Five novelists have been named finalists in the 7th annual Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award (ABNA) contest. Each of the five writers will be awarded an Amazon publishing deal, with the grand prize winner earning a $50,000 publishing deal.
Amazon customers can now vote on who will take home the top prize. Voting is open through July 18, 2014.
“In traditional publishing paths, writers can wait years before receiving feedback from a publisher on their work,” said Terry Goodman, Editorial Lead for Lake Union Publishing and an ABNA panelist judge. “What I love about this contest is that the 10,000 entries stand shoulder-to-shoulder and are all considered for publication. We get to press fast forward and make an author’s dream come true, helping these writers break through and find an audience. And Amazon customers play a role in giving a novelist a life-changing publishing deal.”
2014 ABNA Finalists:
General Fiction: A Pledge of Silence by Flora Solomon, Southport, NC
Mystery/Thriller: The Dead Key by D.M. Pulley, Shaker Heights, OH
Romance: The Bluestocking and the Rake by Norma Darcy, Canterbury, Kent GB
Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror: The Mengele Effect by Chuck Grossart, Bellevue, NE
Young Adult Fiction: Seashell, Stork and Apple Tree by Carrie Anne Noble, Montoursville, PA
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