Friday, September 18, 2009

2008 Divas - Linda Howard Award of Excellence Winners

Congratulations to the winners of the

2009 Linda Howard Award of Excellence

(note: Contest Deadline was in December 2008)

Series/Short & Long Contemporary

Final Judge: Susan Litman, Editor, Silhouette

1 Tina Joyce Butts - THE GOBLIN AND MS. FITZPATRICK

2 Gwendolyn Lucas a.k.a. Kelsey Browning - THE TWISTED CHAIN

3 Kathy Coatney - DEFINING MOMENTS

4 Mary Oldham - THE HOTEL BARON'S MISTRESS

5 Robin Weaver - DESIGN FLAW

Historical

Final Judge: Alicia Condon, VP, Editorial Director, Dorchester

1 Sally Orr - RAKE BY ANY OTHER NAME V

2 Robyn Enlund - A WHIFF OF SCANDAL

3 Pamela Bolton Holifield - THE RAVEN'S HEART

4 Christine E Johnson - THE AVIATRIX

5 Joanne Barnaba - FATAL FLAW

Romantic Suspense

Final Judge: Megan McKeever, Associate Editor, Pocket Books

1 Sarah Andre - LOCKED, LOADED AND LYING - full requested!

2 Liz Rafferty - IN PLAIN SIGHT

3 Haleigh LaChance - NOWHERE TO RUN

4 Susan Lanier-Graham - SHATTERED

5 Adrienne Maynard - MAN LAW

Single Title

Final Judge: Selina McLemore, Editor, Grand Central

1 Leslie Lynch - HIJACKED

2 Deborah Pfeiffer - STARSTRUCK

3 Bev Pettersen - COLOR MY HORSE

4 Laurie DeSalvo - FOR LOVE OR RAVIOLI

5 Leslie Lynch - UNHOLY BONDS

Inspirational

Final Judge: Tina Colombo, Editor, Steeple Hill

1 Tina Radcliffe - PROMISES TO KEEP

2 Stacy Monson - FINDING GRACE

3 Lee Duncan - THE PATH

4 Cara Slaughter - LOVE ON ASSIGNMENT

5 Anita Draper - WHEN YOU LEAST EXPECT IT

Young Adult

Final Judge: Jennifer Heddle, Editor, MTV Books

1 Celeste Gleason - HEART ON FIRE

2 Sheryl Carpenter - PIPER'S KISS

3 Mary Karlick - HORSE PLAY

4 Deborah J. Pfeiffer - GIRL ON ICE

5 Liz Eliot - SPAZ

Unique Genres

Final Judge: Melissa Singer, Editor, Tor

1 Cate Rowan - THE OCEAN BETWEEN US

2 Shereen Vedam - BETH AND THE BEAUMONT MURDER

3 Sharon K. Bills - THE TARNHELM PROJECT

4 Robin Haseltine - THE CURSE OF THE DRAGON'S SPELL

5 Sandra De Taranto - THE SHADOWS OF TIME

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Nineteen Finals............
Kelly Fitzpatrick
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Seventeen Finals...........
Clarissa Ellison
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Sixteen Finals............
Robin Perini
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Twelve Finals...........
Cathy Leming
Pamela Kopfler
Sally Orr
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Eleven Finals...........
Amy Atwell
Elizabeth Pina - SOLD!
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Ten Finals..........
Cynthia Arends
Cat Schield
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Nine Finals.........
Pamela Bolton-Holifield
Deb Yates
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Eight Finals........
Kathy Coatney
Caroline Fyffe - SOLD!
Michelea Moore
Averil Reisman
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Seven Finals......
Yvonne Harris
Sandy James - SOLD!
Diane O'Brien Kelly
Greta MacEachern
Jodi Redford
Cate Rowan
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Six Finals......
Joanne Barnaba
Vicki Bendau
Lauren Darcey
Jeanne Dickson
Ella Drake
Courtney Milan - SOLD!
Donna Rosenbloom
Stephie Smith
Sarah Tregay
Robin Weaver
Laura Williams
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Five Finals.....
Tina Joyce Butts
Melanie Card
Sheryl Carpenter
Vannetta Chapman
Amanda Collins
Ruth Logan Herne
Beverley Kendall - SOLD!
Barbara Longley
Linda Lovely
Heidi Luchterhand
Leslie Lynch
Jean Mason
Virginia McCullough
Donna L. Meier
Bev Pettersen
R. Ann Siracusa
Candace Wall
Sharon Wray
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Four Finals....
Anne Barton
Deborah Blake
Jennifer Bray-Weber
Tiffany Chalmers
Sandra De Taranto
Melanie Dickerson
Ann Fischer
Diane Garner
Kerri-Leigh Grady
Katie Graykowski
Kim Grooms
Leah Hodge
Corinna Lavitt
Victoria LeBlanc
Deborah Nemeth
Susan Newman
Kelly Ann Riley
Sandra S. Sookoo - SOLD!
Alexis Walker
Kimberly Wenger
Julie Whitby
Skyler White - SOLD!
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Three Finals...
Louise Knott Ahern
Elizabeth Alkhateb
Maree Anderson
Margaret Batschelet
Linda Baxter
Julie Bensen
Nikki Benyon
Rachel Brimble
Kelsey Browning
Carol Burnside
Sharon Calvin
Anne-Marie Carroll
Kathleen Cherry
Anna Clevenger
Laurie Cooper
Elizabeth Copeman
Lecia Cotton Cornwall
Sam Cromartie III
Becke Davis
Sarah Elizabeth Davis
Alleyne Dickens
Anita Mae Draper
Kimberly Duffy
Kristen D. Duke
Margaret Golla
Deborah Gross
Donna Hall
Helen Hardt
Caren Crane Helms
Ann Hinnenkamp
Linda Hurtado
Christine Keach
Mary Lou Keller
Michelle Lauren
Melinda Leigh
Nancy Litzau
Debra Marvin
Heather McCollum
Erica Miles
Rosie Murphy
Debora Noone
Nancy Northcott
Nina Paules
Danielle Pettrey
Tina M. Radcliffe
Edie Ramer
Shauna Roberts
SG Shellabarger
Roxanne Sherwood
Lyn Wagner
Kristin Welker
Victoria Whitaker
Jennifer Ziros
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Two Finals..
Jerol Anderson
Anne Barton Ardizzone
Elizabeth Baldwin
Libby Banks
Vanessa Barneveld
Christine Barth
Julie Revell Benjamin
Mary Biebel - SOLD!
Robin Bielman
Kara Bonnevie
Laura Graham Booth
Nina Roth Borromeo
Shoshana Brown
Sherri Buerkle
Dianne K. Burns
Diane Burke
Darcy Carson
Vannetta Chapman
Rachelle Chase
Kirsty Cleverly
Wyndemere Coffey
Katey Coffing
Ann Collins
Shelley Coriell
Jessica Darago
Jessica Dawson
Tamara DeStefano
Jaclyn V. Di Bona
Lee Duncan
Liz Eliot
Nancy Evertz
Alyssa Fernandez
Nikki Figueiredo
Keri Ford
Anna Hackett
Gwen Hayes
Tiffanie Helmer
Rita Henuber
Pamela Hodges
Celesta Hoffmann
Rita Horiguchi
Sharron Houdek
Lark Howard
Kimberley Howe
Anna Lee Huber
Tamara Hughes
Susan Diane Johnson
Sandi Jones
Mary Karlick
Jeffe Kennedy
Kris Kennedy
Shannon M. Kennedy
Lora Kenton
Jamie Kersten
Tiffany Kinerson
KC Klein
Marge Knudsen
Ash Krafton
Kathy Krevat
Barbara Kroon
Virginia Lester
Joanne Levy
Kathy Lowry Logan - SOLD!
Regan Loyd
Nara Malone
Wendy Marcus
Constance Marquise
Ann Marsh-Flores - SOLD!
Dale Mayer
Elizabeth McCord
Karyn Mendoza
Susan McGeown
Barbara Monajem - SOLD!
Steven Moores
Kelli Ann Morgan
Mary A. Murray
Lenore Nash
Linnea Newsome
Cindy Nielsen
Chi Nguyen-Rettig
Mary Oldham
Janice Olson
Annie Oortman
Jean Tara Ownbey
Elyssa Papa
Jodie Pearson
Belinda Peterson
Deborah Pfeiffer
Alison Pion
Theresa Ragan
Katie Reus
Mary Rhyan
Christina Rich
Catherine Roach
Lee Roland
Cathleen Ross
Marilyn Shank
Liese Sherwood-Fabre
Sarah Sinclair
Kristal Hinds Singletary
Susan Sipal
Glynna Sirpless
Cara Slaughter
Dara-Lee Snow
Kate Sohl
Robin S. Sorrentino
Lori Sowell
Lori Stacy
Pamela Strout
Anna Sugden
Mary Sullivan
Carla Swafford
Kelley Swan
Lisa Tapp
Billie Jean Te
Laurie Thompson
Jane Thornton
Pat Trainum
Tracy Truman
Shereen Vedam
Ginny Vermillion
Erica Vetsch
Ellis Vidler
Evonne Wareham
Beth Watson
Kate Weichelt
Kayla Westra
Allison Withers
Kimberly Wollenburg
Barbara Zukowski
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Divas Who Sold...

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