These are the key dates for the upcoming rounds of ABNA. There are two categories, General Fiction and YA. So when they say the next round is 100 Semifinalists, they mean 50 in General and 50 in YA. The finalists will be 3 General, 3 YA, Currently, Publisher's Weekly is reviewing the full manuscripts of the semifinalists (of which my novel is one). My excerpt can be read here.
April 26, 2011
Top 100 (Semifinalists) announced at www.amazon.com/abna.
Penguin Editors reading Semi-Finalists' manuscripts to pick the 6 Finalists
Amazon customers continue to download, rate, and review Excerpts, and read Publishers Weekly reviews of Semi-Finalists' full Manuscripts
May 24, 2011
6 Finalists announced
Amazon customers vote to pick the Winners
June 13, 2011
Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award Winners announced
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
ABNA-I made the Quarterfinals!
Amazon announced the quarter-finalists in their fourth annual Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award (ABNA) contest, and I am on the list! From the original batch of 5,000 entries, it was first narrowed down to 1,000 (this was the pitch/query stage), and now, after the excerpt stage, there are just 250 novels left standing. The results of the next round will be announced on April 26th, which will then narrow the field down to 50. The eventual winner gets their book published by Penguin and a $15K advance.
Congrats to all the authors who are moving forward!
My excerpt can be read here.
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