Meet your Judges!
November J. Brown
November J. Brown (@writesofnovember) is a writer, social media strategist, and influencer with over 250,000 followers across platforms. She enjoys reading and writing short stories, fantasy novels, and any fiction that features cosmic peculiarities, women, and trees. She lives in Madison, Wisconsin with her puppy, Panda Bear.
Sophie Riley
Sophie Riley (@novelbound) is an author, illustrator, and literary agency assistant with a B.A. in Creative Writing and Art & Design. She attended the Columbia Publishing Course at Oxford University and co-founded a writing community called NovelBound, which offers retreats, events, and resources to writers around the world. She loves reading and writing stories that pack an emotional punch, with messy, enduring relationships at the center.
Summer Weaver
Summer Weaver (@summerweaverwrites) has a master’s degree in English Literature and has experience teaching university writing courses. When she’s not hiking with her kids or baking something chocolatey, she’s dreaming up fictional worlds (usually with pirates or space ships, or both).
Jenn dePaula
Jenn dePaula (@jenndepaulabookmarketing) is a book marketing expert who helps authors simplify their marketing, connect with the right readers, and build sustainable systems that lead to more consistent book sales. With nearly two decades of marketing experience, she is also the host of The Book Marketing Simplified Podcast and works with authors at every stage to make book marketing feel clearer, more strategic, and far less overwhelming.