2009 Divas - Southern Heat Contest Winners

Single-Title
1) The Long Road Home - Sara Walter Ellwood
2) A Different Beat - Susan Breeden
3) Cinderolda - Janet Periat

Romantic Suspense
1) Degrees of Death - Linda Lovely
2) Slay Me Tonight - Veronica Alderson 
3) Verdict - Jean Mason

Paranormal
1) Jinn & Tonic - Kay Hudson
2) Hand Picked - Melissa Reynolds
3) The Burning Seal - Jennifer Ward

Young Adult
1) Personal Demons - Lisa Desrochers
2) Windborne - Brenda Nelson-Davis
3) Life's Too Short - Ally Cowee

Historical
1) How to Reform a Rake - Anne Barton
2) Kissed by a Rose - Hanna Rhys Barnes
3) Thief by Night - Connie Queen

Contemporary Series
1) Off the Deep End - Barbara Cool Lee
2) An Accidental Family - Ami Weaver
3) After the Storm - Elizabeth Pina
4) Reluctant Nude - Meghan Murphy

Inspirational
1) Violets & Violins - Keli Gwyn
2) Sicilian Sunrise - MaryAnn Diorio
3) Prize of My Heart - Lisa Norato

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Contest Diva Leaders:
Advancement from one final upward is highlighted in blue:
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Fourteen Finals:
Nancy Evertz
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Eleven Finals:
Diane O'Brien Kelly

Kathleen Bittner Roth

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Ten Finals:
Kelly Fitzpatrick

Donna Meier

Gail Zerrade
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Nine Finals:
Anne-Marie Carroll

Deborah Gross

Christine E. Johnson - SOLD!

Cat Schield
Tracy St. Hilaire

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Eight Finals:
Constance Gillam

Gabrielle Luthy

Laura Williams
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Seven Finals:
Barbara Longley

Yvonne Harris
Jean Mason
Patricia Patton

Elizabeth Pina - SOLD!
Michal Scott
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Six Finals:
Jeanell Bolton

Louisa Cornell
Kelly Fitzpatrick
Elaine M. Powell
Lisa Desrochers 

Keli Gwyn

S. G. Shellabarger
Beth Watson
Robin Weaver
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Five Finals:
Deborah Blake

Linda Bond

Melanie Card

Meredith Clark

Denise Cychosz

Susanne Frost
Jeannie Lin

Meghan Murphy

Susan Newman
Allison Pang

Cathy Perkins

Cathryn Pritchard
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Four Finals:
Barbara Binns

Susan Breeden

Tina Joyce Butts

Sharon Calvin
Deanna Carlyle
Jeanne Dickson
Martha Ferris

Katie Graykowski

Grace R. Greene
Tiffinie Helmer

Kay Hudson

Jessica B. Hunt
Julie Johnstone

Lisa Kessler

Barbara Cool Lee

Linda Lovely

Heidi Luchterhand

Sylvia McDaniel
Brenda Nelson-Davis

Angi Platt - SOLD!

Tatia Talbot
Sandra van den Bogerd
Laurel Wanrow

Beatriz Chantrill Williams

Sharon Wray
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Three Finals:
Sara Avellino
Anne Barton

Elizabeth Bemis
Dianne K. Burns

Carol Burnside

Sheryl Carpenter
Jennifer Conner

Ally Cowee 

Wenda Dottridge
Leslie Duvall

C. J. Ellisson

Sharon Fisher
Sherry Foley
Kate Freiman
Abby Gaines

Deborah Gilbert

Bernadette Hearne

Jennette Heikes

Alison Henderson

Dee S. Knight
Maggi Landry
Kathy Lane

Kim Law
D'Ann Linscott-Dunham
Mary Manners
Virginia McCullough
Kaylin McFarren

Crista McHugh

Gina Rosavin

Madeline Smyth

G. Jillian Stone

Quinn Tellier
Laurie Thompson
Ami Weaver
Ellen Wehle

Gina Welborn

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Two Finals:
Sheri Adkins

Drue Allen
Maree Anderson
Robyn Anders
Rylee Andrews
Sheila Athens
Alison Atwater

Stefani Catenzaro Baltar
Patricia Barletta
Hanna Rhys Barnes

Joyce Barton
Tamra Baumann

Jennifer Beane

Jennifer Beckstrand
Mary A. Behre
TJ Bennett

Jenny Bernard

Amanda Berry - SOLD!

Robin Bielman
Ann Bleakley
Kara Bonnevie
Kelley Bowen
Jennifer Bray-Weber
Jude Brown

Kelsey Browning
Marie Campbell
Elise Chand

Kathleen Cherry
Zita Christian

Robin Constantine
Donna Cummings

Beth Davis
Laurie DeMarino
Tracey Devlyn
Kate Diamond
Alleyne Dickens
Ella Drake
Cheryl Draycott

Cat Dubie
Lee Rhuday Duncan
Kendra Elliot

Nikki Enlow

Tracy Falenwolfe
Gloria Ferguson

Louise D. Foster
Joe Fraser

Bethany Cunningham Gabbert
Lottie Green
Anna Hackett
Ashley Henderson
Molly Herwood

Laura Hirneisen

Celesta Hofmann

Jennifer Holden

Kinsey W. Holley

Sharon Houdek 
Bev Irwin

Sandy James

Christine Johnson - SOLD!
Suzanne Kalb
Joan Kayse
Jeffe Kennedy
Sandra Kerns
Barbara Kroon 

Sara LaBudda
Corrina Lavitt
Suzanne Lazear 

Alison Leake
Sherri Lee
Melinda Leigh

Mary Lindsey - SOLD!
Kate MacArthur
Greta MacEachern

Kate MacEachern
Jennifer Mackin

Sarah Marshall
Carolyn Martin
Dora Mekouar
Maureen McGowan

Jamie Michele
Imani Miller

Judy Mills
Gwen Mitchell

Jean B. Newlin
Laurel O'Donnell
Mary Oldham
Sally Orr

Tara Owens
Kathleen Irene Paterka
Janet Periat

Alison Pritchard

Connie Queen

Dawna Rand
Jodi Redford
Shellee Roberts
Cate Rowan

Lynn Rush

Lateia Sandifer
Pamela Scheibe
Jan Schliesman

Catherine Marie Scott
Merry Simmons

Arianna Skye - SOLD!
Dina Sleiman

Coreene Smith
Heather Snow 

Susan Speers
Lori Dillon Stacy
Jennifer Stroka
Morgan Taylor

Sheila Tenold

Jean A. Therkelsen

Linda Trout

Tracy Truman

Jan Warren

Holly Watson
Kayla Westra
Hailey Williams
Teri Wilson
Kevin Wolf
Marilyn Yarbrough

Rebecca Zanetti 

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SOLD!
Amanda Berry
Christine E. Johnson

Mary Lindsey
Elizabeth Pina
Angi Platt
Tina Radcliffe

Arianna Skye
Liz Talley
Penny Watson
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