by Zach Miller
Quick Summary
The 2023 winners of the Minnesota Author Project will be announced on October 4 at the MLA Annual Conference in Saint Paul. Winners are chosen in three categories, Adult Fiction, Young Adult Fiction, and Communities Create.
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The Minnesota Author Project is a literary contest that spotlights Minnesota's best self-published books. To submit a book, an author must be a Minnesota resident and their submission must be self-published. Winners are chosen in three categories: Adult Fiction, Young Adult Fiction, and Communities Create. The awards are sponsored by MLA, the Minnesota Library Foundation, and Bibliolabs.
Adult Fiction
- "Runtime," by Barbara Fister, Blue Earth County Library
- "On Impulse (Reliance Sinclair, #1)," by Heather Texle, Scott County Library
Young Adult Fiction
- "Cemetery Songs," by Julie Gilbert, St. Peter Public Library
- "Scales of Ice & Shadow," by Emily Schneider, Great River Regional Library
Communities Create
- "Aya: An Anthology of Racial Justice, Healing and the Black Experience," edited by Artika Tyner, Saint Paul Public Library
- "Hear My Voice: Entries from the Annual North Branch Area Library Youth Poetry Contest," edited by Kaylen Olinger, East Central Regional Library
- "SCSC Writing Contest Anthology: Theme: Innovation," edited by Mary Hillmann, North Mankato Taylor Library
