Five finalists for the 2023 Endeavour Award for books published by authors residing in the Pacific Northwest were announced today.

• Bookshops & Bonedust, by Travis Baldree (Tor)
• Vampires of El Norte, by Isabel Cañas (Berkley)
• Again and Again, by Jonathan Evison (Penguin Random House/Dutton)
• Sleep No More, by Seanan McGuire (DAW)
• Painted Devils, by Margaret Owen (Henry Holt Books for Young Readers) 

The finalists were the top five scoring books read by a group of more than 50 preliminary readers. There were 62 novels and short story collections entered.

A panel of judges will select the winner, to be presented at OryCon 44, October 18-20, held in Portland, Oregon at the DoubleTree Hotel Portland.

The Endeavour Award promotes the fantasy and science fiction field and recognizes works of excellence. It is named for H.M. Bark Endeavour, the ship of Northwest explorer Capt. James Cook. A grant of $1,000 and an etched trophy accompany the award. There is no fee for entry.

Eligible are all science fiction or fantasy works of 40,000 words or more, or single-author collections of short fiction. The author or authors (a book may have a maximum of two authors) must have had legal or physical residence in the Pacific Northwest (Alaska, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, The Yukon, and British Columbia) when the publisher accepted the book and must affirm that they wrote the majority of the book while living in the Pacific Northwest.

Submissions will open in early January, 2025 for the Endeavour Award for books published in 2024. To enter, contact endeavouraward@gmail.com for submission instructions, or see their web page for a link to the submission form. Submissions must be in an electronic format. They do not accept physical copies.

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 [Based on a press release.]