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October 02, 2006

Brighid's Fire Books/LughnassadhBooks.com Fiction Manuscript Contest Finalists

I got together with Dawn from Brighid's Fire Books yesterday, to come up with this years finalists in the Fiction Manuscript Contest. This morning Dawn made the official announcement. Below is a copy of that announcement.

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Greeetings!

Wow! Usually, our summer reading stint makes for lovely summer leisure but this year has been a real challenge.

Back in late June, the Susquehanna and Delaware Rivers seriously flooded dozens of communities in upstate New York — perhaps you saw the reports on the national news. It so happens that both Brighid's Fire Books and LughnassadhBooks.com have our headquarters in a building that is right across the street from the Susquehanna.

We wound up going through the entire evacuation shelter ordeal, followed by an enchanting summer of flood cleanup and repair. (If you want to see Derek's photo essay, click here and scroll down the page.)

For awhile, we considered cancelling the contest again this year, figuring it was going to be tough to get through all the entries while dealing with the whole federally declared disaster area cha-cha. But we decided not to. This contest was still the high point of the summer.

In any event, and without any further ado, here are this year's ten finalists (in no particular order):

   1. Secrets by Kim Dahl (Mystery)
   2. Elysia by Rachael Haring (Fantasy)
   3. Reclamation by Robert Mestrovic (Action/Adventure)
   4. Keeping Secrets by Cathi Stoler (Mystery/Suspense)
   5. Born To Lead by Todd Howard (Thriller)
   6. The Heartstone by Lisa Finnegan (Fantasy)
   7. Risen by Michael LaMarche (Fantasy)
   8. Foxes in the Vineyard by Michael Cooper (Thriller)
   9. Blood Relations by S. H. Armstrong (Horror)
  10. Dominique by Thea Childs (Mystery)

Finalists should forward a submission-ready manuscript — clear and legible, double spaced, one inch margins all around the page, numbered pages, and with headers that include a short name of the novel and the author's surname — to Brighid's Fire Books, c/o Wahmpreneur Publishing, Inc., P.O. Box 41, Sidney, NY 13838.

Overseas finalists (those not living within the 48 contiguous Untied States) may forward an electronic copy of their manuscript to info@brighidsfirebooks.com (we know about international postage fees). Please scan before you send.

We will announce our first, second and third place winners on New Year's Day, January 1, 2007. Congratulations to our ten finalists, and our thanks to all who entered.

Cheers!

Dawn Rivers Baker
Brighid's Fire Books

Derek Stafford
LughnassadhBooks.com

Posted by derstaffo at October 2, 2006 09:54 AM

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