Annual Fiction Contest: Winner's List
Justin has gone on to write several more novels, mostly for Solaris Press. All of which makes Justin into the sort of poster-child for what we intended to do with this contest in the first place.
This is all about launching writing careers. The writers below have all won or placed in our annual fiction contests. Some of them have or will leverage that triumph into a real writing career. And that, again, is the whole point.
Keep your eye out for the names on this list. And don't be surprised if you see them again and again in the literary world.
The Dragon's Lair, by Lisa Guilfoil (science fiction/chick lit)
2004
The Legend of Tommy Jo Sanchez by Billie Bierer (western)*
2005
Contest cancelled - insufficient entries.
2006
Reclamation by Robert Mestrovic (action/adventure)
2007
Lunar Mourning by Laurie Albano (paranormal romance)
2008
Contest cancelled - insufficient entries.
2009
Lily White by Kathy Reihart (romance)
2010
On hiatus
2011
The Daughter of Bastet by Vasylena Roy (fantasy romance)
Derek and I launched this contest in 2002 and, as might have been expected, had to cancel our very first contest because of insuffucient entries. That initial, abortive effort wasn't a complete wash; that was how we found The Hades Project, by Justin Gustainis.
2003
The Secret of Sharada Nye, by garrie keyman (science fiction)
Post Mortem Blues, by Anna Maria Lascurain (mystery)
Yesterday's Falcon by Tim Newman (fantasy)
Situation Sabotage by Graeme Herrod (action/adventure)
Born To Lead by Todd Howard (thriller)
Elysia by Rachael Haring (fantasy)
Promises My Love by Deborah Larson (historical romance)
Beyond the Morning Star by Alex Watson (science fiction)
Angakok by David Alan Morrison (fantasy)
Best Interests by Laura Loomis (mainstream)
Stars Over London by William Wood (action/adventure)
Shaman's Lure by Frank Talaber (paranormal mystery)
* Billie Bierer declined to sign a contract with Brighid's Fire Books for the publication of her novel and, as I understand it, went on to have it published elsewhere. Thus, we turned to our second-place winner that year and published Tim Newman's wonderful Arthurian fantasy, Yesterday's Falcon.
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