The finalists for the 2011 Endeavour Award are four novels and a collection of short stories:
- A Cup of Normal by Devon Monk (Fairwood Press)
- The Bards of Bone Plain by Patricia McKillip (Ace Books)
- Black Prism by Brent Weeks (Orbit US)
- Dreadnought by Cherie Priest (Tor Books)
- Silver Borne by Patricia Briggs (Ace Books)
The Endeavour Award honors a distinguished science fiction or fantasy book, either a novel or a single-author collection, created by a writer living in the Pacific Northwest. All entries are read and scored by seven readers randomly selected from a panel of preliminary readers. The five highest scoring books then go to three judges, who are all professional writers or editors.
The judges for the 2011 Award are editor John Joseph Adams and writers Bud Sparhawk and Jo Walton.
The Award comes with an honorarium of $1,000.00. The winner will be announced November 11, 2011, at OryCon.
The full press release follows the jump.
[Thanks to Jim Fiscus for the story.]