Amazon and Penguin Group (USA) Reveal Finalists for Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award

SEATTLE & NEW YORK & CHARLESTON, S.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Six finalists have been selected from among thousands of qualified writers in the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award contest, the international competition in search of the next popular novel, sponsored by Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN), Penguin Group (USA) (NYSE:PSO) and CreateSpace, part of the Amazon group of companies. From now through June 1, Amazon customers can vote for their favorite work at www.amazon.com/abna after reading excerpts from the finalists’ respective novels in the general fiction and young adult fiction categories. The two grand prize winners of the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award, who will each receive a publishing contract from Penguin Group (USA) which includes a $15,000 advance, will be revealed in Seattle on Monday, June 13, 2011.