everyone who participated in the 2010 Young Adult Novel Discovery Contest.
Close to 1,000 entries were submitted. Three first-round judges read each entry and narrowed the field to 20 semifinalists. Then editors from six leading publishing houses read and scored every semifinalists' submission to select the finalists and winner.
Please join us in congratulating:
WINNER
Sarah Combs (Lexington, KY)
Breakfast Served Anytime
FINALISTS
Marie-Eve Girard (Ajax, ON)
Bois Can't Have Babies
Lisa Cresswell (Shoshone, ID)
Hush Puppy
Mary Lawrence (Limington, ME)
The Alchemist's Daughter
Rex Bull (Kansas City, MO)
Heartland
Valerie Johnson (Randolph, WI)
Circle of Nine
Get a jump on the next competition by enrolling in a Children's Book Writing Workshop or by developing the skills revealed in Writing Great Books for Young Adults by Regina Brooks.
