Note to our finalists: The judges' responses are still coming in. We will notify the winners as soon as we have all our results and have had a chance to put together the judges' responses for you. Thank you for your patience! We know it is hard to wait.

Looking forward to more Book Bash fun? Book Arts Bash will be back in Spring of 2010.

Please visit the Favorite Poem Project, and hear Americans read the poetry they love.

Lydia Netzer is a homeschooling mother of two, living in Norfolk VA. She holds a masters in literature from the University of Illinois at Chicago and has taught expository and creative writing at the college level in Chicago and Virginia. She blogs at http://www.littleblueschool.com.

Sherene Silverberg is a homeschooling mother of twins, now living in Norfolk, Virginia. Prior to motherhood and immigration to the United States, she was a marketing executive in the pharmaceutical and natural medicines industries. Sherene holds degrees in mathematics, psychology and marketing from the Universities of the Witwatersrand and South Africa. She blogs at http://homeschooledtwins.blogspot.com