Congratulations to our 2024 Manuscript Contest Winners & Finalists!
WINNER
The Cicada Days by Anna Melton
FINALISTS
A Twin of Girls by Tena Laing
Genetic Drift by Holly Thompson
What Blooms in October by Maria Timm
Pornostiltskin by L. Richardson
WINNER
Thresholds: Living on Fault Lines by Kate Blackburn
FINALISTS
Night Mother: The Story of a Son And the Hollywood Mother He Blames for His Familicide by Peg Cannon
Getting to We: A Heart Forward Wisdom to Expand Our “We Intelligence” to Achieve Justice, Equity and Unity! by AJ Ford
Faith Ringgold: Biography by Sharon Langley
It Never Happened: Four Women, Their Wrongful Imprisonment and the Law That Changed Everything by Michelle Mondo
WINNER
The Parting Glass by Mary N Hughes
FINALISTS
The Madam by Laura Calaway
The Lights of Redemption by Matthew Hernandez
Grasping at Clouds by Lydia Holley
Askari by Scott Osterling
WINNER
To Be Immortal by Jacqueline Coleman
FINALISTS
Lucia Is Light by Kristin Aldred
Still by Judith Katzman
Your Dad Is a Dog by Kian Razi
In the Dark All Cats Are Gray: A Memoir of the Price of Belonging by Lance Tukell
WINNER
My Pal Frank by Haleigh Blackwell
FINALISTS
Maruška’s Trial by Elizabeth Černota Clark
Magic Camp for Troubled Witches by Felicity Green
Grimalkin and the Grimoire by Diane Head
Sisters in Crime by Carie Juettner
WINNER
Grave Promise by Lisanne Davidson
FINALISTS
Parallel Lies by ML Barrs
The Paris Puzzle by Nan McCann
Fowl Play by Wanda McLaughlin
The Confidential Source by Nancy Strehlow
WINNER
Can’t Stop Falling by Rodney Frazier
FINALISTS
Christmas Wrapping by Courtney Leigh
Textbook Romance by Erika Lin
Dog-Headed People by Shannah Porter
When Our Secrets Mattered Most by Suzanne Shipley
WINNER
The Conversion of Sight by Lisa Sitzes
FINALISTS
Callisto by Catherine Rhodes DeWitt
The Silent and the Scarred by Krithika Rajesh and Maheshwari Rajesh
Satellite Hearts by Suzie Salom
Cain House by Claire Taylor
WINNER
The Selva by M. Sitton Clark
FINALISTS
Whatever It Takes by Bailey Brown
The World We Fear by Mike Glacken
The Disappearing Researchers by Nancy Strehlow
A Splendid Silent Sun by David Williams
WINNER
The Silent and the Scarred by Krithika Rajesh and Maheshwari Rajesh
FINALISTS
Maruška’s Trial by Elizabeth Černota Clark
Callisto by Catherine Rhodes DeWitt
World Without Oxygen by Ana Hernández
Yellow Road by Cari Owen