in the 2007 Launching A Star Contest.
Overall Winner of the 2007 Launching A Star Contest:
SOUTHERN FRIED WICCAN by Susan Sipal
Historical Category
Final round judges: Keryen Gerlach of HQN Books and Elizabeth Pomada
of the Larsen-Pomada Literary Agency:
Winner: Unbridled by Jacqueline Barbour
Finalists: From This Irish Soil by Jeanne M. Dickson
The Angel's Assassin by Laurel O'Donnell
The Serpent's Tooth by Celia J. Chapman
Virtue and Vice by Kimberly Brody
Paranormal Category
Final round judges: Heather Osborne of TOR Publications and Laurie
McLean of the Larsen-Pomada Literary Agency:
Winner: Lilith's Child by Lee Roland
Finalists: A Knight in Her Arms by Oberon Wonch
Shadow Hunter by Melissa Haack
Telling Time with the Heart by Bill Haggart
The Guardian by Stephanie Peaden
The Ninth Curse by Kristin Gillenwater
Single Title Category
Final round judges: Erin Galloway of Dorchester Publishing Editor
Erin Galloway and Michelle Grajkowski of 3 Seas Literary Agency:
Winner: Justice in the Barrel by Linley Maroney
Finalists: Conspiracy by Anna Perrin
Last Resort by Jacqueline DeMarcus
The Chameleon Effect by Tina Joyce Butts
The War Eagle Tip and Nuck Club by Jennifer G. Margeson
Series Contemporary Category
Final round judges: Susan Litman of Harlequin Historicals and Elaine
English of the Elaine English Literary Agency:
Winner: Partners By Design by Pamela Stone
Finalists: All in a Knight's Work by Yvonne Yirka
Leave Me Breathless by Kathy Coatney
Pleasant Lake by Kelly Fitzpatrick
Sandstone Legacy by Carolyn O'Neill
Young Adult Category
Final round judges: Allison Brandau of Berkley/Jove and Elaine
Spencer of The Knight Agency:
Winner: Southern Fried Wiccan by Susan Sipal
Finalists: Appetite for Beauty by Denise Jaden
Giving Up the Ghosts by Vanessa Barneveld
My Best Friend's A Real Dog by Kimberly Duffy
Sympathetic Magic by Tanya T. Holmes
Erotic Romance Category
Final round judges: Angela James of Samhaim Publishing and Roberta
Brown of the Brown Literary Agency:
Winner: Her Ladyship's Companion by Nicole Collins
Finalists: My Heart is Within You by Marguerite Labbe
Shadow of the Lion by Lisa Elkind-Gardiner aka Lisa Whitefern
Within Reach by Mima
Virgin Harvest by Anitra Lynn McLeod
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Upward movement in blue...
Twenty-One Finals..........
Cathy Leming
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Fourteen Finals............
DeAnne Wildes-Mickelson - SOLD!
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Thirteen Finals.............
Thirteen Finals.............
Kristina McMorris
Deb Yates
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Twelve Finals............
Donna Rosenbloom
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Eleven Finals...........
Cat Schield
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Ten Finals.........
Vanetta Chapman
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Ten Finals.........
Vanetta Chapman