We are thrilled to announce the 2023 Electric Book Award winner and finalists! From more than 800 manuscripts of all types, lengths, styles, and genres submitted to Alternating Current Press for the book prize, we’ve narrowed the reading down to this shortlist. Congrats to all of these authors, whose manuscripts will be offered publication by Alternating Current Press. The winner receives $1,000 + publication, and all finalists will have the opportunity to join our 2024 through 2026 publishing seasons. Congrats to the winner and finalists!
Winner!
Reliance: Stories & Essays by Julia Tagliere
Fiction Finalist
Wild Blue Yonder: Stories by Andrew MacQuarrie
Hybrid Finalist
To Those Who Don’t Remember: Poems, Essays, & Letters by Jade Hidle
Poetry Finalists
Every Good Thing by Annie Anzalone
Symptomatic of the Make-Believe by Amy Bobeda
There Is a Corner of Someplace Else by Camden Michael Jones
Against the Risen Flesh by Randy Koch
Learning How to Drown by S. M. Stubbs
Thanks to these authors for placing their incredible work in our hands. Congratulations to the winner and finalist selections, and we can’t wait to share your books with our enthusiastic readers.
