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AND THE LAST CATEGORY IS... Book Cover Design: YA/Adult. The finalists are Momir Borocki for A Warrior's Path by Steve Stratton; Jody Chapel for Four Corners Voices by Mark Stevens, Lisa C. Taylor, and Chuck Greaves; and Tristan Bowersox for Tales of the Incorrigible: A Song of Wood and Meat by Kevin Bowersox.
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Congratulations to CAL's Romance Finalists: Fairest of the Fayre by Sheri Cobb South, Perfect Office Pact by Maria Jane, and Cole and Laila are Just Friends by Bethany Turner.
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In the Anthology category, the finalists are At Home in Nature, edited by Mary Taylor Young, Four Corners Voices edited by Chuck Greaves, Lisa C. Taylor, & Mark Stevens, and Colorado Mystery Merge, written and compiled by the Colorado Chapter of Sisters in Crime. Congratulations!
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CAL's Illustration finalists are Gabby Zapata (center, top) for The Ofrenda That We Built by Jolene Gutiérrez and Shaian Gutiérrez, Jessica Robin Harkey for Boo Bear's Light by Catherine Ann Russell, and Flo Minowa (not pictured) for The Year Santa Took the Toys Back by Sheri Cobb South.
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Congratulations to CAL's Middle Grade finalists, Keeper of the Gremkat Key by John Lyon and Brad Lyon, Coal Dust and Dreams by M.J. Evans, and Skyriders by Polly Holyoke.
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The finalists for Pre-20th Century Historical Fiction are The Ring of a Bell by Ellen Kingman Fisher, King of the Gulls by Stefan Scheuermann & Paul Alexander, and Fairest of the Fayre by Sheri Cobb South. Congratulations!
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Congrats to CAL's Amateur Sleuth Mystery finalists: Wild Ride by Lenore Mitchell, The Suicide Detective, by W.L. Bach, Trailridge by Kevin Wolf.
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Congrats to CAL's Children's Book finalists: Little Lou and Just Being You by Leslie Mitchell Assini, The Year Santa Took the Toys Back by Sheri Cobb South, and Cat & Rabbit by J. B. Stockings.
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CAL's Mainstream/Literary Finalists are Chocolata by Jerry Fabyanic, The Wild Road Home by Melissa Payne, and Burying Norma Jeane by Leah Rogin. Congrats!
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Congrats to CAL's Juvenile Cover Design finalists: Jessica Santiesteban for Always Flying Bobby by C.S. Boyll, Flo Minowa for The Year Santa Took the Toys Back by Sheri Cobb South, and Anna-Maria Crum for Skippy, Farm Dog of the Year by Anna-Maria Crum and Laura Adams.
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CAL's Sci Fi Finalists are Messenger by Collin Irish, KEID: A Lost Civilization by Robert G. Williscroft, and Epoch: A Poetic Psy-Phi Saga by Dave Jilk. Congratulations!
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Congrats to CAL's Nonfiction Finalists, Fiddler on the Roof of Africa: How to Fail Successfully as a Peace Corps Volunteer by Derek Lowstuter, In the Land of Forgetfulness: Meditations on Dementia Care as Spiritual Formation by Wayne A Ewing, and The December Dilemma: U.S. Christmas Stamps 1962-1972 by Jody Pritzl.
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The Article Finalists are "House of Mirrors" by Carol Ann Wilson, "The Day the Asteroid Changed the World (And Left its Mark on a Colorado State Park)" by Mary Taylor Young, and "Early Medieval Art of the British Isles: Celtic or Anglo Saxon?"
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Congrats to CAL's Prose Collection Finalists, Return to Sender by Alice Allis and The Devil's Library by Joachim Glage.
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Congrats to CAL's Short Story Finalists: "A Place to Heal" by Cassi Clark, "Subversive" by Collin Irish, and "The Purgatory of Emily Gray" by Fleur Bradley Visscher (found in the Colorado Mystery Merge anthology).
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The finalists for the Thriller category are Operation Vela Redux by Robert G. Williscroft, A Waffior's Path by Steve Stratton, and Black Dog Escape by W.L. Bach. Congratulations!
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Congrats to CAL's YA finalists: Unmasked by Kendra Merritt, Dead Girl by Kerrie Faye, and Dogs Don't Cry by John F. Andrews!
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The CAL Awards finalists for Poetry Collection are Good Ash by Kika Dorsey, This Visible Speaking by Kathryn Winograd, and Liberties by Constance Boyle. Congratulations!
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Congrats to CAL's Essay Finalists: "On Mystery: Fragments about Art, Religion, and Philosophy" by Joachim Glage, "Unexpected Visitors" by Lou Dean, and "Trust" by Carol Ann Wilson.
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CAL's Fantasy/Paranormal Finalists are Personal Demons by L.R. Braden, Rhenn the Traveler by Todd Fahnestock, The Truth Stealer by Kendra Merritt. Congratulations!
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The CAL Awards Finalists in General Nonfiction are Culturally Responsive Reading: Teaching Literature for Social Justice by Durthy A. Washington, Photography and Schizophrenia by Jean Manthei, and Grace in the Wound: Finding Hope in Long-Term Grief by Kathleen Hendricks. Congrats!
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