The Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award opened for entries on February 16th.
They closed before their deadline, on March 2nd, because they had reached their maximum entry count of 10,000.
Today, on March 18th, the posted the list of entrants who made it to the second round.
They cut 8,000 entries.
At approximately 12:05 AM, I found my name on the YA list of entrants who made it to the second round.
If you never hear from me again, it's because my heart exploded from excitement.