Weta Nichols 2016 Finalists Announced

The finalists for the 2016 Weta Nichols Competition have been announced. Winners will be revealed on Saturday, September 17 at the final ORACON event. Be sure to be there! Register now and avoid paying more at the door!

Congratulations to the finalists of our 2016 Weta Nichols competition! And to everyone who submitted -- thank you so much for participating. Your stories were a joy to read.

These are your finalists (listed in no particular order)

Contemporary Finalists

Kristin Helling for The Idea Man

Brooke McBride for Edge of Us

Jessie Gussman for Turbocharged

 

Historical Finalists

Tim Blane for Love Bird

Olive Swan for Deadly Sins

Bonnie Olsen for Lily's Story: The Sanitarium Years

Paranormal/Sci-Fi/Fantasy Finalists

Athena Prescott for The Earth We Walk - The Pentacle Series

Toni J Strawn for Dream State

Katie Bennett for Delirium

Young Adult/Middle Grade Finalists

Kayla Griffith for The Color of the Mist

Kayla Griffith for The Necromancer of Possum Bluff

Cathy Morrison for Say Something

Congratulations to the Finalists in our 2011 Weta Nichols Fiction Writing Contest

Congratulations to the 8 finalists in our 2011 Weta Nichols Fiction Writing Contest!

Their entries are now in the hands of our final-round judges, literary agent Louise Fury and Avalon Books editor Lia Brown, who will be here in person at our annual conference July 23 in Springfield, Missouri.

During the conference, which will take place at The Clarion Hotel Convention Center (between Target and Friendly Ford on South Glenstone), we will announce the winners and present the cash prizes -- $100 for first place, $50 for second place, and $25 for third place. (If you are a finalist and can't make it, we will mail your prize.)

This year, we had a record-breaking 99 submissions from all over the world, representing many genres.

Many thanks to our first-round juges. Without them, we never would have been able to see our contest double in size.

Our 2011 finalists, in alphabetical order, are:

Linda Carroll Brad San Antonio, Texas "Hannah's Promise" Historical Romance

Cecily Cornelius-White Springfield, Missouri "Snatchers" Young Adult Paranormal Romance

Alice Cummings Springfield, Missouri "The Treasure Hunter's Lady" Fantasy Romance

Rebecca Davis Cincinnati, Ohio "The Goddess of Michigan Avenue" Paranormal Romance

Lily Herman Pont Vedra Beach, Florida "Out the Backdoor" Young Adult

Brenda Littau Pallyup, Washington "Love and Zombies" Romance/Horror

Normandie Ward Fischer Gloucester, North Carolina "Heavy Weather" Mainstream

Gail Zerrade Boise, Idaho "The Patriarch" Mainstream

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