2010 Divas - Sandy Writing Contest Winners

2010 Sandy Writing Contest Winners!

Mainstream Adult Fiction
Final Judge, Christine Pride, Editor, Broadway Books/ Random House
1st Place - Doubting River - Melissa Alexander
2nd Place - Switch-A-Roo - Martha L. Catt
3rd Place - Family Obligations - William Mays
Honorable Mention - The Color of Silence - Sally Clark

Romance
Final Judge, Megan McKeever, Editor, Pocket Books
1st Place - Passion - Jeanell Bolton
2nd Place - A Daring Proposal - Sandra Kerns
3rd Place - Conundrum - Patricia Coleman
Honorable Mention - Black Rocks - Elysia Whisler

Fantasy / Science Fiction
Final Judge, Ginger Clark, Agent at Curtis Brown

1st Place - Fairy Tales - Elizabeth Roadlife

2nd Place - Mourn Their Courage - Victoria Dixon

3rd Place - Marked - Kerri-Leigh Grady

Honorable Mention - Paradox - Isis Rushdan

Thriller / Suspense

Final Judge, Mark Tavani, Sr. Editor at Ballantine

1st Place - Naked Choke - Susanna Rogers

2nd Place - The Miser Who Bought the Farm - Kendel Flaum

3rd Place - Papyrus - John Oehler

Children / Young Adult

Final Judge, Julie Scheina, Assistant Editor at Little, Brown Books

1st Place - Fifteen Forever - Tracy St. Hillaire

2nd Place - A Following Sea - Krista Russel

3rd Place - Demons of Aether - Cheryl Coupe

Honorable Mention - Vetsy Strikes: Surviving 4th Grade With a Brain Hamster - Vanessa Appleby

Honorable Mention - A Common Launguage - Emilie Bishop

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Movement upwards listed in Blue...

Five Finals

Sylvia McDaniel

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Four Finals

Nancy Evertz

Kendel Flaum
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Three Finals

Jeanell Bolton

Kathleen Cherry
Alyssa Fernandez

Katie Graykowski

Kylie Short

Tracy St. Hilaire

Robin Weaver

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Two Finals

Amy Atwell - Sold!

Kelly Conrad

Brenda Nelson-Davis

Jamie Farrell
Bill Haggart

Marona Hewitt

Tamara Hughes

Patrice Kavanaugh

Lisa Kessler

Marne Ann Kirstatter

Rebecca Lees
Jean Mason

Tracy Mastaler

Crista McHugh
Danielle Mulcahy

Nancy Naigle

Mary Oldham

Connie Queen

Kelly Rucker

Heather Snow

Bonnie Staring

Anna Sugden
Bobbye Terry

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SOLD!

Anne K. Albert - Defending Glory

Amy Atwell - Lying Eyes

Lexi George - Demon Hunting In Dixie

Barbara Longley - Heart of the Druid Lord

Nancy Naigle - Out of Focus

J. S. Nichols - Come Back to Me

Edie Ramer - Cattitude

Cat Schield - Meddling with a Millionaire (Harlequin Desire)

G. Jillian Stone - The Yard Man