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YouWriteOn Book of the Year Awards 2012
Many congratulations to the YouWriteOn Book of The Year Award Winners 2012! Winners & Finalists who have developed their novels on youwriteon have achieved book deals with world leading publishers as a result - including Penguin, Random House, Orion, Harper Collins, Hodder & Stoughton and Little Brown. View Results
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All The Other Excellent Stories That Achieved YouWriteOn BestSeller Chart Finalist Positions For The Awards
- by order of the month they entered the BestSellers Chart voted for by fellow members. We have no doubt that many finalists will also achieve success & be published in future. The list includes BestSeller Chart short stories
Jail-Order Bride by Goldie Browning
Cardiff Dead by Kit Habianic
Altered by JW Hicks
The Open Arms Of The Sea by Jasper Dorgan
In the Wink of an Eye by Mark J. Howard
The Golden Dragon by Diane Jackson
The Token by Jo Reed
A Good War by Jasper Dorgan
UNDYING LOVE OF A BROTHER by Warren Washburn
Coastlines by Tommi
Ibarajo Road by Harry Allen
The Gift of the Raven by Catriona Troth
Bwci-bo by Kit Habianic
She's just a girl by David Stone
Wheezy Rider by Jan Green
Cats by JW Hicks
Gotcha (the novel) by Howard Thomas
The Light from Stars by Perry Iles
REYS by SD Young
Mental by Elle Madison
The Venus Game by Patricia J.DeLois
Britannia Road by Colette
Coming of Age by Carlie
Ladder to the Moon by Wendy Wynde
A Little Known Fact by Dan Schuler
Revolution by Dean Crawford
The Bowels of the Earth by Veronica Di Grigoli
The Second Siege by William Burton McCormick
Deliverence by Janice Tay
Songs from the Other Side of the Wall by Tommi
The Hikikomori Case by shujinak
This World and the Next by JW Hicks
A Gift of the Gods by Gordon Knight
Connie's Convertible (Revision 3) by Jim Coffey
A Cross by the Road (Revised) by Dan Schuler
HANDSTANDS IN THE SHALLOW END (REVISED) by Jennifer J. Sowle
The Hypnotist (revised V2) by Rob Ganley
Bunny Rabbits, Elves & Flowers by A J Hudspith - (JohnnyVee)
Overlord - The Rise of Zenobia (3) by JD Smith
La Putain Anglaise by Lorraine Mace
Mrs Outhwaite by Wendy Newdy
Persona (Revision 1) by Martine Lillycrop
Welsh, Not by Chris Pitt
Flashback by E. Christopherson
Xy: Nathan's story by Kasia
mighty like a rose (Who, me? revised) by Steevan Glover (H.E Glover)
Red Shadows (Revised) by William McCormick
Symbolic Behaviour Emporium by Cope - Walker
Two for the Crow by Jennifer J. Sowle
Dead Dom by Daniel Lewis
The Peter Chair by Jasper Dorgan
Girl 99 by Fisher
The Kingfisher (rev) by Andrew Wrigley
Adiós, Aurora by Andrew Wrigley
The Stasi File by Peter Bernhardt
Cloudless by Gee Askew
Murder and the African Queen (v2) by William McCormick
A Sea of Straw by Primrose Hill
The Rusty Coracle v3 by jj marsh
The A-Men by John Trevillian
And Stones Shall Dance by David Pickering
Diminuendo by Joe 90
Echoes of the Sword's Song (V4) by C. L. Frontera
A Child of the Blood by Jo Reed
Ready to Fall by Sheila Bugler
The Hoagystone v2a by Edward Alport
Tied by JW Hicks
Death by DeNiro by Mike Hanson
He sings because he is by Joe 90
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