2007 Divas - Golden Acorn Excellence in Writing Winners

2007 Golden Acorn Excellence in Writing Award.
Drum roll please...
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Contemporary
Keyren Gerlach, Harlequin
1st - Babe King - Come to Heal
2nd - Lise Horton - Baby, Don't Get Hooked on Me
3rd - Katie Reus - Love in the Ancient City
4th - Merilee Larson - Melting the Ice
5th - Abigail Strom - A First Time for Everything

Historical
Hilary Sares, Kensington
1st - Joanne Barnaba - Fatal Flaw
2nd - Beth Trissel - Daughter of the Wind
3rd - Cindy Nord - Saving Callie
4th - Elaine M. Powell - A Lord's Obligations
5th - Lesli Muir Lytle - 17 Days of Thistle and Down

Romantic Suspense
Patience Smith, Harlequin
1st - Vicki M. Taylor - Out for Justice*
2nd - Kathleen Cherry - Forgotten Danger
3rd - Dianne Gerber - His Witness
4th - Pamela Fryer - The Midnight Affect
5th - Annie Oortman - Die Again

Mainstream with Romantic Elements
Lois Winston, Ashley Grayson Literary Agent
1st - Kristina Y. McMorris and Linda Yoshida - Flaherty's Crossing
2nd - Suzan Dickinson - Her Sister's Husband
3rd - Cathy Perkins - The Professor
4th - Leslie Tentler - Say Nothing
5th - Yvonne Harris - Double Rainbow

Paranormal
Erin Galloway, Dorchester
1st - Leah Farrin - Broken Magus
2nd - Vonda Ogle - Wolf in Shadow
3rd - Judi Fennell - In Over Her Head
4th - Sandy James - Free Falling
5th - Ann Fischer and Linda Baxter - Last Chance

Inspirational
Jessica Alvarez, Steeple Hill
1st - Yvonne Harris - New Hope*
2nd - Pamela Nissen - Seeing You**
3rd - Kit Wilkinson - The Tiniest Trouble*
4th - Shirley Webb - Cherokee Love
5th - Judythe Morgan - Annie's Heart

* denotes request
**previously requested
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Upward movement in blue...

Eight Finals........
Abigail Strom
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Seven Finals.......
Deb Yates
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Six Finals......
Cathy Leming
Cat Schield
Lisa Marie Wilkinson - SOLD!
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Five Finals.....
Yvonne L. Harris
Cathy Leming
Annie Oortman
Beth Watson
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Four Finals....
Vanetta Chapman
Gail Foreman - SOLD!
Kristina McMorris
DeAnne Wildes-Mickelson - SOLD
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Three Finals...
Amy Baldwin
Margaret Batschelet
Laurel Bradley
L. Faye Hughes
Donna Kowalczyk
Lorrie Kruse
Nancy Lytle
Virginia McCullough
Laurel O'Donnell
Bobbie O'Keefe
Cathy Perkins
Erica Ridley
Leslie Tentler
Victoria Wasserman
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Two Finals..
Kerensa Brougham
Shirley Cayer
Lisa Cooke
Suzan Dickinson
Danica Favorite-McDonald
Mary Fechter
Joan Goodman
Angie Fox Gwinner
Robin Haseltine
Carla Hughes
Sandy James
Heather Logan Kaufman
Lesli Muir Lytle
Barbara Longley
Donna Maloy
Anitra McLeod
Micqui Miller
Patricia Morgan
Pamela Nissen/Nissin
Cindy Nord
Tracey O'Hara
Kiki Opdenberg
Elaine Powell
Donna Rosenbloom
Jan Scarbrough
Kaki Warner
Kit Wilkinson
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