Delacorte Concludes its 18th Annual Middle Grade Contest

Delacorte Press has just announced the results of their 18th Annual Yearling Contest for First Middle Grade Novels. And the winner is....

No one.

For the eleventh time, there is no winner.

Here is what their website says:

Delacorte Press thanks everyone who submitted a manuscript to our 2009 Delacorte Yearling Contest for a First Middle-Grade Novel. This year the editors did not find a winner among the submissions.

The Delacorte Yearling Contest for a First Middle-Grade Novel has discovered many talented first-time authors. However, we have decided to discontinue this contest.

Please note that we will continue to accept submissions for the Delacorte Press Contest for a First Young Adult Novel

Thank you.

The Editors

How unfortunate.