2011 Competition
On January 25, 2011, Amazon once again began to accept submissions with the eliminations being made between the months of February and June 2011. The top six finalists for the competition were announced on May 26th, 2011, with the winners announced on June 15th, 2011. The winners were announced as Jill Baguchinsky for Spookygirl (young adult) and Gregory Hill for East of Denver (general fiction).
- Young Adult Fiction
- Spookygirl by Jill Baguchinsky
- Lost in Thought by Cara Bertrand
- Devolution by Richard Larson
- General Fiction
- East of Denver by Gregory Hill
- Dog Christ by Lucian Morgan
- I Am Livia by Phyllis T. Smith
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