Congratulations to the 24 semi-finalists of the 2011 Young Adult Novel Discovery Contest!

The works of these writers were selected from nearly 1,000 entries to move to the finalist round. Editors from eight major publishing houses are reading and judging these entries now. Their decision will determine the competition winners.

The 24 semi-finalists, listed alphabetically, are:

Dana Arlien (Incline Village, NV)
The World of Wishes that Shouldn't Come True

Travis Darcy (Fairfax, CA)
Castoff: From the Druid's Lair to the Streets of San Francisco

Christine Dokko (Guilford, CT)
ReMemory

Sondra Eklund (Centreville, VA)
The Mystical Mantle

Sarah Flusche (Baytown, TX)
The Changeling

Jacquelyn Harp (Loveland, CO)
Rewrite Redemption

Tracy Jorgensen (Richland, WA)
The Impending Demise of the Girl with Brown Eyes

Clara Kensie (Round Lake Beach, IL)
Deception So Deadly

Kimberly Kreines (Marina del Ray, CA)
Mind Games

Michelle Lee (Lewis Center, OH)
Arcana

Katherine McDermott (Manassas, VA)
Mongrel

Jennifer McLaughlin (Freeland, PA)
Stolen Lives

Layla Messner (Canmore, AB - Canada)
Molten

Emilya Naymark (Mineola, NY)
Lead Me Follow Me

Deanna Newsom (Yellow Springs, OH)
The Tunnel Jumpers

Lindsey Nkem (Edmonton, AB - Canada)
Will

Erin Recht (Hamilton, MT)
Ballooning

Alona Shabat Amir (Hoboken, NJ)
The Untold

Ann Shepherd (Anaheim CA)
Seeing Red

Tanya Spencer (Tehachapi, CA)
Streetlight

Mellisa Tetterton (Greenville, NC)
Zero

Elizabeth Thompson (Raleigh, NC)
Wishing Well

Robert Villanueva (Indianapolis, IN)
Paradisa: The Burning

JUDGING
YA literary agent Regina Brooks and a select group of readers read all of the entries to  determine the 24 semi-finalists. These submissions are now being read by:

Rachel Griffiths, Editor at Scholastic
Nancy Mercado, Executive Editor at Roaring Brook Press
Leah Hultenschmidt, Executive Editor at Sourcebooks
Viola Krista, Editor at Dial (Random House)
Evette Porter, Editor at Kimani Tru
Natashya Wilson, Senior Editor at Harlequin Teen
Abby Ranger, Editor at Disney (Hyperion)
Kendra Levin, Editor at Viking (Penguin)

These judges will whittle the top 24 down to five, and each of the five winners will be provided commentary on their submissions. The winners should be announced by February 28. All writers who entered the competition will receive an email when the winners are announced.

　

 

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