Train to Glory has been selected as a finalist by The Arizona Authors’ Association, Arizona’s finest literary competition. Winners will be presented in Phoenix on November 5, 2016, at the Association’s 35th Annual Awards Gala and Silent Auction. Works by all finalists will be published in the Arizona Literary Magazine 2017 scheduled for release in late Fall 2016.

GREEN PIECES PRESS 2016 ARIZONA BOOK OF THE YEAR and all category winners will be awarded during Arizona Literary Awards Gala and Silent Auction, Saturday, November 5, 2016, Embassy Suites Biltmore, Phoenix, Arizona. For Ticket Information, email Lisa at AzAuthors@gmail.com or call 602-554-8101. Reservation deadline is October 14, 2016.

Established in 1980, the Association’s awards program honors both unpublished and published international literary excellence and has launched the career of many authors. The program expanded last year to include the Green Pieces Press Arizona Book of the Year. Literary prizes and honors are listed at http://www.azauthors.com/contest_index.html.

CHILDREN’S LITERATURE
Blueberry Bear, by Eileen A. Pieczonka
Ellie Adventure Picking Out Puppies!, by Colleen Dougherty
The Ghost in the Convent, by Marianne Mitchell
Train to Glory, by Lisa Y. Potocar