Semifinals

Rosecrans Baldwin is a founding editor of TMN. His first novel, You Lost Me There, will be published in August 2010 by Riverhead Books.

Andrew Womack is a founding editor of TMN.

Alexander Chee is the author of Edinburgh. He is the Visiting Writer at Amherst College.

Nic Brown’s short story collection, Floodmarkers, was published in 2009 and selected as an Editor’s Choice by the New York Times Book Review. His first novel, Doubles, will be published in July 2010.

David Gutowski runs the music and culture blog Largehearted Boy.

Molly Young is a blogger and a contributor to n+1.

C. Max Magee created and edits The Millions. He has appeared on N.P.R.’s Weekend Edition and Minnesota Public Radio’s Midmorning.

TMN managing editor Kate Ortega is an editor at the online edition of the Wall Street Journal.

Alex Balk is a co-founder of The Awl.

Jane Ciabattari is president of the National Book Critics Circle, a founding blogger on Critical Mass, and author of the short-story collection Stealing the Fire.

Meave Gallagher is a contributing editor at TMN and a founding editor of Vegansaurus.

Carolyn Kellogg is a critic and blogger for the Los Angeles Times.

Jason Kottke blogs at kottke.org.

Andrew W.K. is a musician, motivational speaker, and party maker.

Sam Anderson is a book critic at New York magazine.

Julie Powell is the author of Julie & Julia and Cleaving.

Jessica Francis Kane is a contributing writer for TMN. Her first novel, The Report, will be published in September 2010 by Graywolf.

Kevin Guilfoile is a contributing writer for TMN. His second novel, The Thousand, will be published in August 2010 by Alfred A. Knopf.

John Warner is a contributing writer for TMN. He is the author of Fondling Your Muse: Infallible Advice From a Published Author to the Writerly Aspirant.