The finalists for this year’s Endeavour Award—for “a distinguished science fiction or fantasy book written by a Pacific Northwest author or authors and published in the previous year”—have been announced. The winner, who will receive a $1000 grant, will be named at OryCon in Portland, Oregon, this November.
This year’s finalists are:
The Silver Ship and the Sea by Brenda Cooper (published by Tor)
The Book of Joby by Mark J. Ferrari (Tor)
Bright of the Sky: Book One of the Entire and the Rose by Kay Kenyon (Pyr)
Powers by Ursula K. Le Guin (Harcourt)
Not Flesh Nor Feathers by Cherie Priest (Tor)
The Endeavour Award is sponsored by Oregon Science Fiction Conventions, Inc., and “represents a collaboration between writers and fans of science fiction and fantasy to encourage the growth of literature in the field and recognize works of excellence. It is named for H.M. Bark Endeavour, the ship of Northwest explorer Capt. James Cook.” This year’s judges are Ellen Asher, Steven Barnes, and Russell Davis.