We’re back at it! The Voyage team is always EXTRA excited when it’s time to announce contest results! Today we’re thrilled to share the outcome of the Voyage First Chapters Contest for Women Writers! As always, you all made it a HARD decision! Every single submitter should celebrate writing something awesome and getting their work out there. Many thanks for your patience as you awaited the response. A massive thank you to our guest judge, J. Elle, NYT Bestselling Author of Wings of Ebony, Ashes of Gold and A Taste of Magic, Leah Pierre at Ladderbird Literary Agency for assistance with feedback to our finalists, and Ameerah Holliday at Serendipity Literary Agency for assisting with mini workshops for all our submitters!
Now for the long-awaited moment!
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Drum roll, please!
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First Place Winner
Second Place Winner:
Zakiya Jamal for Hopeless Romantic
Third Place Winner
Ann Mason for Garden of Earthly Delights
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Finalists (in no particular order):
Haneen Oriqat for Waves of Love
Carolyn Tara O’Neil for Thalia of Sparta
Jo Baker for City of Dark Ink
Becca Anderson for Initiate
Amanda J. Floresca for Rum Gully Girl
Kristy Crabtree for On Behalf of the Universe
Kylie Freeman for Beneath the Aspen Grove
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Longlist (in no particular order):
Janae Newsom for Sina & Trinity
E.M. Chandler for Untitled Chapter
Robin Farmer for Flipper Girl
Amy Alexander for The Wild Ones
MoAde Jagusah for Blood Harmony
Starr Davis for The Summer I Turned Seventeen
Amanda McBride for Porcelain Dolls
Emily Fluckiger for Ending Otherland
Alie Jones for Memories of Karo
Camilee Belloli for Thirst
Chelsea McLin for Somewhere to Nowhere
Larissa Irankunda for And They Shall Take Up Serpents
Katja Kaine for The Living Goddess and the Pirate Queen
Tara Brazee for Outrider
Caroline Sciriha for Heir to Dreams and Fire
Rae Bowman for Threads of Memory: Prologue
Lee Bell for Sun Still
Destini Pettus for The Banyan Tree
Marci Denesiuk for A Shattered Rose
Miranda Joy for A Curse of Malice and Mercy
Amy Turner for Queen of the Fish Fry
Fallon Hamilton for In Our Blood