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2020 Contest Winner

Shira Behore

Shira Behore is a young adult mystery and fantasy author from Central Florida. She first began stitching together worlds and characters at the age of eight and has been writing stories ever since. When Shira isn’t typing away on her laptop, she’s likely to be found buried in a book, working on a painting, or planning new videos for her YouTube channel. She can also be found obsessively scrolling through Google Flights, getting ready for her next adventure.

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My Brother’s Spare

Valeria’s secret investigation to find her mother’s murderer pulls her into an alliance with Alias Black, the most infamous hitman in the kingdom.

Published August 24, 2021

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2021 Contest Winner

Amanda Michelle Brown

Amanda Michelle Brown is a blogger, author, podcaster, and graphic designer who loves nothing more than a BBC drama and an oat milk latte. Amanda wrote her first novel in middle school with a green pen (complete with illustrations). You can often find her planning her next crazy project, haunting libraries and thrift stores, or telling stories about her day that may be a little exaggerated.

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The Memory Jumper

Adelaide, an illegal Memory Jumper, lives in an underground safe house with a narcissistic mother who secretly exploits her mind-altering abilities for money.

Published October 8, 2022

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2021 Contest Winner

Julia Rosemary Turk

Julia Rosemary Turk is the author of the Lone Player series. Born and raised in Northern California’s wine country, Julia currently lives with her family (and two adorable dogs) as a full-time content writer and avid indie music enthusiast. She also has chronic Lyme disease and co-infections and is passionate about raising awareness. When she’s not working on her next novel, Julia enjoys spending time outside, going on long drives, and brainstorming book ideas with her brothers.

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Lone Player

To manage overpopulation, citizens are marked with playing card tattoos—and an annual draw from a deck determines who the Chaser Corps exterminates.

Published July 8, 2023

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2025 Contest Winner

Fiona Holland

Fiona Holland is an author and creative writing student from a small town in Ontario, Canada. She considers writing to be her entire world, with the addition of her two cats. Including Below, she has written more than ten completed projects and intends on writing approximately one million more. When she isn’t writing, you can find her scrolling on Pinterest, filming YouTube videos, crocheting, and thinking about writing.

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Below

In the dystopian world of Nether, a nineteen-year-old assassin forms a dangerous alliance with the dictator’s son.

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2025 Contest Winner

Kimberly Co

Kimberly Co is an author and poet from the Philippines. Her dystopian short story It’s Only Up From Here, won third place in the Philippine Young Author Awards 2022, was shortlisted for the Asia Young Author Awards 2022, and was also adapted into two short films, Untruthed and Point Of View, in the Philippine Young Filmmakers Awards 2023. Her poems and short fiction have been published in several literary magazines and on Instagram @kimleigh_writes. She pursued her passion for English Literature at the Ateneo de Manila University, and is a bit of a history and aviation enthusiast.

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The Shadow of Billie Jenkins

In the small town of Vigilance, seventeen-year-old Billie uses her shadow-reading powers to solve the two-year disappearance of her best friend Sawyer.

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