The finalists for the Whitney Awards has been posted. Winners will be announced at the banquet at the end of the LDStorymaker's writers's conference on March 22. Congratulations to everyone!

My breakdown of publishers and the Whitney finalists:

Mormon Market

Covenant Communications (16): Out of Jerusalem, Vol. 4 (2); Spires of Stone (1); Upon the Mountains (2); The Deep End (1); Grave Secrets (1); Counting Stars (2); The Operative (2); Hazardous Duty (1); Desire of Our Hearts (1); Bullies in the Headlights (1); Beyond the Horizon (2).

Zarahemla Books (4): On the Road to Heaven (3); Hunting Gideon (1).

Deseret Book/Shadow Mountain (4): Rise of the Evening Star, Fablehaven II (1); Sheep’s Clothing (1); The Independence Club (1); First Day (1).

Cedar Fort (1): The Lights of Mahonri Moriancumer (1)

National Market

Bloomsbury USA Children’s Books (4): Book of a Thousand Days (1); Dragon Slippers (3).

Little, Brown Young Readers (1): Eclipse (1).

Scholastic Press (1): Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians (1).

Tor Books (1): The Well of Ascension (1).

Putnam Juvenila (1): How to Take the Ex Out of Ex-Boyfriend (1).

Self Published

Hole Shot Press (distributed by Ingram, Baker, & Taylor) (1): Wet Desert (1).

iUniverse (1): Loyalty’s Web (1).

For my full analysis, see the AMV post: http://www.motleyvision.org/?p=408

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