2009 Divas - Fab Five Contest Winners

Historical
Final Judge: Kerry Donovan , Associate Editor, New American Library
First Place: Dangerous Desires – Sharon Calvin
Second Place: The Anchoress and the Fifth Knight – Elaine Powell
Third Place: And Then I Loved Him – Kathleen Bittner Roth
Fourth Place: Pyramus Lost – Lisa Sullivan
Honorable Mention: Charity for a Ranger – Terry Irene Blain
Honorable Mention: Dangerous Waters – Bev Irwin

Paranormal
Final Judge: Latoya C. Smith, Grand Central Publishing
First Place: The Defective Demon – Kate MacEachern
Second Place: Dawn's Shadow – Deborah Gilbert
Third Place: Stone Kissed – Keri Kaeding
Fourth Place: Blood Rule – Christina Peruzzi Lopes
Honorable Mention: The Painted Spellcaster – Shawntelle Madison

Romantic Suspense
Final Judge: Julie Keenan, Editor, The Wild Rose Press
First Place: Kira's Keeper - Jan Schliesman
Second Place: Smokescreen - Kathleen Irene Paterka
Third Place: Stealing Best in Show - Elizabeth Pina
Fourth Place: Black Swan - Jean Tara Ownbey
Honorable Mention: A Heart on Hold - Sherry Foley

Series Contempory (Long/Short)
Final Judge: Keyren Gerlach, Assoc. Editor, Harlequin Enterprises
First Place: Getting Lucky – Katie Graykowski
Second Place: The Consultant's Heartbreak Emergency – Kamy Chetty
Third Place: Redemption – Nancy Evertz
Fourth Place: Hardy's Triple Play – Jamie Kersten
Honorable Mention: When Jonny Came – Elizabeth Pina

Woman's Fiction
Final Judge: Paige Wheeler, Agent, Folio Literary Management
First Place: Worth the Weight – Patricia Walters-Fischer
Second Place: Rogue Angel – Tamra Baumann
Third Place: Lakota Dreaming – Constance Gillam
Fourth Place: The Spin I'm In – Kate Bowman
Honorable Mention: Home at Last – Janet K Jones

Young Adult
Final Judge: Alyssa Eisner Henkin, Agent, Trident Media Group
First Place: Adventures of a Teenage Truthseer - Cat Schield
Second Place: Another Will Die - Laura Byrne
Third Place: My Life in the Void - Betsy Norman
Fourth Place: Light of Truth - Sheri Boeyink
Honorable Mention: Stunt Princess - Emily Marshall

Contest Deadline: 3/1/09

Wisconsin RWA

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Contest Diva Leaders:

Advancement from one final upward is highlighted in blue:

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Six Finals:

Diane O'Brien Kelly

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Four Finals:

Deanna Carlyle

Yvonne Harris

Michal Scott

Tracy St. Hilaire

Laura Williams

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Three Finals:

Elizabeth Bemis

Deborah Blake

Kelly Fitzpatrick

Elaine M. Powell

Cat Schield

Beth Watson

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Two Finals:

Anne-Marie Carroll

Meredith Clark

Nancy Evertz

Sherry Foley

Constance Gillam
Katie Graykowski

Deborah Gross

Linda Hurtado

Christine E. Johnson

Jeffe Kennedy

Cathy Leming

Jean Mason

Virginia McCullough

Elizabeth Pina
Teri Wilson

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Amanda Berry

Arianna Skye

Amy Talley

Penny Watson