Eight Lighthouse Publishing of the Carolinas Authors Named as Finalists for 2014 Selah Awards

ASHEVILLE, N.C. - May 16, 2014 - PRLog -- Eddie Jones, founder and publisher of Raleigh-based Lighthouse Publishing of the Carolinas (LPC), announced this week that eight LPC authors were nominated for 2014 Selah Awards. The Selah Awards, to be presented May 21 at the Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference in Ridgecrest, N.C., are awarded to books considered excellent within 13 specific genres.

LPC is one of the nation’s fastest-growing indie publishers and has developed several imprints for new and previously published authors. “At Lighthouse Publishing of the Carolinas, our aim is to present fiction and nonfiction overlaid with God’s truth,” Jones says. “Those authors who reached the finals of the Selah, inspire and challenge readers to attain a deeper relationship with God through their stories.”

LPC authors among the finalists include:

Cynthia Howerter & La-Tan Roland Murphy for God’s Provision in Tough Times, and Rose Chandler Johnson for God, Me, and Sweet Iced Tea - Inspiration and Gift

Cyle Young, for Belly Buttons & Broken Hearts - Young Adult Nonfiction

Elaine Marie Cooper for Fields of the Fatherless, and Tessa Emily Hall for Purple Moon (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdhnG_Ifri8)- Young Adult Fiction



Carole Brown for The Redemption of Caralynne Hayman, Aaron D. Gansky for The Bargain, and Tessa Emily Hall for Purple Moon - First Novel

Linda Wood Rondeau for A Christmas Prayer - Fiction - Novella

Ann Tatlock, who was recently appointed Acquisitions and Managing Editor for LPC’s Historical Fiction Imprint, for Sweet Mercy (Bethany House Publishers) - Fiction – Historical
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0764210467/

It should also be noted that Jones was named a finalists for his middle-grade novel Dead Low Tide, published by HarperCollins - Young Adult Fiction
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0310723922/

The Selah Awards are open internationally to authors published by traditional publishing houses within the previous year. Lighthouse Publishing of the Carolinas is an indie publisher of Christian fiction and non-fiction works. The awards will be presented during a banquet that will be live-streamed over the Internet on May 21 at 7:30 p.m. You may access the telecast at ridgecrestconferencecenter.org/christian-writers-live#.U2k6Y_ldUuc.