The northwestern United States are blessed to have a rich pool of authors working in them. Every year the Endeavor Award gives a thousand dollars to a writer for work originating in the northwest. The books are read and scored seven times by random readers, and then the highest and lowest score are discarded, and an average is reached. The highest scoring five books are sent to a panel of professionals to judge. It’s their job – and it’s an excruciating one – is to read the five finalist books and pick the winner.

The finalists for 2010 are:

City Without End by Kay Kenyon, Pyr Books
Eyes Like Sky and Coal and Moonlight by Cat Rambo, Paper Golem Press
Hunting Ground by Patricia Briggs, Ace Books
Mind Over Ship by David Marusek, Tor Books
Push of the Sky by Camille Alexa, Hadley Rille Books

This year the judges are:
Robin Wayne Bailey
Laura Anne Gilman
Madeleine Robins

Judges, you have your work cut out for you! Congratulations to the finalists. Just getting to the finals is a truly amazing feat of writing.

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