I just read on the Absolute XPress blog that my novel, Pandora’s Box, is one of 30 books on the “long list” of nominees for the 2011 Alberta Readers’ Choice Award. According to its website, “The Alberta Readers’ Choice Award (ARC) is an annual award for adult fiction and narrative non-fiction titles. Narrative non-fiction is defined as a work of non-fiction which lends itself to a public reading.” The list of 30 will now be read by librarians throughout Alberta, Canada, and narrowed to 10 nominees. After that, from then until April, “noted Albertans” will read the 10 nominees and whittle them down to five. Then throughout May, online voting will be conducted to pick the winner from those five nominees. The award will be given June 11. The grand prize is $10,000.

Yes, you read that right–I have a one in 30 chance of winning ten-grand!

I will be sure to keep you updated on this.

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