Drumroll, please… Our editorial team has (finally) narrowed down our expansive Novel Excerpt Contest submission pool to these final fifteen, who are now being read and considered by our guest judge, Charmaine Craig. The winning three excerpts will be announced by the end of April. Thank you, from the bottom of our hearts, for all of your terrific submissions, and congratulations to the final fifteen!
Crybaby by Mariah Adcox
The Torch Bearer by Emilie Pascale Beck
Life Hack by Patricia Callahan
Armored Saints by Shayla Frandsen
After We Drowned by Jill Yonit Goldberg
Adults Are Also Afraid of the Dark by Jenny Halper
The Blood Hustle by Alice Hatcher
Small Town Echoes of Metallic Minds by David Hudacek
Calling Out by Robyn Jefferson
PURVS by Svetlana Kitto
Copycat by Susan Sanford Blades
Our Aunt of the West by Basia Winograd
Salt for a Dog by Arturo Vidich
Negatives by Cassandra Verhaegen
Play Rewind by John Vurro