Listed below are the Top 50 of the 2024 Launch Pad Prose Competition. Congratulations to the writers who have made it this far and thanks to all for submitting!
Stay tuned for the Top 10 announcement on September 13th here and on Twitter! And if you’d like to receive a notification when this contest re-opens for entries, you can subscribe for updates via Coverfly here.
Here are the Top 50:
| A Moment of Your Time | Ester Bloom |
| A Practical Guide to Escorting | Daria Salamon |
| Betwixt | Susan Arscott |
| Blood Quantum | Nicole Newman |
| Can’t Feel a Thing | Noah Burns |
| Corpse Flower | Allison Mick |
| Dan’s Favorite Color Is Blue | Saoirse McGurrin |
| Death at the Sundial Motel | Aaron Clark |
| Demo | Saleh Karaman |
| Dilemma on Mars | Fred Shackelford |
| Eden | Tiyan Newman |
| Enraged with Happiness | Olivia Klassen |
| FREEBIRD | Jung Park |
| GOATSUCKER | Kathryn Christopher |
| Gravity Is Heartless: The Heartless Series Book One | Sarah Lahey |
| Haint Blue & Other Hues | Aaron Brock Dehn |
| Hemingway Slept Here | Brett Block |
| I Knew You Then | Kelly Kirwan |
| Jackson Hole | Jessica Friedman |
| KEEPING IT IN THE FAMILY | Kevin Regan |
| Lonerock After Midnight | Troy Widner |
| Love Lost on Cloud 9 | Kirstie Brote |
| Lunaris | Daniel Parra |
| M*M*A*S*H | Arjan Sudick |
| Noah and the Nighttime Things | Harrison Demchick |
| October Seven | Steven Stiefel |
| October Skin | Joshua Rodgers |
| On The Surface | Rachel McGuire |
| Painting Lessons | Jennifer MacDormand |
| Pitchforks | Michael Burke |
| Poisoned Pine | JJ Moore |
| Scars & Honey | Jo Morgan Sloan |
| Secret Fences | Zakiya Raines |
| Stardust Girl | Christine Beatty |
| Swamp Girl | Ruth Knafo Setton |
| Terminal Deception | A.M. Khalifa |
| The Angelmakers of Nagyrév | Liz McClintock |
| The Bones of Hope | Maria Ostrowski |
| The Cat That Played Chess | Catarrina Cummings |
| The Ferryman: City Of Gold | Brent Hartinger |
| The Gazer and The Initiate | Saul Rubin |
| The Gods Chosen | Ashley Tropea |
| The Judas Apocalypse | Dan McNeil |
| The Matildas | Dave Pasquantonio |
| The Meat They Feed On | Stephanie Early Green |
| The Rag Princess | Ellie Jay |
| The Snow Globe Queen | John Faust |
| Two Riders | Josh Taylor |
| Unto the Day | Evan Laughlin |
| Waiting | Kim Lee Winslow |
