Raglan authors Isa Ritchie and Sarah Johnson have been selected as finalists in the Kobo/NZ Authors E-Publishing Awards. Isa was Included in the finalist’s list for her novel, ‘Missing Indicators’ , while for Sarah it was her children’s novel, ‘The Bold Ship Phenomenal’. Both Raglan authors have previously had books published. Voting is open from October 12th to November 12th 2013.
This competition offers two budding New Zealand authors the opportunity to be professionally published in e-book form through the Kobo Writing Life platform and offered for sale throughout New Zealand. A prize of $10,000 is also on offer for each category. Isa and Sarah’s entries were selected from 132 manuscripts, with pre-judging was done by Kobo’s panel of readers in Canada. They finally settled on these five fiction and five non-fiction finalists:
Fiction:
Missing Indicators, by Isa Ritchie Read it here on the NZ Author’s Website: Synopsis Writing Sample
Flimsy, by Tania Hutley
Sentenced, by Fiona Sussman
The Bold Ship Phenomenal, by Sarah Johnson Read it here on the NZ Author’s Website: Synopsis Writing Sample
Rupture and Repair, by Sue Younger
Non-fiction:
From Z to A in Japan, by Diana Ranger
The Reality of Retail: Fighting an Internal War Behind the Counter, by Fiona Summerfield
Eat the Wind, by Robin Sisley
Paradise Squandered New Zealand, by John Hawkes
Son of A B@$!#, by Emma Mildon