The results for the 2014 Cygnus Awards Finalists are in.

The Cygnus Awards recognizes emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of  SciFi & Fantasy Fiction. It is a division of Chanticleer Book Reviews Blue Ribbon Awards Writing Competitions.

The Cygnus Awards has eight sub-genres which are:  Steampunk, Science Fiction, Time Travel, Fantasy, Paranormal, Mythological, Soft Sci-Fi/Young Adult, and Speculative Fiction.

Congratulations are in order for the following authors who made it to the Short List, The Cygnus 2014 FINALISTS OFFICIAL LIST:

• Selah J. Tay-Song for Dreams of a Vast Blue Cavern
• Robert L. Slater for All is Silence
• Yuan Jur for Citadel 7, Earth’s Secret: Enemy of Existence
• Ryan Henry for Betrayal on Triton
• V. Lakshman for Mythborn:  Rise of the Adepts
• Sara Stamey for The Ariadne Connection
• D. C. for Prodigy Genius
• Michael Simon for Natural Selection
  
• H. G. Bleackley for ISO
• Jane Baskin for The New Earth:  Rhapsody
• Tom and Nancy Wise for The Borealis Genome
• Laura Burroughs for The Foxes of Caminus
• Sherrill Nilson for Karda:  Adalta
• Jianna Higgins for Filled to Completion
• Simone Pond for The City Center
• Robert Carrell for The Pinks and the Kinks
• Samantha Bryant for Going Through the Change
• Ryan Henry for Betrayal on Titan
• James Zerndt for The Cloud Seeders
• James Musgrave for Jane the Grabber
• J. M. Salyards for Shadow of the Last Man
• Michael Suma for Natural Selection
• Time Vander Meulin for A Humble Heart
• Christopher Pepper for Outrider Legion
• Allen W. Johnson for Blood Line Secrets
• Paul C. Breslin for Observer of the First Order
• Zachary J. Kitchen for The Unbeliever
• Alisse Lee Goldenberg for The Strings of a Violin
• Lorrie Farrelly for Time Lapse
• Jessica Schaub for Gateways
• Jamie Smith for Shadow Wars:  The Arcana
• Richard Pulfer for Godtown
• Michael Murphey for About Time
• Terri-Lynn DeFino for Beyond the Gate
• Robert G. Ferrell for Goblinopolis
• Michael Wolff for Smoke and Mirrors
• Joannah Miley for The Immortal Game
• Brett A. Lawrence for The Shadow Guardians
• Jesikah Sundin for Legacy:  The Biodome Chronicles
• Ashland Menshouse for The Last Guardian and Keeper of the Magi

Finalists will continue on to compete for a first place category win in their sub-genre, and then for the overall grand prize of the 2014 Cygnus Awards. First place category winners will receive an award package including a complimentary book review, digital award badges, shelf talkers, book stickers, and more.

 We are now accepting submissions into the Cygnus Awards 2015. Deadline is January 31, 2015.