2012 Competition
In late 2011 Amazon and Penguin Group (USA) released details of the 2012 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award, with the dates for the elimination rounds being the same as the previous year. While the previous years' winners had all been residents of the United States of America, the 2012 contest would be open to international contestants' entries.
The top six finalists for the 2012 competition were announced on May 22, 2012. On June 17th the winners were announced, with Alan Averill winning the award for general fiction and Regina Sirois winning the award for young adult.
- General Literature
- The Beautiful Land by Alan Averill
- Grace Humiston and the Vanishing by Charles Kelly
- A Chant of Love and Lamentation by Brian Reeves
- Young Adult Fiction
- Dreamcatchers by Cassandra Griffin
- Out of Nowhere by Rebecca Phillips
- On Little Wings by Regina Sirois
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