2025 Young Writer Award
Satulinar Cosmina, a young orphan unsure of her place in the world, sets off to save her sister from bandits, but soon finds herself on an epic quest to save her land from an ancient evil.
Illegitimate child Liyue navigates the palace to learn about her long-lost mom’s foreign origins. When her quest collides with a failing chosen one trying to revive his clan’s tattoo magic, they uncover ugly truths and survive a budding rebellion—and choose their loyalties in a crumbling empire.
Ash, a phoenix living on Earth millions of years ago, migrates to a grisly competition between the ninety-six species of bird, unravelling the truth of our mythology and discovering a new breed of creatures beneath the ground. Can the phoenix prevail in a war against the first race of men?
After Marley Luck is swindled by the King of Westwind, she vows to do anything she can to remove him from the throne, even if it means sending the kingdom into chaos in the process.
In a world where portals open through emotion, Joaquim and Call — two brothers bound by fate — and their unpredictable ally must face a rising darkness, guided by Felitrix and the echo of an ancient guardian's prophecy, where only true love can hold the worlds together.
A clever girl focused on the future and an immature boy determined for an unchanging life must choose if they will forsake each other to pursue what their adoptive parents want for them.
If there was one thing that Ponderosa had learned in life, it was that everybody loved backflips. If you could do a backflip, you were automatically cool. No questions asked. So, when Pond began eighth grade and things started to go downhill, she decided that would be the thing that would save her.
A collection of unsaid truths capturing the quiet ache of conversations left unspoken between me as a daughter and my mother in various stages of life where my mother's presence or absence haunts me constantly. Each poem is words from my heart that never made it out my mouth.
