PORTLAND — Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance has announced the finalists for the 2013 Maine Literary Awards.
More than 100 books were entered into the award’s various categories. More than 60 manuscripts were submitted into the award’s Short Works Competition in the categories of fiction, nonfiction and poetry.
Fifty Maine students submitted work in the same categories in the award’s Youth Competition.
The finalists hail from every corner of the state, including Bangor, Bath, Bethel, Biddeford, Brunswick, Cape Neddick, Camden, Damariscotta, Deer Isle, Falmouth, Farmington, New Gloucester, Orono, Portland, Rockland and Yarmouth.
The winners of the 2013 Maine Literary Awards will be revealed live at a ceremony on Thursday, May 30, at 6 p.m. at SPACE Gallery.
The event is free to MWPA members with a suggested $10 donation for nonmembers.
The finalists, listed alphabetically in each category are:
— Book Award for Fiction: Morgan Callan Rogers, “Red Ruby Heart in a Cold Blue Sea”; Bill Roorbach, “Life Among Giants”; Debra Spark, “The Pretty Girl.”
— Book Award for Crime Fiction: Paul Doiron, “Bad Little Falls”; Kate Flora, “Redemption”; Katherine Hall Page, “The Body in the Boudoir.”
— Book Award for Speculative Fiction: Jeff Foltz, “Two Men Ten Suns”; Katherine Silva, “Aequitas: Book 2”; Joseph Souza, “The Reawakening.”
— Book Award for Nonfiction: Jason C. Anthony, “Hoosh”; Deborah Cummins, “Here and Away”; Michael Erard, “Babel No More.”
— John N. Cole Award for Maine-themed Nonfiction: Andrew Barton, “The Changing Nature of the Maine Woods”; Lisa Colburn, “The Maine Garden Journal”; John Ford, Sr., “Suddenly, The Cider Didn’t Taste So Good.”
— Book Award for Memoir: Darby Brown Fleming, “The House at the Edge of the World”; Katherine Mayfield, “The Box of Daughter”; Monica Wood, “When We Were The Kennedys.”
— Book Award for Poetry: Richard Blanco, “Looking for the Gulf Motel”; Thomas R. Moore, “Chet Sawing”; Shana Youngdahl, “History, Advice and Other Half- Truths.”
— Book Award for Young Adult: Sis Deans, “Riding Out The Storm”; Jennifer Gooch Hummer, “Girl Unmoored”; Linda Snow McLoon, “Crown Prince.”
— Book Award for Children’s: Toni Buzzeo, “One Cool Friend”; Angela Nickerson, “Hector: The Adventures of a Little Bird Who Needs Glasses”; Anne Sibley O’Brien, “A Path of Stars.”
— Book Award for Anthology: Bruce Spang, “Passion and Pride: Poets in Support of Equality”; Encircle Publications, “Favorites”; The Telling Room, “Exit 13: A Maine Guidebook in Stories and Poems.”
— Excellence in Publishing: Jane Springer, “Murder Ballad” (Alice James Books); Alison Pray and Tara Smith, “Standard Baking Co. Pastries” (Down East Books); Richard Russo and Kate Russo “Interventions” (Down East Books).
— Drama Award: Deborah Burke, “The Dwelling Place”; Jefferson Navicky, “The Purchases”; Elizabeth Peavey, “My Mother’s Clothes.”
— Short Works Competition, Fiction: Deborah Gould, Lisa Schinhofen, Cynthia Underwood Thayer.
— Short Works Competition, Nonfiction: Deborah Cummins, Elizabeth W. Garber, Jennifer Lunden.
— Short Works Competition, Poetry: Linda Buckmaster, Karyn Lie-Nielsen, David Sloan.
— Youth Competition, Fiction: Kate Friant, Harrison Pearl, Elysia P. Roorbach.
— Youth Competition, Nonfiction: Aden Issack, Helena Solorzano, Noah Williams.
— Youth Competition, Poetry: Wallace Jackson, Jesse Saffeir, Emma Sapat.
For more information or questions about the awards, call 228-8264 or email director@mainewriters.org.
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