More than 1,200 authors from 37 countries participated using Kindle Direct Publishing. The winning Spanish-language book will have the opportunity to be published globally in print by La Esfera de los Libros, in audio with Audible and translated into English and published globally by AmazonCrossing in digital, print and audio formats.

Amazon today announced the 5 finalists of the Second Annual Indie Literary Contest for Spanish-language authors worldwide who self-publish using Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP). From July 1st to August 31st, more than 1,200 authors from 37 countries entered by uploading their titles to Amazon’s KDP platform (https://kdp.amazon.com). The top countries participating were Spain, Mexico, Venezuela and the U.S. To be eligible for the contest, the stories had to be original, unpublished works, in Spanish and exclusive to Kindle through enrollment in KDP Select. Submissions were then reviewed based on several criteria, including their commercial viability.

The top 5 finalists are: “El caparazón de la tortuga,” by Lola Mariné from Barcelona, Spain; “Cartas a una extraña,” by Mercedes Pinto Maldonado from Málaga, Spain; “La Hija del Dragón,” by Myriam Millán from Sevilla, Spain; “Lazos de Cristal,” by Kristel Ralston from Guayaquil, Ecuador; and “La novelista fingida,” by Rafael R. Costa from Huelva, Spain.

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