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Our final category is Young Adult, and the finalists are The Same Water by Nori Larkspur, Between Tungsten & Gold by Taryn Skipper, and Shattered Streams by Kelly Pollard. Congrats!
The CAL Awards Celebration is this Sunday where the winners will be announced!
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Our final category is Young Adult, and the finalists are The Same Water by Nori Larkspur, Between Tungsten & Gold by Taryn Skipper, and Shattered Streams by Kelly Pollard. Congrats!
The CAL Awards Celebration is this Sunday where the winners will be announced!
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Congrats to our Thriller finalists: No Lie Lasts Forever by Mark Stevens, The Drowning Game by Barbara Nickless, and Focus on Deception by Kendra Pecci!
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Congrats to our Thriller finalists: No Lie Lasts Forever by Mark Stevens, The Drowning Game by Barbara Nickless, and Focus on Deception by Kendra Pecci!
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Our Short Story finalists are "Inventor" by Collin Irish, "Death and Singular Obligations" by Randi Samuelson-Brown, and "The Unsatisfactory Nature of Existence" by Steven T. Lente. Congratulations!
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Congrats to our Sci Fi finalists: Time Agents: Alterations by Jodi Bowersox and Children of Solo by Andrew D. H. Moore!
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Congrats to our Sci Fi finalists: Time Agents: Alterations by Jodi Bowersox and Children of Solo by Andrew D. H. Moore!
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The Poetry Collection Finalists are is(ness) by Crisosto Apache, Every Door Thrown Open by Barbara Ford, and Lullaby of Love by Rebecca Winning. Congratulations!
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The Poetry Collection Finalists are is(ness) by Crisosto Apache, Every Door Thrown Open by Barbara Ford, and Lullaby of Love by Rebecca Winning. Congratulations!
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Congratulations to our Romance Finalists: The Terror of Roan by Jodi Bowersox, All's Fayre in Love and War by Sheri Cobb South, and Wes and Addie Had Their Chance by Bethany Turner!
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Congratulations to our Romance Finalists: The Terror of Roan by Jodi Bowersox, All's Fayre in Love and War by Sheri Cobb South, and Wes and Addie Had Their Chance by Bethany Turner!
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CAL's Single Poem Finalists are "Gahé Dzíł Mountain Spirits" by Crisosto Apache, "The Secret Life of a Poet" by J. Claire, and "Grief Takes No Prisoners" by Petra Perkins.
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Congrats to our Paranormal Finalists: Her Undying Thirst by Reina Callier, Dancing with a Demon by L.R. Braden, and A Friend in the Floorboards by Stefan Scheuermann!
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Congrats to our Paranormal Finalists: Her Undying Thirst by Reina Callier, Dancing with a Demon by L.R. Braden, and A Friend in the Floorboards by Stefan Scheuermann!
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Congratulations to our Mystery Finalists: Bone Hash by Skye Griffith, Colorado K-9 Rescue by Kathleen Donnelly, and Warrior's Veil by WL Bach!
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Congratulations to our Mystery Finalists: Bone Hash by Skye Griffith, Colorado K-9 Rescue by Kathleen Donnelly, and Warrior's Veil by WL Bach!
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Congrats to our Middle Grade Finalists: Garbage to Gardens by Andrea Rudolph, Fire, Friendship & Fear by Nancy Oswald, and A Summer to Treasure by Leslea Wahl.
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CAL's Mainstream/Literary Finalists are A Complete Fiction by R.L. Maizes, In the Beautiful Dark by Melissa Payne, and The Shape of What Remains by Lisa C. Taylor. Congratulations!
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CAL's Mainstream/Literary Finalists are A Complete Fiction by R.L. Maizes, In the Beautiful Dark by Melissa Payne, and The Shape of What Remains by Lisa C. Taylor. Congratulations!
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CAL's Humor/Satire Finalists are Sirens Go Off by Reina Callier and Grandpa's New Year's Relocation by Merida Bass (pictured) and Catherine Dilts. Congratulations!
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Congrats to our Historical Fiction post-1850 finalists: King Cotton II: Kentucky Gold by Richard A. Noble, A Friend in the Floorboards by Stefan Scheuermann, and Catching It Lovely by Laurie Marr Wasmund!
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In the Historical Fiction Pre-1850 category, the finalists are Time Agents: Alterations by Jodi Bowersox, Behold the Bird in Flight by Terri Lewis, and Once Upon a Marriage by Marj Charlier. Congratulations!
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Congratulations to our Fantasy finalists: The Crone and the Stolen Orb by Theresa Crater, Godwaker by Kendra Merritt, and Children of Solo by Andrew D.H. Moore!
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In the Essay category, the finalists are "Help Me Help Her" by Lou Dean, "Where Past and Future Gather" by Carol Ann Wilson, and "My Easter Stray" by Lou Dean. Congratulations!
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Congratulations to CAL's Children's Picture Book finalists: There's a Polar Bear in my Bathtub by Cody Peterson, The Long Road Home by Sarah Walton, and Bertie and the Mommy Mix-up by Leslea Wahl!
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Congratulations to CAL's Children's Picture Book finalists: There's a Polar Bear in my Bathtub by Cody Peterson, The Long Road Home by Sarah Walton, and Bertie and the Mommy Mix-up by Leslea Wahl!
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Congrats to CAL's Juvenile Book Cover Design Finalists: A Tale of Two Dragons, designed by Anna-Maria Crum, and Aspens Alive, designed by Amy Grogan and Jody Chapel!
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Finalists in the Cozy Mystery category are Sick as a Dog by Tracy Carter, A Murder at Rancho Manana by Sherry Kenney, and Ghosts, Garters, and Grimoires by Theresa Crater. Congrats!
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Congratulations to our YA/Adult Book Cover Design Finalists! Kimberly Killion created the cover for Forgotten Female Felons by Sherry Skye Stuart, Marina Drukman designed A Complete Fiction's cover by R. L. Maizes (Her cat was shocked, but pleased), and Aaricia Wiesen brought the creativity to The Elixir of the Green Willow Guard by AD Uhlar.
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Congrats to CAL's Biography/Memoir Finalists: You were Chosen, Just Like Mary by Jack Maher, Beyond the Bataan Death March by Dana Frazee, and Cuddling the Cactus by Susan Bavaria.
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The Article finalists are "Night of the Living ZomBees" by R. Gary Raham, "In the Crosshairs" by Barbara Ellen Sorensen, and "Reflections on World War II Heroines" by Penny Rafferty Hamilton. Congratulations!
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Who's on the list?!
Not that list. The CAL Awards Finalist list! Let's start off with Anthology, where we have Four Corners Voices II, edited by Gail Binkly; The Four Faces of Eve with contributors Constance E. Boyle (pictured), Petra Perkins, Brooke Granville, and Gail Waldstein; and Our Wanderings, edited by Shana Marie Gilbert with Valor Christian High School Senior Creative Writing Collective as contributors.
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And the winners are...
See the full list at www.coloradoauthors.org
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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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