Delacorte First Young Adult Novel Contest

It sounds to me like you're still in the running. Congratulations. I got my rejection about a month ago.

Hi Cordell,

I entered this contest in 2003 and waited anxiously for word through April 2004. I received a letter, dated May 5th, 2004, telling me that my entry was not a winner. The editor who wrote the letter did offer some praise -- and criticism -- for the manuscript and suggested I make some changes and resubmit it. I made those changes and resubmitted it in August 2004. I am still waiting for a response. (I did receive confirmation in May 2005 that it was "still under consideration."

Good luck to you! I hope your news is better (and without the waiting)!

What was interesting is that there was NO winner that year!

Don't give up hope! I had a similar experience with the Vogel Literary Award in Australia (which is a manuscript award). I entered and didn't hear anything, and then they announced the winners, and I wasn't among them. I was really disappointed, but the publishing house came back to me and asked me to edit and resubmit, which I did, and they published it! But it took almost a whole year for them to get back to me.
Delacorte is a great imprint to be with, too. They publish my books in the States and they've been super to work with.
So, no news can be fabby news. I hope this is the case for you.

Thanks, kazrahtenango, for that encouraging bit of news! I'm a firm believer in "no news is good news."