***FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE***
The Sunburst Award committee is pleased to announce the following short list of books for its first annual presentation:
BEFORE WINGS by Beth Goobie
MIDNIGHT ROBBER by Nalo Hopkinson
LORD OF EMPERORS by Guy Gavriel Kay
THE BLACK CHALICE by Marie Jakober
MONKEY BEACH by Eden Robinson
GALVESTON by Sean Stewart
The first award, consisting of a cash prize of $1000 and a bronze medallion of the “Sunburst”, crafted by Linda Carson (from a design by Marcel Gagn