Congratulations to the following for being named finalists for the 2011 Powder Horn Prize, a first-book contest:

Emma Bolden, Goodbye is the Closest We Can Come to I Love You

David Bruzina, Home Planet

Marci Rae Johnson, The Eyes the Window

Kristen Staby Rembold, Settlement

Susan Roney-O’Brien, Legacy of the Last World

Suellen Wedmore, The Possibility of Wild Carrot

Thanks to all who entered. It was a pleasure to read all of the wonderful manuscripts we received.

Finalists will be read and a winner will be awarded by special judge, Christopher Howell.