And then there was the time we learned on Twitter that Orphans won the 24th Annual Midwest Book Award in Fantasy/SciFi/Horror/Paranormal.

Congrats to @BenTanzer for winning the 2014 Midwest Book Awards in Fantasy/SciFi. It was a true #honor for Spireseeker to be a finalist!
— E.D.E. Bell (@edebellauthor) May 16, 2014

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