2021 STBF Semi-Finalists Announced for Three Contests

The votes are in! The Soon to Be Famous Illinois Author Project (STBF) and De la Página a la Fama are pleased to announce the semi-finalists for the 2021 contests for adult fiction, young adult fiction, and NEW this year, the Spanish language contest. Congratulations to all the authors! Thank you to everyone who took the time to submit their work and to the library staff who shared the contest information with their patrons.

Now the judges get busy reading these entries and narrow down the lists to three finalists for each category. Watch the RAILS E-News and the STBF blog for the next big announcement.

STBF adult fiction semi-finalists and their home libraries:

• Baby Moses, John Cowlin, Grayslake Area Public Library
• BlowOut, Terri Reid, Lena Community District Library
• Demon's Bane, India Powers, Gail Borden Public Library
• Flash Drive, Donald J. Bingle, Saint Charles Public Library District
• Glory Bishop, Deborah L. King, Bolingbrook Public Library
• Lies in HIgh Places, Dana Killion, Chicago Public Library
• Long Live Rock, Leslie Baldacci, Chicago Public Library
• Loose Ends, Terri Reid , Lena Community District Library
• Northern Lights, Michael Chatlien, Zion-Benton Public Library District

STBF young adult semi-finalists and their home libraries:

• All Last Summer, Stephanie J. Scott, Aurora Public Library
• Crossing Lines, Melanie Weiss, Oak Park Public Library
• Reverie, Zee Lacson, Grayslake Area Public Library District
• The Keepers of the Light, Otto Schafer, Mackinaw District Public Library
• Throw Away Sisters, Debbie Deutsch, Freeport Public Library

De la Página a la Fama Spanish author semi-finalists and their home libraries:

• El quetzal azul: El mundo desde el cielo, Dennis Avelar, Addison Public Library
• De zorros y erizos, Raúl Dorantes, Lincolnwood Public Library
• No siempre es un valle de lágrimas, Pacuala Herrera, Franklin Park Library
• Grandes aventuras de un pequeño viajero, R. C. Ontiveros, Gail Borden Public Library
• ¿Por qué lo hiciste... Caín?: Hijos fuera de control, Ferney Ramírez, Fountaindale Public Library District
• No quiero ser adolescente. Reflexiones de una adolescente desesperada, Ferney Ramírez, Fountaindale Public Library District
• Proudly Bilingual/Orgullosamente bilingüe, Araseli Rodríguez, Crystal Lake Public Library